Name: Indigenous Prosperity Forum 2022
Start: 03/05/2022 09:00 PM +00:00
End: 05/05/2022 09:30 PM +00:00

FCC builds strong relationships and shares knowledge and expertise with thousands of customers across the country. When they succeed, we succeed. We&rsquo;re here to support entrepreneurs and believe in the future of agriculture and food. We&rsquo;re a partner, a catalyst and a champion of our industry.

Farm Credit Canada

A fully integrated suite of financial products. Fern Software creates solutions that solve the challenges of modern financial services. Our core banking software is expertly designed to enable you to reach more customer

Fern Software

At Meridian, we&rsquo;re committed to providing Canadians with exceptional banking, features, services, security, and advice so they can get everything they want from their money, and their lives. We are Ontario&rsquo;s largest credit union and the third largest in Canada, with over 350,000 Members. Unlike some of the larger financial institutions, we don&rsquo;t have public shareholders. Credit unions are not-for-profit, and more focused on community. At Meridian, our Members are owners - that means that any profit we make goes right back into improving our products and services and innovating new ways to enhance our Members' lives.

Meridian Credit Union 

Futurpreneur has been fueling the entrepreneurial passions of Canada&rsquo;s young enterprise for two decades. We are the only national, non-proﬁt organization that provides ﬁnancing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39. Our internationally recognized mentoring program hand matches young entrepreneurs with a business expert from a network of more than 2,400 volunteer mentors.

Futurpreneur Canada

First Nations Bank

Canada Post

Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)

Affordance is committed to creating solutions which check off all of the boxes on your wish list in order to help you to differentiate your offerings from those of your competitors and to fulfill your promises to your end-users.
One of the great parts of making a custom solution is that there is always room for improvement. Affordance is there every step of the way to propose new functionalities and new ways to engage your users. Looking at their behaviour will tell you everything you need to improve your product.

Affordance Studio

The DMZ is a world-leading startup incubator equipping the next generation of tech entrepreneurs with the tools needed to build, launch, and scale highly impactful startups. By providing connections to customers, coaching, capital, and a community, the DMZ&rsquo;s customized approach helps innovators reach the next milestone in their entrepreneurial journey &ndash; whatever that might be. Through its award-winning programming, the DMZ has helped more than 710 startups raise $1.65 billion in capital and create 4,640+ jobs. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada with globally-accessible programming, the DMZ has a widely-recognized international presence with offices in Vietnam and India, and partnerships across North America, Latin America, Africa and Asia.

First Nations have always planned beyond the 7th generation. The First Nations Fiscal Management Act (FMA), a First Nation's led initiative, supports the ability of First Nations to develop the capacity and secure the money to plan and bring to life a 7th generation strategy. The FMA puts First Nations governments on the same playing field as other governments and public institutions. It allows First Nations to be eligible to borrow at similar rates and terms other governments in Canada enjoy. It also allows Nations to use different revenue streams like taxation, government transfers and economic development as security for borrowing under the FMA. The FMB is one of three First Nations institutions created under the FMA. We're here to support First Nations to put in place good governance and finance practices to achieve their goals.

First Nations Financial Management Board

A co-operative is a business that agroup of people create together to reach a common goal. Co-ops are similar in some ways to corporations or non-profits, but they have important unique features.
Co-operatives First is a non-profit organization funded by Federated Co-operatives Limited and the Co-operative Retailing System. Founded in 2015, the organization provides co-op start-up resources, such as feasibility studies, business plans, online courses, and incorporation support to rural and Indigenous entrepreneurs across western Canada. Our goal is to help leaders in these communities build new businesses, grow local economies, and support community development.

Co-operatives First

Procurement Assistance Canada (PAC), as part of Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), is here to make it easier for smaller businesses to bid on federal contracting opportunities and increase supplier diversity in federal procurement.
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We do that by:
&middot; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Working to eliminate systemic barriers that impact smaller and diverse businesses;
&middot; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Advocating for smaller and diverse businesses among government buyers and policy-makers;&nbsp;
&middot; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Improving tools and processes towards more equitable access to federal contracting opportunities.
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PAC can help you to better understand and navigate the procurement process so you can get &ldquo;bid ready&rdquo;. Contact us to learn about:
&middot; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;How the government buys goods and services&nbsp;
&middot; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;How to sell to the federal government
&middot; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;How to find opportunities&nbsp;
&middot; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;How to use online services
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Our regional network of offices across Canada offer:
&middot; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Seminars on the steps involved in selling goods and services to the federal government
&middot; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Workshops with detailed and practical advice for navigating the procurement process
&middot; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;One-on-one assistance to provide personalized support for your business needs
Find out more
Visit Canada.ca/PAC to learn about our services or locate your PAC Regional Office.
You can also contact the National InfoLine 1-800-811-1148 (Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET).
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Procurement Assistance Canada (PAC)

Christine Toulouse is an Anishinaabe artist from Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation whose current primary focus is in the traditional realm of quillwork, a form of textile embellishment using dyed or natural-coloured quills from porcupines to weave into birch bark. 
Christine works to connect land and season to practice. She absorbs and passes down Indigenous memory and knowledge, tethers herself to ancestors and traditions, and invites past into present allowing for memory to become reality in her work. Her practice involves learning cultural and traditional arts and practices from First Nations Elders and promoting the significance of quillwork as a process to learn, heal, grow, and share. Christine&rsquo;s technique has been passed down from quill artists preceding her. She was taught the traditional craft of quillwork from her grandmother, Ida Assinewe (Toulouse) who is a quill box artist herself.

Christine Quills

Join us to set the stage for day two of the Fourm with an opening prayer and remarks and an address from our sponsor.
Location: Salon Mozart

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Community-owned businesses have much in common: all seek to generate revenues to benefit their communities and create jobs for their members, provide needed goods and services, honour cultural beliefs and traditions, and seek to promote economic self-determination.
Building on a report commissioned by NACCA in the Fall of 2021 profiling seven community-owned businesses across the country, this panel will explore how these businesses are supporting the self-reliance of Indigenous communities across Canada.&nbsp;
Location: Salon Mozart

Sandy Wong

Panel F: Achieving Self-Reliance through Economic Growth - Exploring Indigenous Community-Owned Business

Mr. Schembri joined the Bank in 1997 and was appointed Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada in 2013. From 2013 to 2016, he shared responsibility for overseeing the Bank&rsquo;s analysis and activities to promote a stable and efficient financial system, and from 2016 to the present, he has overseen the Bank&rsquo;s analysis of domestic economic developments.
In the past few years, Mr. Schembri has championed the Bank&rsquo;s work to promote economic opportunity and inclusion for Indigenous Peoples, including as a founding member of the Central Bank Network for Indigenous Inclusion. Throughout his career, Mr. Schembri has actively reached out to listen to Canadians and Indigneous Peoples, explain the Bank&rsquo;s analysis and policy, and help build their trust.
Location: Salon Mozart

Lawrence Schembri

Keynote Address: Larry Schembri, Bank of Canada Deputy Governor

Indigenous youth are the fastest growing demographic in Canada. Join this panel to hear directly from Indigenous youth business owners to learn about the types of support Indigenous youth are seeking to help them excel in business.&nbsp;
Location: Salon Mozart

Destinee Peter

Angie Zachary

Panel E: Indigenous Youth – Investing in the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
Location: Salon Mozart

Patty Hadju

Keynote Address: The Honorable Patty Hajdu

Join us as we reflect on and celebrate another successful Indigenous Prosperity Forum, while wishing all those in attendance safe travels and continued success. There may also be a prize or two awarded to some of our lucky guests.
Location: Salon Mozart

Agenda

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Jean Vincent

Shannin Metatawabin

Sandy Wong

Frank Richter

Alison Nankivell

Jeraldine Marshall

Frank Busch

Magnolia Perron

Victoria Gagné

Helen Bobiwash

Patrick Watson

Todd Evans

Jake Sinclair

Kevin Eshkawkogan

Mark Dokis

Deantha Edmunds

Angie Zachary

Destinee Peter

Philip Ducharme

Brad Lafortune

Claudette Commanda

André Jetté

Sunshine Tenasco

Patty Hadju

Lawrence Schembri

Jenna Sudds

Mary Ng

Isabelle Hudon

Monica Brunet

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