Empowering Indigenous Communities Through Trade

Jul. 12, 2023 at 11:12 a.m. PDT

This expert panel put Canada’s emerging Indigenous trade policy into context, reviewing how Indigenous economic inclusion is driving export growth, which forms of innovation in policy and partnership formation are enabling Indigenous participation in the trade economy, and what cross-sectoral efforts to advance reconciliation mean for Canada’s reputation abroad.

Participants:

Matthew Foss, Vice President Research & Public Policy, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business,

Brenda Wills, Senior Trade Commissioner, High Commission of Canada in Singapore,

Arthur Tsai, Head of Market Intelligence, Paper Excellence, and

Hayley Woodin, Editor-in-Chief, Business in Vancouver Media Group (moderator).

Subtitles available in: English