Indigenous Governance Database

The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and its Application to Canadian Aboriginal Business

Producer
Simon Fraser University Beedie School of Business
Year

This lecture is part of a course Stephen Cornell is teaching in Simon Fraser University's Executive MBA in Aboriginal Business and Leadership program. A panel of three joined Dr. Cornell in a discussion about the building of First Nation economies and the role citizen entrepreneurship can play in that process: Dr. Sophie Pierre, Chief Commissioner of the B.C. Treaty Commission; Lori Simcox, Senior Manager, Tsleil Waututh Nation Economic Development; and Dr. Doug McArthur, Simon Fraser University School of Public Policy.

Canadian-First Nations relations
capable governing institutions
citizen entrepreneurs
citizen-owned businesses
constitutional reform
cultural match
economic diversification
economic growth
First Nations
governance reform
Harvard Project on Indigenous Governance and Development
Indian Act of 1869
rules and procedures
self-determination
separating business from politics
strategic planning
traditional governance systems
People
Stephen Cornell
Sophie Pierre
Doug McArthur
Lori Simcox
Resource Type
Presentations
Topics
Citizenship/Membership
Constitutions
Cultural Affairs
Economic and Community Development
Environment and Natural Resources
Governance
Land/Jurisdiction
Leadership
Small Business
Citation

Cornell, Stephen, Doug McArthur, Sophie Pierre, and Lori Simcox. "The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and its Application to Canadian Aboriginal Business." Executive MBA in Aboriginal Business and Leadership program. Burnaby, British Columbia. Presentation. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b11QeZqizK4, accessed October 18, 2013)