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First Nations Economic Forum invites attendees to shape priorities and grow First Nations’ economies
First Nations Economic Forum invites attendees to shape priorities and grow First Nations’ economies For Immediate Release OTTAWA – A consortium of national indigenous organizations (NIO,s) is hosting the First Nations Economic Forum at the Delta Hotel in Winnipeg, MB on May 13-14, 2024, to develop an economic framework and identify who initiatives to prioritize […]
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Plan Your First Nation’s Financial Future
Plan Your First Nation’s Financial Future Plan Beyond the 7th Generation Join us for a free 60-minute webinar and learn about the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB), and the free services we provide to support First Nations governments. During this session, we will be joined by a First Nations leader and hear their story of success working […]
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Opinion: Facilitate real reconciliation through Indigenous financial institutions
Opinion: Facilitate real reconciliation through Indigenous financial institutions Indigenous communities need better financing entities. Here are two that could help and would eventually be self-sustaining A key obstacle to building economic prosperity in Canada’s Indigenous communities is lack of access to the financing needed to invest in public infrastructure, housing and economic development. Indigenous Services […]
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Lower Similkameen Indian Band achieves highest level of FMB’s financial systems certification
Lower Similkameen Indian Band achieves highest level of FMB’s financial systems certification December 15, 2023 LOWER SIMILKAMEEN INDIAN BAND – Lower Similkameen Indian Band (LSIB), located in the South-Central Interior of British Columbia, recently received Financial Management System Certification from the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB). This means their finance and administrative governance practices […]
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Indigenous-led organizations in Canada, Australia sign MOU
Indigenous-led organizations in Canada, Australia sign MOU Economic-development organizations commit to greater collaboration November 17, 2023 GATINEAU, QUEBEC – The Indigenous Peoples in Australia and Canada share a similar history marked by the dispossession of their lands and waters, the denial of their rights, systematic exclusion from the economy and from opportunities for wealth creation. […]
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Investors need disclosure on Indigenous representation; the CSA should require it | The Globe and Mail
Investors need disclosure on Indigenous representation; the CSA should require it | The Globe and Mail Canada’s economic future is dependent, in many ways, on having more Indigenous voices at the table when major development projects are being proposed and planned. That’s because many of these initiatives will involve the traditional territories of Indigenous peoples […]
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A need for action on reconciliation | Winnipeg Free Press
A need for action on reconciliation | Winnipeg Free Press Each year, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation prompts us to take stock of the progress we are making, as a country, on the journey towards reconciliation. Often this progress — or the lack of it — is measured by counting how many of […]
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First Nations Leading The Way: 2023 National Meeting
First Nations Leading The Way: 2023 National Meeting ATTENTION: Future Leaders The First Nations Fiscal Management Act (FMA) institutions and the Land Advisory Board (LAB) encourage interested First Nations youth ages 18-30 to apply to take part in this year’s 6th annual First Nations Leading the Way (FNLW) conference in Gatineau, Quebec, from November 14th […]
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FMB approved as first Indigenous CPA Pre-approved Training Program in B.C.
FMB approved as first Indigenous CPA Pre-approved Training Program in B.C. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 24, 2023 — The Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) and the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB) are pleased to announce that the FMB is the first B.C. Indigenous organization to deliver the pre-approved program to support the […]
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Seabird Island Band receives Financial Management System Certification
Seabird Island Band receives Financial Management System Certification SEABIRD ISLAND BAND – Seabird Island Band (SIB) has achieved Financial Management System (FMS) Certification from the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB). This means that SIB’s finance and administrative governance practices now meet FMB standards, which are based on internationally recognized standards of financial management. As […]
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