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Aboriginal Women’s Business Entrepreneurship Network Conference
Inspire, Educate and Empower
Chelsea Hotel - 33 Gerrard Street West - Toronto, ON - Mountbatton Salon
February 25, 2016
AWBEN CONTACT INFORMATION: 1-800-461-4043
www.nwac.ca
The Aboriginal Women’s Entrepreneurship Business Network (AWBEN) was initiated in December 2012 with the vision and goal to: provide a safe, supportive, collaborative, empowering and culturally supportive environment that addresses the unique challenges of Indigenous entrepreneurs and aspiring Indigenous entrepreneurs; to enhance, develop and accelerate growth for current and aspiring female Indigenous entrepreneurs in a sustainable way through programs and resources and to promote Community leadership through volunteerism as a reflection of respect and reciprocity and will be paramount to the foundation of the Aboriginal Women’s Business Entrepreneurship Network.
8:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
8:45 a.m. Welcoming RemarksEmcee Waneek Horn-Miller
Opening Prayer Elder Marilyn Capreol
9:00 a.m. Keynote AddressTuesday Johnson-MacDonald, Tap Resources
9:45 a.m. Finance Panel: Let’s Talk Money, Working with Financial Institutes
Catherine Roque, Business Development Bank of Canada Clint Davis, TD Canada Trust
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Marketing & Branding Panel: A Brand is a Story That is Always Being Told
Jennifer Taback, Design de Plume
Jay Pitter, The Placemakers & University of Guelph Faculty Member
Waneek Horn-Miller, Manitoba Mukluks Brand Ambassador
NOON Business Lunch provided 1:00 p.m. Project Uplift - Work Life Balance
Beverly Blanchard, Native Women’s Association of Canada
AGENDA
BRING YOUR BUSINESS CARD
1:45 p.m. Mentor Panel: Successful People Never Reach Their Goals Alone
Andre Morrisseau, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
Janene Wilson, Plan4Ward
Deborah Nixon, Facilitator and Coach & Canadian Executive Service Organization
Heather Abbey, ShopIndig.ca and Kiowa Sage & Canadian Executive Service Organization
2:30 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. Featured Entrepreneurs Panel: Let’s Get Inspired! Melissa Hardy-Giles, Origin Operator Recruitment and Training
Jennifer Podemski, Redcloud Studios Inc.
Carla Robinson, Carla Robinson Media Productions
Angela DeMontigny, Young Native Fashion Inc. & DeMontigny Boutique|Gallery
4:00 p.m. Recap of the day
Complete AWBEN Conference Survey
4:30 p.m. Closing Prayer