Indigenous Entrepreneurship In Canada: Restoring The Past. Featuring Professor Irene Henriques.

Canada prides itself on being a nation which promotes and encourages entrepreneurship and innovation. Businesses started by Canadian entrepreneurs – and the small and medium sized businesses that they create and operate – account for the vast majority of all Canadian jobs. Yet one segment of the population has, traditionally, been ignored by (and in some cases, prevented from becoming) entrepreneurs – Indigenous Canadians.

Fortunately, a new generation of Indigenous Canadians is working to change that.

Join Schulich professor Irene Henriques for a discussion of how Indigenous Canadians are working revive the vibrant economic traditions that Indigenous Canadians once engaged in before being disrupted by colonial practices, on this episode of the Research @ Schulich Podcast.

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Schulich – Reinventing Business Leadership.

⁠Irene Henriques⁠ is a Professor of Sustainability & Economics at Schulich, and the Economics Area Coordinator.  Her highly interdisciplinary research interests span economics, stakeholder management and sustainability. Irene is currently examining the role that financial institutions, governments and businesses play in encouraging or discouraging social Indigenous entrepreneurs.

Her papers “Indigenous Entrepreneurship? Setting the Record Straight” and “Transforming Indigenous Procurement: Empowerment, Challenges, and the Road Ahead” can be read at the links above.