Wednesday, December 25, 2024

First Nations and the energy to succeed

Indigenous communities have unique and incredibly complex relationships with the oil, gas and pipeline sectors. Media coverage emphasizes - and distorts - Indigenous engagement by focusing on the comparatively small […]

The Role of Clean Fuels in an Energy Transition

 From a wide variety of energy policy perspectives – be it reliability, affordability, security or redundancy – we will continue to need not just electrons but also molecules to […]

Exploring Innovation in Canadian Health Care

 Canadian health care is in crisis. Wait-lists grow, while Canadians cannot find a family doctor or access much-needed medicines and treatments. Governments have poured billions into the system as […]

First Nations Wealth Production and Management

 Indigenous groups nationwide are eager to produce own-source revenues and to reduce their reliance on fiscal transfers from the Government of Canada. Indigenous economic development corporations are the primary […]

Converting Opportunity into Indigenous Prosperity

 This webinar features Sandy Sanderson, President of the Northeastern Alberta Business Association and a northern entrepreneur. The discussion will review the current state of Indigenous engagement in the oil […]

Authoritarian Alliances in Afghanistan: How China is strengthening the Taliban regime while undermining liberal democracy

 In the wake of the NATO and U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, China has swiftly expanded its presence in the war-torn nation, exploiting the power vacuum to extract natural resources and support the Taliban regime. This financial backing strengthens the Taliban’s control and risks turning Afghanistan into a terrorism hub. In a webinar discussion, we will explore […]

The Transformation of the Indigenous Economy

 Karen Restoule, a leading commentator on the Indigenous economy and a commercial professional based in Central Canada, will offer her views on the recent accomplishments of Indigenous business peoples and the remaining barriers to Indigenous economic engagement. We'll look directly at the challenges facing, and economic strategies available to, remote and rural Indigenous communities. […]

Internal barriers to trade: Protecting industry or preventing growth?

 Trade barriers are to be expected between countries. But when similar roadblocks are erected between provinces, they can send our economy down a bumpy road – costing Canadian consumers and businesses alike. In this webinar, we explore internal trade barriers in trucking as a case study to shed light on the broader consequences of […]