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 in accounting and financial training programs, and solve problems relevant to Indigenous communities. “We’re going to be experiencing new approaches and see business entrepreneurship and economic research in a new lens with grounding and values taught to us by First Nations, Inuit and Metis experts,” said CICan CEO Pari Johnston.
