Partnership focused on Indigenous entrepreneurship, business education receives $16M

BHP Foundation has announced roughly $16M in funding to support a new Indigenous-led initiative to support Indigenous entrepreneurship and business education. Created in partnership with Colleges and Institutes Canada, Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies, and Six Nations Polytechnic, the initiative will develop Indigenous entrepreneurship and mentorship training, support Indigenous learners […]

The Government of British Columbia, the First Nations Education Steering Committee, and the Indigenous Adult and Higher Learning Association are working together to support the development of community-based K-12 teacher education programs. Institutions such as Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, the University of British Columbia, and the University of Victoria will work with First Nation […]

The Mastercard Foundation has announced $235M in funding to 30 Indigenous-led organizations and postsecondary institutions across Canada, marking the 10th anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Report. Ten Indigenous postsecondary institutions—First Nations Technical Institute, First Nations University of Canada, Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research, Kenjgewin Teg, Mi’kai’sto Red Crow […]

Nicola Valley Institute of Technology has launched a two-year Indigenous Business Diploma that blends Indigenous knowledge with business education. Rooted in the Syilx Nation’s Four Food Chiefs teachings, the program uses traditional stories to connect business learning with community well-being, relational accountability, and sustainability. “Those stories are called captikʷł , or Storywork, and they are […]

Indigenous students can be empowered to achieve success through a strengthened “circle of support,” write Amanda Street (Nicola Valley Institute of Technology) and Tessa Quewezance. Street and Quewezance write that Indigenous learners face unique barriers that can be addressed by a “circle of support.” This circle—comprised of individuals such as Elders, family members, friends, colleagues, […]