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Purdy Crawford Chair in Aboriginal Business Studies
The Purdy Crawford Chair in Aboriginal Business
Studies promotes interest among Canada’s
Aboriginal people in the study of business at the
post-secondary level, while undertaking pure and
applied research specific to Aboriginal communities.
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Purdy Crawford Chair in Aboriginal Business Studies
“The Chair” is focusing its work in three areas:
1. Research on what “drives” success in Aboriginal
business:
• An examination of the Membertou Model
• An examination of best business practices in Unama’ki
• An examination of best business practices in Aboriginal
communities
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Purdy Crawford Chair in Aboriginal Business Studies
“The Chair” is focusing its work in three areas:
2. National student recruitment for the study of Business in
Canadian universities
3. Enhancement of the Business curriculum to support
expanded access
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Regional roundtable participation
28 students with representation from:
• 19 First Nation, Métis, and Inuit communities
• 9 provinces• 19 universities
Regional Roundtable Discussions
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Some of the main points discussed were:
• The overall level of interest of Aboriginal students in business
• Student perceptions of the importance of business and business leaders to communities
• Student perceptions of barriers to the study of business at the University level
• The enhancement of business curriculum with more Aboriginal content
Regional Roundtable Discussions
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Some of the findings that emerged :
• Need for Aboriginal content in business education
• Issues of proximity and need for support structures
• Need for more knowledge regarding funding options
• Need for better university preparation
Roundtable Findings
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The Research Behind the Program
• Canada’s Aboriginal population is growing six times faster than the non-Aboriginal population
• Almost half (48%) of Canada’s Aboriginal population is under the age of 25 • Nova Scotia has approximately 4.2% of the national Aboriginal population
(status and non-status First Nation peoples)• High school completion rates are lower with the Aboriginal high school
dropout rate being 60% for students living on a reserve and 43% for those living off-reserve
• 23% of Canada’s non-Aboriginal population received university degrees with less than seven per cent of Aboriginal Canadians graduating with a university degree
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Why Business?
Chief Terry Paul summarized the importance of recruiting
young Aboriginals to the study of business as:
“This must be our future! Self reliance and
self governance will only come with economic
independence and the foundation for this is the
study of business.”
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Aboriginal Youth Mentorship Programme
Business Network for Aboriginal Youth
• Mentorship program targeting Aboriginal high school students from Nova
Scotia
• Attract students to the study of Business
• Aims to enrich the lives of Aboriginal secondary students by helping to
manage the transition from high school to university business education
• Using BlackBerry technology the network links 30 Aboriginal high school
students from across Nova Scotia
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Program Implementation
• Funding from the Province of Nova Scotia, Mi’kmaw Kina’matneway (MK), and the R Howard Webster Foundation
• Presentations at 28 high schools across Nova Scotia• 217 applicants in total• Advisory council made up of Elders and educators
was established• 7 Aboriginal business mentors
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Business Network for Aboriginal Youth
• The program has representation from 12 of the 13 First Nation
communities in Nova Scotia as well as Métis and Inuit participants
• Students divided into the following groups: the Marketers, the Managers,
the Accountants, the Entrepreneurs, the Economists, and Tourism
• Students given the opportunity to interact with students and mentors from
other communities
• Participants engaged in challenges via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and
BlackBerry Messenger (BBM)
• Youth conferences held in First Nation communities across Nova Scotia
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Results from Year One
• 21 students completed all of the requirements and have graduated from year one of this pilot program
• 6 of these students were in grade 12 and have graduated from high school
• 4 of whom are now attending University• 2 of these 4 are studying business
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Wela’lioq , Thank youwww.cbu.ca/crawford