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Health & Wellness, Indigenous Woman Entrepreneur, Retail | Nanaimo, British Columbia
They are ‘growers.’ Michelle has been on this journey since about 2019. And then the pandemic hit! And that sunk everything for a couple of years which …
Accommodations, Indigenous Woman Entrepreneur, Tourism | Port Alberni, British Columbia
“Čims” means ‘Bear’ in the Nuu-chah-nulth Barkley dialect. To help guests pronounce and spell the word, they added “h” to spell “Chims.” Naomi …
Fashion, Health & Wellness, Indigenous Woman Entrepreneur | Campbell River, BC
Alissa Assu was born in Prince Rupert, BC and raised by her grandmother Emma Derrick from Wet’suwet’en First Nation and her grampa Robert Derrick from the …
Accommodations, Indigenous Woman Entrepreneur, Tourism | Chemainus, British Columbia
Christina Kemp from Witset, BC (formerly Moricetown a Wet’suwet’en Village) started her business, The Cottage and Castle in 2020 in Chemainus, BC. She …
First Nation
The HFN Group of Businesses is building economic self-determination for the Huu-ay-aht First Nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island with robust …
Professional Services
Jaiden George is a photographer, writer and future Hereditary Chief from the Ahousaht First Nation. With support from NEDC, he has taken his freelance …
Officials with the Nuu-chah-nulth Economic Development Corporation (NEDC) can now start assisting some businesses with grand and costly plans. Established …
Professional Services | Campbell River
It’s unclear how many of the 31,000 dental hygienists in Canada are Indigenous. The figures are not readily available. But becoming a dental hygienist was …
Food & Drink, Tourism | Courtenay
We wanted to create a more fulfilling future for ourselves, with a fun, community-oriented gathering place built around a childhood favourite, the humble donut.
Food & Drink | Tofino
Matt Grapko, a member of the KENHTEKE KANYEN’KEHÁ:KA (Mohawks Bay of Quinte) established 1Man2Pans Meditati Inc (Meditati is latin for imagine) operating …
Retail | Port Alberni
Natasha started Billybeauty MKTG with the help of her husband, Bill Dennis, in August of 2020. The couple is from Tseshaht & Ahousaht First Nations, …
Tourism | Port Alberni
Introducing Action Packed Charters, established in 2016, owned by Carla Halvorsen (First Nation Name: Hoolth upii – which means “the calm before the storm” …