January 18, 2025

Resource Sector Provides Highest Paying Jobs for Indigenous Workers in Canada

CALGARY, AB, Feb. 27, 2023 /CNW/ - Data from Census 2021 show that the extractive resource sectors, and the oil and gas sector specifically,...

January 18, 2025

B.C. First Nation partners to build Canada’s biggest battery factory

The Malahat Nation is now less than 90 days away from having shovels in the ground on what will be Canada’s first Indigenous-led gigafactory...

January 18, 2025

Canada, B.C. support First Nations to power up new clean-energy projects

Thirty-five First Nations throughout B.C. are receiving $9.8 million in federal and provincial funding to develop clean-energy projects that...

January 18, 2025

Ontario and First Nations Partnering to Support Economic and Resource Development in Northern Ontario

GREENSTONE — Today, the Government of Ontario signed Letters of Confirmation that will support renewed partnerships with Animbiigoo Zaagi’ig...

January 18, 2025

Nlaka’pamux Nation Tribal Council and BluEarth Renewables reach financial close on quA-ymn Solar with Canada Infrastructure Bank

Enabling Indigenous ownership in British Columbia’s clean energy transition Nlaka’pamux ownership in the project acknowledges and recognize...

January 18, 2025

B.C. First Nation wants more say in forestry after Canfor mill closure announcement

FORT ST. JAMES, B.C. — A British Columbia First Nations leader says the province must rethink its approach to the forest industry in light o...

January 18, 2025

3 First Nations, Manitoba government sign deal on 20-year forestry plan

Three Manitoba First Nations and the province of Manitoba have struck a deal to create a long-term forestry plan in the Swan Valley region, ...

January 17, 2025

Indigenous employment centre receives ‘life-changing’ cash from feds

An organization in Vancouver says it will be able to expand its programming for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in British Columbia af...

January 17, 2025

Self-employment among women in Canada

This study uses historical data from the Labour Force Survey, from 1976 to 2022, to provide a profile of self-employment among women in Cana...

January 17, 2025

Nearly 6 in 10 Indigenous Canadians have experienced discrimination

The employment experience has not been fair for Indigenous Canadians, based on findings from a recent study. Overall, nearly six in 10 (5...