Thank you, thank you, thank you
for helping us make our
inaugural Forum a huge success!

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• Check back soon ... we will be adding some photos and feedback comments from the delegates
• Mark your calendars now - our 2020 Forum will again be the last week of February.
• Official Program distributed at the Forum

RECOGNITION

NACCA would like to acknowledge and thank the following people and organizations

• Irene Lindsay - Elder for opening and closing prayers
• Chief Ian Campbell - Master of Ceremonies
• Our fabulous lineup of speakers, panelists, moderators
• Inuit Throat Singers & Dancers - students from Nunavut Sivuniksavut
• Métis Singer / Songwriter Amanda Rheaume
• iPad prize donations from MediaEdge and CESO
• Government of Canada for their funding contributions (ISC & ISED)
• AFOA Canada - our two teams worked together to make NACCA's inaugural Forum the success it was
• All our exhibitors and Indigenous vendors - next year's trade show will be bigger & better
• And last but certainly not least, our SPONSORS, without whom this Forum would not have happened:
  • Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
  • Fern Software
  • Vancity Community Investment Bank
  • Canada Post - Small Business Solutions
  • RBC Royal Bank
  • Futurpreneur Canada
  • Global Affairs - Trade Commissioner Service
  • First Nations Bank of Canada

PRESENTATIONS - in order of appearance for those who provided a presentation (converted from PowerPoint to PDF)

• Day One - Wednesday February 27
  • Adam Fiser - Conference Board of Canada - Indigenous Economic Opportunities: Making the Case for Impactful Investment
  • Brian Davey - Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (NADF) - Capital Pool for Indigenous Sub-Contractors
  • Monica James - Business Development Bank of Canada - Current Financing Solutions for Indigenous Business
  • Matt Tapper - Ulnooweg Development Group - Financial & Business Support Services
  • Jean Vincent - Aboriginal Savings Corporation of Canada - First Nations Housing Finance
  • Ernie Daniels - First Nations Finance Authority - About FNFA
• Day Two - Thursday February 28
  • Carol Anne Hilton - Indigenomics Institute - Indigenomics Power Shift - A Seat at the Economic Table
  • Derek Ballantyne - New Market Funds - Placing Capital in the Indigenous Economy
  • James Hughes - McConnell Foundation - New Tricks to Raise Capital and Place Investments in the Indigenous Economy
  • Chris Googoo - Ulnooweg Development Group - Indigenous Communities Foundation
  • Mike Watson - Stó:lô Community Futures - About SCF
  • Phillip Ducharme - Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business - About CCAB
  • Kelly Lendsay - Indigenous Works - Developing a Co-ordinated Effort to Drive Prosperity
  • Ray Wanuch - Cando - About Us

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