“We still see a focus on respecting rights and providing access to procurement opportunities and jobs and employment and training, and that doesn’t go away now that we’re talking equity in addition. But Indigenous communities are looking to be part owners in the future as we ...
The company supports Native sovereignty by creating healthcare jobs for Indigenous people and working with other Tribally owned organizations. Pricing for laboratory tests from its full-service clinical laboratory depends on each patient’s insurance plan, and can be adjusted for those struggling financi...
This section is a space for learning and sharing so we can build strong, happy, and healthy communities in a way that reclaims midwifery as a tradition. We aim to: support BC’s Indigenous midwives in their work; nurtureaspiring midwiveson their learning pathway; and ...
Royalties from the mine do not go to theFirst Nation, but straight to the provincial government. The community has received some temporary jobs in the mine, and future generations will have to deal with the consequences of a giant open pit mine in their back yard. Attawapiskat is subsidizing...
Brian Obukui, a fashion tutor and member of the Africa Fashion Week organizing committee, noted that youthful stylists have revolutionized the continent's indigenous wear, securing jobs and income.■ Designers make clothes during Africa Fashion Week in Nairobi, Kenya, on Dec. 4, 2023. The second...
Before the pandemic, Indigenous tourism was the fastest-growing sector of the tourism industry, generating $705 million in gross domestic output and accounting for 7,400 full-time jobs. Over 480 Indigenous tourism businesses operate in more than 200 First Nations in B.C. Accord...
Before the pandemic, Indigenous tourism was the fastest-growing sector of the tourism industry, generating $705 million in gross domestic output and accounting for 7,400 full-time jobs. Over 480 Indigenous tourism businesses operate in more than 200 First Nations in B.C. According to...
while still generating jobs for Xáxli’p members and establishing community control over land use within Xáxli’p Survival Territory. In contrast, most Ministry officials viewed aboriginal forestry as an economic engine, where immediate timber sales would provide a short-term funding mechanism for ...
Ross said his years of work towards the Kitimat liquefied natural gas export facility have produced jobs and tangible economic benefits. Ross said the “free, prior and informed consent” in UNDRIP already exists in case law. “It has already been in practice for many, many years,” Ross...
Conroy says the B.C. Council of Forest Industries estimate of 18,000 lost jobs from the old-growth plan assumes that all deferred areas will be off limits to logging. She compares the expected outcome with the Great Bear Rainforest agreement, where timber supply areas continue under substantial...