Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business is undertaking research initiative interviewing 1,100 Aboriginal businesses

The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) is undertaking its research initiative interviewing 1,100 Aboriginal businesses and entrepreneurs across the country as part of Promise and Prosperity: National Aboriginal Business Survey 2015. The council will gather data on the Aboriginal private economy and identify opportunities and challenges nationwide.

 
In the fall of 2014, the CCAB convened a research advisory committee with representatives from across the country. Headed by former prime minister Paul Martin, the group includes singer Susan Aglukark; Phil Fontaine, former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Chuck Strahl, former minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, Brenda LaRose, a consultant and partner in Leaders & Co.; Brent Mainprize, professor at the University of Victoria, and Miles Richardson, interim director for the National Consortium for Indigenous Economic Development at UVIC. 

This research presents an opportunity to document the current landscape and the number of Aboriginal businesses in Canada, reads a press statement, and for CCAB Research to develop and maintain its own statistical database of Aboriginal businesses in order to build a strong and vibrant Aboriginal marketplace across the country. The report will be released in the fall of 2015. For further information please visit: www.ccab.com/research