{"id":1782,"date":"2021-06-03T16:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T20:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2024-02-13T11:50:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T16:50:43","slug":"national-indigenous-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/blog\/national-indigenous-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"National Indigenous History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">June is National Indigenous History Month \u2013 a time when we are asked to reflect upon the history and heritage of First Nations,\u00a0M\u00e9tis\u00a0and Inuit communities across Canada.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At\u00a0Futurpreneur, we aim to celebrate and showcase \u2013 throughout June and every month of the year\u00a0\u2013\u00a0the contributions that Indigenous young entrepreneurs are making\u00a0in\u00a0their communities and regions across the country.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Futurpreneur\u00a0has been serving young entrepreneurs from a broad array of backgrounds\u00a0since\u00a0our\u00a0inception. Through the work of our dedicated Indigenous Young Entrepreneur (IYE) team, we seek to build on that\u00a0foundation,\u00a0supporting\u00a0more and more First Nations, Inuit and\u00a0M\u00e9tis\u00a0youth on their\u00a0entrepreneurial\u00a0journeys.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition to encouraging\u00a0and\u00a0supporting\u00a0Indigenous small business owners through\u00a0funding and mentorship, we are also\u00a0collaborating with Indigenous organizations to fulfill our mission,\u00a0showcasing role models to inspire other Indigenous young people to consider launching a business as a career path,\u00a0and developing and delivering culturally relevant and appropriate programming.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our commitment to reaching and serving IYEs is reflected in Canada\u2019s Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action 92, which asks the Canadian corporate sector to \u201censure that Aboriginal peoples have equitable access to jobs, training, and education opportunities in the corporate sector, and that Aboriginal communities gain long-term sustainable benefits from economic development\u00a0projects.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This journey is ongoing. Our IYE team, along with the entire staff at\u00a0Futurpreneur, will work daily to learn, grow and establish new ways to support\u00a0young\u00a0Indigenous\u00a0people\u00a0across Canada, meeting them where they are and readying them for success.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Learn more about our programming for Indigenous entrepreneurs <a href=\"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/indigenous\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June is National Indigenous History Month \u2013 a time when we are asked to reflect upon the history and heritage of First Nations,\u00a0M\u00e9tis\u00a0and Inuit communities across Canada.\u00a0 At\u00a0Futurpreneur, we aim to celebrate and showcase \u2013 throughout June and every month of the year\u00a0\u2013\u00a0the contributions that Indigenous young entrepreneurs are making\u00a0in\u00a0their communities and regions across the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurpreneurs-and-partners"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}