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...

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Published in:International Indigenous Policy Journal
Main Author: Berge, Simon T.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Western University 2020
Subjects:
Indigenous
First Nations
Inuit
business education
co-operatives
entrepreneurship
Arctic
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Yukon
inuit
Online Access:https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/9374
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spelling ftunivwontaojs:oai:ojs.uwo.ca:article/9374 2023-05-15T14:45:31+02:00 Pedagogical Pathways for Indigenous Business Education: Learning from Current Indigenous Business Practices Berge, Simon T. 2020-01-31 application/pdf https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/9374 eng eng Western University https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/9374/7582 https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/9374 Copyright (c) 2020 Simon T. Berge https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND The International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 11 No. 1 (2020): Special Section: Indigenizing Entrepreneurship International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 11 No. 1 (2020): Special Section: Indigenizing Entrepreneurship 1916-5781 Indigenous First Nations Inuit business education co-operatives entrepreneurship Arctic info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article Text 2020 ftunivwontaojs 2023-02-05T19:15:52Z 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 Western Libraries OJS Arctic Northwest Territories Nunavut Yukon International Indigenous Policy Journal 11 1
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First Nations
Inuit
business education
co-operatives
entrepreneurship
Arctic
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First Nations
Inuit
business education
co-operatives
entrepreneurship
Arctic
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Pedagogical Pathways for Indigenous Business Education: Learning from Current Indigenous Business Practices
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First Nations
Inuit
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co-operatives
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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.
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publisher Western University
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Northwest Territories
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Yukon
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