Business

Analyzes the Upper Missouri Historical Expedition and how the organizers felt it fitting given the probable bleak future of Native American culture.

CN Railway human resources representatives describe company's recruitment challenges and strategies, and employment opportunities. Representative from IBM discusses the company's innovative technology, collaborative initiatives, and the IGNITE program for K-12 students. Followed by question and answer period. Duration: 1:11:27.

Reports significant benefits to clients of Aboriginal Financial Institution (AFI) network is self reliance, improved self worth, improved standard of living for entrepreneurs .

Discusses Ontario's program, its operation, and some of its successes.

Australian companies reported on initiatives such as employment, incorporating businesses into the supply chain, investing in education, building capacity in organizations, and educating workforce about history and cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Focuses on government procurement, Indigenous tourism and the arts, and trauma-informed care.

Contains specific polices and recommendations within each of six categories: effective and accurate mapping; inclusivity, community consultation and engagement; capacity building; spectrum rights and sovereignty; infrastructure and ownership; and affordability.

Looks at how the issue of land has effected relationships with Aboriginal people across Canada, citing the James Bay Agreement as an example. Duration: 45:15.

Brief case study of company located in Maramichi, New Brunswick which provides information and computer software technology to First Nations.

Book review of: Aboriginal Business by Kimberly Christen. Review located by scrolling to page 277.

Results of 494 telephone interviews conducted between March 1 and April 8, 2001(?).

Website presents six case studies, lectures, and a quiz pertaining to the lectures.

Statistical information about demographics of entrepreneurs, business performance, objectives and future growth expectations, operations and structure, employment, markets, and financing. Based on 2001 Census and Aboriginal Entrepreneurs Survey.

Guide provides a step-by-step approach in developing a business plan.

Looks at the emergence and growth of aboriginal business.

Provides a list of Fort William First Nation's successful dealings with governments and corporations.

Presents a biography of John Lagimodiere, and how he developed business ventures in face of various challenges.

Profiles select initiatives developed by the Eel River Bar First Nation, Labrador Inuit Development Corporation, Lennox Island First Nation, and Membertou, a Mi'kmaw community.

Discussion of current initiatives taking place to improve socio-economic conditions for the Aboriginal population and the impact of the global economy on these initiatives.

Discusses successful partnerships in five areas: investment and ownership, employment, procurement, community development, and assessment of environmental impacts.

Special report describing the growth of privately-owned businesses in Canada.

Statistics on current status, key characteristics, areas for improvement and potential growth.

Comments on the fast growth of Aboriginal business owners.

Statistical tables, pie charts and brief highlights.

Statistical tables, pie charts and brief highlights.

Statistical tables, pie charts and brief highlights.

Statistical tables, pie charts and brief highlights.

Statistical tables, pie charts and brief highlights.

Statistical tables, pie charts and brief highlights.

Statistical tables, pie charts and brief highlights.

Statistical tables, pie charts and brief highlights.

Statistical tables, pie charts and brief highlights.

Statistical tables, pie charts and brief highlights.

Statistical tables, pie charts and brief highlights.

Statistical tables, pie charts and brief highlights.

Links to questionnaires and reporting guides, description, data sources and methodology, and information on data accuracy.

Looks at a competition with a financial prize for Aboriginal self-starters. Article located by scrolling to page 22.

Topics include overview of First Nation Forestry Program, basics of starting a business, sources of capital, Fort Apache Timber Company, Silviculture Contracting company, ecotourism, and natural resource-based negotiations with industry and governments.

Looks at the regulatory and legislative barriers to address accessibility of capital for First Nations businesses and communities in Atlantic Canada. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 64.

Website contains links to: on-line courses, workshops, scholarships, conferences, etc.

Presents an informative guide, designed for Aboriginal Albertans, that provides a step-by-step approach to an appropriate lending agency.

Contains data on general economic conditions, national maps showing regional variations in unemployment rates and employment gains, regional employment profiles, and brief feature articles.

Looks at the fifth annual forum held on June 17, 2015, which emphasized the critical relationship between aboriginal issues and economic development in British Columbia. Duration: 4:11:40.

Engineering Thesis (M.Sc.)-- University of British Columbia, 2008.

Book review of Aboriginal Peoples and Forest Lands in Canada edited by D.B. Tindall, Ronald L. Trosper, and Pamela Perrault. Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 184.

Outlines some of the realities present in the Aboriginal publishing industry and strategies necessary to maintain profit in such niche market.