Feature Story: The Conversation: Financial empowerment is the road to success for Indigenous youth

• Main Author: External Relations, University of Regina
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: External Relations, University of Regina 2018
• Subjects: Bettina Schneider; First Nations University of Canada; Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Indigenous Peoples; School of Business and Public Administration; Canada; First Nations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10294/8760

Youth now represent nearly half the Indigenous population in Canada. These young people are at exciting times in their lives and many are planning to, or already do, attend post-secondary education. As well, Indigenous entrepreneurship, in general, but especially for youth, has been on the rise since 2000. That business arena is growing at a rate that is six times faster than entrepreneurship among non-Indigenous people. Indigenous entrepreneurs tend to be about 10 years younger than their non-Indigenous peers. Staff no