Gidimt’en Clan members speak out
As published in National Post on 07 December 2021: Opinion: We are Wet’suwet’en and the Coastal GasLink pipeline protesters do not represent us The following was authored by members of the Gidimt’en Clan and released by Wet’suwet’en First Nation council at their request. We are members of the Gidimt’en Clan of the Wet’suwet’en Nation, together…
Outreach session Jan. 26: Entrepreneurial and Business Support
How do you get started as an Indigenous entrepreneur? How do you fund and start your own business? Our online Outreach session on 26 January 2022 looked into this, with some First Nations experts: Mark Dokis of the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association Sammy Zoerb, business development manager, Indigenous Young Entrepreneurs at Futurpreneur Canada…
What will follow LNG’s wild spot market?
Call it what you will: energy problem, energy shortage, energy crunch, energy crisis. Media and social media have called it all of the above in ever-scarier headlines. Just be grateful you don’t live in a country that is badly affected, with the UK, the European Market, India and China prominent among them. Now add in…
Outreach session coming Nov. 3: Women in the Trades
On Wednesday Nov. 3, our next Outreach session will discuss Women in the Trades. Are women getting the opportunity to enter and build careers in LNG, natural gas, pipelines and other areas? And the help they need? What’s the picture? What’s working? What changes are needed? From noon to 1:15pm PDT, join us and our…
The Road to Reconciliation & Reconciliaction
Thursday Sept. 30 is a new federal holiday: the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation — billed by Ottawa as an opportunity to ‘recognize and commemorate the legacy of residential schools (through) a day of quiet reflection or participation in a community event.’ It’s also Orange Shirt Day, marked since 2013 to honour residential-school survivors and…