Office of Indigenous Initiatives

Highlights from Indigenous Awareness Weeks 2025 at Desautels

webfull — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 18:54:24 +0000

During ��'s 2025 Indigenous Awareness Weeks in September, Desautels hosted two events on reconciliation literacy and the role of business in supporting economic empowerment for indigenous communities. Dr Niigaan Sinclair, Anishinaabe writer, columnist, and Professor of Native Studies at the University of Manitoba joined Dr. Veldon Coburn for a conversation on progress since the Trush and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Report.

For Indigenous entrepreneurs, business can be a vessel for culture

webfull — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:37:18 +0000

When Brittanny Janvier enrolled in the Master of Management program at �� in 2022, she was the only Indigenous student in her class. Now, Janvier is ��’s Director of Indigenous Initiatives, and is creating space for Indigenous entrepreneurs on campus. A recent event focused on how Indigenous-led businesses can serve as a powerful vessel for cultural narrative.

Indigenous Business Matters: Truth, Reconciliation, and Sovereign Wealth

webfull — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:03:57 +0000

��’s Desautels Faculty of Management and the Office of Indigenous Initiatives are pleased to co-host Travis Seymour (FCPA, FCGA, MBA, CAFM), CEO of the First Nations Market Housing Fund for a keynote speech on the topic of reconciliation

Exhibit | BEAD PAINT CARVE

webfull — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 12:48:24 +0000

La version française suit

Centering Ojibwe Anishinaabe Art with Carmen Robertson and Robert Spade

webfull — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:47:48 +0000

Version française suit.