Tsuuti'na Nation chosen as the recipient of CCAB's 2016 Aboriginal Economic Development Corporation Award

The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) and Sodexo Canada are pleased to announce that Tsuut’ina Nation — Economic Development Lands and South West Ring Road has been chosen as the recipient of the 2016 Aboriginal Economic Development Corporation Award.

Tsuut’ina Nation was chosen among a field of excellent candidates for its historic Transportation and Utility Corridor (TUC) Agreement with the province of Alberta that transferred 1058 acres of land to the province for the construction of the final portion of the South West Ring Road. The multibillion dollar ring road will stretch from Highway 22x up to Highway 8 along the city of Calgary’s western edge, skirting Tsuut’ina Nation’s territory. The Nation plans on using the revenues from the ring road project to support long term investments in employment, education, and health.

CCAB will be celebrating Tsuut'ina Nation's accomplishments at its third annual Calgary gala taking place on May 11. The AEDC Award is founded and exclusively sponsored by Sodexo Canada.

(pictured: Chief Roy Whitney-Onespot of the Tsuut'ina Nation)

CCAB honours its new award winners Chief Darcy Bear and Jacob Pratt at the 18th Annual Toronto Gala

On February 2, 2016, at the Ritz Carlton hotel in downtown Toronto, the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) honoured the two newest inductees in its Aboriginal Business Hall of Fame (ABHF): Chief Darcy Bear of the Whitecap Dakota First Nation in Saskatchewan, who received CCAB’s 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award, and Jacob Pratt, Creative Director of Wambdi Dance, also from Saskatchewan, who received the 2016 National Youth Aboriginal Entrepreneur Award. Both awards are founded and exclusively sponsored by ESS Support Services, a member of Compass Group Canada. Also joining the award winners that evening were Olympian and Aboriginal activist Waneek Horn-Miller, who acted as event MC, and NHL hockey legend Reggie Leach, who was the keynote speaker.

(Pictured from l to r: Reggie Leach, Chief Darcy Bear, Jacob Pratt, Waneek Horn-Miller, and JP Gladu)

Third issue of The Aboriginal Business Report now available 

Upcoming Events

A discussion on the future of Indigenous education featuring Paul Martin, Wab Kinew, and Roberta Jamieson

Indigenous peoples represent Canada's youngest and fastest growing demographic. With over half the population under the age of 27, this represents an enormous opportunity to spur business growth from coast to coast to coast.

Join us in Toronto as we learn about the opportunities and challenges facing Aboriginal youth as they become a new and empowered force in Canadian business in the 21st century. 

Our keynote speakers are Roberta Jamieson, president and CEO of Indspire; Wab Kinew, writer, journalist, and Anishnaabemowin advocate; and the Right Honourable Paul Martin, former prime minister and the inaugural recipient of CCAB's Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Relations. 

NEW! Online registration is available. Click HERE to buy tickets. 

CCAB invites you to its third annual Calgary celebrating the 2016 recipient of AEDC Award

Join us at the third Annual Calgary gala as we celebrate the accomplishments of Tsuut'ina Nation - Economic Development Lands and South West Ring Road, the recipient of CCAB's 2016 Aboriginal Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) Award. 

The Calgary gala provides a fantastic networking opportunity with the country's top Aboriginal businesses and forward-looking Canadian companies focused on the future of business in Canada. 

The AEDC Award is founded and exclusively sponsored by Sodexo Canada.

NEW! Online registration is available. Click HERE to buy tickets. 

Please check out the latest event information on our website or contact our events coordinator Gloria Truong at gtruong@ccab.com.  

Member Voices

Member Voices is a feature that lets our valued members update you directly about the great work they are doing with Aboriginal peoples, communities, and businesses. If you would like to submit stories or have your work highlighted please send an email to memberrelations@ccab.com. 

Remote line cook program a success for Superior Strategies

Superior Strategies, located in Nipigon, ON, is a First Nation-owned business offering quality management consulting and training services.  Offered the chance to try something new and building on the versatility in delivering the services their customers have come to count on, Superior Strategies’ owner Jason Thompson jumped at the opportunity to partner with Anishinabek Employment and Training Services and the Ontario Tourism Education Corporation (OTEC) to create a 5-week Remote Line Cook program.

The partners made arrangements to contact a trainer and a chef that would be interested in joining the Superior Strategies team. Together with Chef Krista Cheeseman, co-owner of Wilderness North Tour Company — Outdoor Recreation and an OTEC representative the program was designed to prepare participants to become line cooks.

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Research Update

CCAB’s research department is pleased to announce our upcoming launch of a national report; Promise and Prosperity, 2015 National Business Survey. The research involved a telephone survey with over eleven hundred Aboriginal business owners interviewed across the country. In follow up to the survey, CCAB’s research department with academic and not-for-profits groups across the country, promoted and discussed the findings nationally.

These roundtables received the generous support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Max Skudra, Senior Manager of Research presented findings collected from the research study which contributed to the exciting discussion about Aboriginal economic development in Canada. This report will provide representative and qualitative data on Aboriginal entrepreneurship in Canada. Stay tuned as we will be announcing the release date of this report shortly.  

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