July 13, 2022
CCAB, in partnership with Toronto Metropolitan University’s Diversity Institute and the Future Skills Centre, mapped training institutions and interviewed Indigenous-owned/led training providers and non-Indigenous employers to compile a study on skills training, employment development, and funding prospects for Indigenous peoples in Canada.
January 26, 2022
CCAB, along with the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA), and the National Indigenous Economic Development Board (NIEDB) undertook a third phase of the COVID-19 Indigenous Business Survey in the summer of 2021.
October 28, 2021
CCAB and ISED have taken an in-depth look at the data from the second phase of the COVID-19 Indigenous Business Survey. Findings on Indigenous women entrepreneurs are explored in this report.
October 28, 2021
CCAB and ISED have taken an in-depth look at the data from the second phase of the COVID-19 Indigenous Business Survey. Findings on the different impacts felt by First Nations, Inuit, and Métis businesses are explored in this report.
Summer 2021
The 2019 survey report by Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB), supported by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), aims to better understand how Indigenous businesses connect to Canada’s IP system and explores the use and protection of Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions within their business models.
June 7, 2021
This report looks at how the Government of Canada can increase its secondary procurement from Indigenous businesses throughout their supply chains.
June 2021
Phase II of the COVID-19 Indigenous Business Survey provides insight into the changing impacts to Indigenous businesses amidst second and third waves of the pandemic and ongoing public health strategies in Canada.
December 10, 2020
In partnership with the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH), CCAB has released a new report: Breaking Barriers: A Decade of Indigenous Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada. This research uses a gender perspective to explore the profile of women-owned Indigenous businesses over the past 10 years – approaching topics such as innovation, export and use of traditional knowledge.
October 19, 2020
The latest in a series of National and Provincial studies investigating Indigenous business characteristics.
September 22, 2020
CCAB and Indspire undertake a research collaboration to shed light on important findings related to Indigenous students in the workplace today and enable employers, business leaders, and post-secondary institutions to better understand how to meet the needs of new generations of Indigenous youth.
September 16, 2020
In partnership with the Women’s Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, CCAB has revisited its 2016 Promise and Prosperity report with a gendered lens – identifying similarities and differences between women- and men-owned businesses.
August 2020
The Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH) released The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada: 2020, the first annual report. The report synthesizes government, academic, and expert research to highlight some of the structural barriers facing diverse women entrepreneurs in Canada.
July 6, 2020
Technology disruption has the potential to support or hinder the future of Indigenous work in this country, given that 33.8% of Indigenous workers across Canada are currently concentrated in industries with a higher risk of automation.
June 30, 2020
The Indigenous Business COVID-19 Response Taskforce reveals findings of their recent Indigenous Business Survey. The results highlight the unique impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Indigenous businesses, current barriers to accessing government relive programs, and capabilities of these businesses to supply PPE to the federal government.
June 23, 2020
This report presents some of the legal, historical, and contextual pieces that are vital to understanding the present and future Indigenous skills landscape.
February 2020
Read our national survey interviewing executives and community leadership on the role of Aboriginal Economic Development Corporations in their communities.
September 6, 2019
The Business Reconciliation in Canada guidebook is a starting place for building respectful and sustainable business partnerships – whether you’re a large corporation or startup.
June 21, 2019
A joint publication with CCAB and Global Affairs Canada, to review the characteristics of Indigenous SMEs involved in global trade.
February 28, 2019
CCAB and Tata Consultancy Services share the preliminary findings from their interactive workshop with Indigenous business leaders and allies in the IT space.
2019
This report analyzes the Federal Supply Chain and the corresponding Indigenous industries, finding optimistic results for Indigenous business capacity.
Winter 2018
How do Indigenous businesses perform in the Agriculture and Agri-Food industry? What are their unique experiences, challenges, and strengths?
Winter 2018
CCAB and the Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE) set out to explore the means for actors in the investment chain to contribute to economic reconciliation and support the advancement of Indigenous peoples.
Winter 2017
Ensuring Indigenous businesses play an important role in the supply chains of the marine and aerospace industry creates real challenges. This report explores Indigenous engagement and capacity in B.C.
June 19, 2017
In partnership with TD Economics, this report reviews CCAB’s 2016 Aboriginal Business Survey data to highlight the successes and challenges facing Indigenous businesses today.
September 27, 2016
Part of a series of National and Provincial studies investigating Indigenous business characteristics.
November 2016
This report looks at the relationships between Indigenous businesses and mining companies operating in Canada.
2016
Part of a series of National and Provincial studies investigating Indigenous business characteristics. This installment takes a qualitative approach.
2016
How are Indigenous business relationships developed and structured? What stages do they go through, what obstacles do they face, and how might we create more opportunities for vital relationships to occur?
July 26, 2015
Using new and previously collected data, this report examines how AEDCs help to drive the Indigenous economy and create opportunity in communities.
June 10, 2015
CCAB and TD Economics review the Indigenous market, updating forecasts from earlier reports.
2015
Part of a series of National and Provincial studies investigating Indigenous business characteristics.
May 2013
How do Community Owned Businesses drive opportunity for Indigenous entrepreneurs, Indigenous communities, Canada’s ecology and economy?
June 18, 2012
Partnering with CCAB, TD Economics debunks 10 myths and misconceptions about Canada’s Indigenous population.
June 17, 2011
This 2011 partnership between TD Economics and CCAB reviews the Indigenous market, and forecasts billions in growth over the next 5 years.
2011
The first in a series of National and Provincial studies investigating Indigenous business characteristics.
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