At NIES, Indigenous business education partnership receives $16M, CICan and IIC commit to collaboration

Several announcements were made at the recent National Indigenous Education Symposium in Calgary, which was cohosted by Colleges and Institutes Canada and the Indigenous Institutes Consortium (IIC). First, a new partnership between CICan, Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies, and Six Nations Polytechnic received $16M from the BHP Foundation. The funds will be used to bolster Indigenous-led entrepreneurship and business education across Canada. CICan and IIC also issued a joint statement at the event stating that they are committed to working together on fronts including learner mobility, reskilling pathways, and exploring opportunities around credit recognition and the removal of provincial barriers.