HFN Group of Businesses
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 …
Success Story
Jaiden George Photography
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 …
Care Dental Hygiene
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 …
Bigfoot Donuts
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.
Liquid Gold Hot Sauce
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 …
Billybeauty
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, …
Action Packed Charters
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” …