Pedagogical Pathways for Indigenous Business Education: Learning from Current Indigenous Business Practices

Business is one of the fastest growing areas in post-secondary education, but there is little understanding of Indigenous business practices. This article looks at three Arctic communities in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, and their associated co-operative businesses. I examine h...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:International Indigenous Policy Journal
Main Author: Berge, Simon T.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Scholarship@Western (Western University) 2020
Subjects:
edu
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2020.11.1.9374
http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1068097ar
id fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:O-SevmX09OO2UcBDbq9uB
record_format openpolar
spelling fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:O-SevmX09OO2UcBDbq9uB 2023-05-15T14:45:30+02:00 Pedagogical Pathways for Indigenous Business Education: Learning from Current Indigenous Business Practices Berge, Simon T. 2020-01-01 https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2020.11.1.9374 http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1068097ar en eng Scholarship@Western (Western University) Érudit University of Western Ontario, Western Libraries doi:10.18584/iipj.2020.11.1.9374 10670/1.9biuj1 http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1068097ar undefined lic_creative-commons The International Indigenous Policy Journal Indigenous First Nations Inuit business education co-operatives entrepreneurship Arctic socio edu Text https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_18cf/ Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2020 fttriple https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2020.11.1.9374 2023-01-22T17:54:47Z Business is one of the fastest growing areas in post-secondary education, but there is little understanding of Indigenous business practices. This article looks at three Arctic communities in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, and their associated co-operative businesses. I examine how these businesses express cultural values, as well as the business skill needs within these communities. Key informant interviews were conducted in each of the three Arctic communities, and three conclusions were made: (a) Co-operatives act as links between communities and their economic activities, (b) Business skills within communities need to be developed, and (c) Business skills need to include cultural components, as co-ops represent cultural economic expressions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic First Nations inuit Northwest Territories Nunavut Yukon Unknown Arctic Nunavut Yukon Northwest Territories International Indigenous Policy Journal 11 1
institution Open Polar
collection Unknown
op_collection_id fttriple
language English
topic Indigenous
First Nations
Inuit
business education
co-operatives
entrepreneurship
Arctic
socio
edu
spellingShingle Indigenous
First Nations
Inuit
business education
co-operatives
entrepreneurship
Arctic
socio
edu
Berge, Simon T.
Pedagogical Pathways for Indigenous Business Education: Learning from Current Indigenous Business Practices
topic_facet Indigenous
First Nations
Inuit
business education
co-operatives
entrepreneurship
Arctic
socio
edu
description Business is one of the fastest growing areas in post-secondary education, but there is little understanding of Indigenous business practices. This article looks at three Arctic communities in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, and their associated co-operative businesses. I examine how these businesses express cultural values, as well as the business skill needs within these communities. Key informant interviews were conducted in each of the three Arctic communities, and three conclusions were made: (a) Co-operatives act as links between communities and their economic activities, (b) Business skills within communities need to be developed, and (c) Business skills need to include cultural components, as co-ops represent cultural economic expressions.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Berge, Simon T.
author_facet Berge, Simon T.
author_sort Berge, Simon T.
title Pedagogical Pathways for Indigenous Business Education: Learning from Current Indigenous Business Practices
title_short Pedagogical Pathways for Indigenous Business Education: Learning from Current Indigenous Business Practices
title_full Pedagogical Pathways for Indigenous Business Education: Learning from Current Indigenous Business Practices
title_fullStr Pedagogical Pathways for Indigenous Business Education: Learning from Current Indigenous Business Practices
title_full_unstemmed Pedagogical Pathways for Indigenous Business Education: Learning from Current Indigenous Business Practices
title_sort pedagogical pathways for indigenous business education: learning from current indigenous business practices
publisher Scholarship@Western (Western University)
publishDate 2020
url https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2020.11.1.9374
http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1068097ar
geographic Arctic
Nunavut
Yukon
Northwest Territories
geographic_facet Arctic
Nunavut
Yukon
Northwest Territories
genre Arctic
First Nations
inuit
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Yukon
genre_facet Arctic
First Nations
inuit
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Yukon
op_source The International Indigenous Policy Journal
op_relation doi:10.18584/iipj.2020.11.1.9374
10670/1.9biuj1
http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1068097ar
op_rights undefined
lic_creative-commons
op_doi https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2020.11.1.9374
container_title International Indigenous Policy Journal
container_volume 11
container_issue 1
_version_ 1766316903597342720