Aboriginal Business Information

Archive - Aboriginal Business Development Fund - Apeetogosan (Metis) Development Inc.

• At-Sea Mentoring Initiative
  
  
• Fisheries Operations Management Initiative
  
  
• Storage Tank Systems for Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products on Federal Lands or Aboriginal Lands
  
  
• Treaty Seven Economic Development Corporation
  

• Aboriginal Albertans in Business Series
  The Aboriginal Albertans in Business Series was developed by The Business Link to meet the unique needs of Aboriginal business people in Alberta.
  
  
• Aboriginal Business Canada
  Provides Aboriginal entrepreneurs financial assistance, business information, resource materials and referrals to other possible sources of financing or business support.
  
  
• Aboriginal Business Info-Guide
  The Info-Guide is a document designed to help Aboriginal entrepreneurs navigate through the different government programs, services and regulations pertaining to specific business topics.
  
  
• Aboriginal Business Profiles
  The Aboriginal Business Profiles featured on this webpage were filmed on-site in Alberta and Quebec as part of the HOMEBIZ.TV television series.
  
  
• Aboriginal Business Service Network (ABSN)
  Provides free-of-charge access to government information on business programs, services and regulations.
  
  
• Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licenses
  These regulations govern licensing for Aboriginal fisheries.
  
  
• Aboriginal Contract Guarantee Instrument (ACGI)
  Gives Aboriginal contractors the help they need to qualify for more business opportunities.
  
  
• Aboriginal Housing Programs and Services
  Aboriginal housing programs and the Youth Internship for the First Nations and Inuit Youth.
  
  
• Aboriginal Business Info-Guide
  The Info-Guide is designed to help you navigate through different programs/services & identify those of interest. This blended product of federal, provincial, and other non-government information gives a helpful overview of many programs/services in Alberta.
  
  
• Aboriginal Peoples Survey
  Statistics Canada maintains records related to the operation of a statistical system to provide a social and economic profile of Aboriginal peoples. Data from the 1991 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.
  
  
• Aboriginal Planet
  A Web site to learn more about the aboriginal dimension of Canada's international relations and provides tools for Aboriginals to get onto the world stage.
  
  
• CIDA's Aboriginal Procurement Strategy (CAPS)
  The strategy is to promote Aboriginal business development through the procurement process at CIDA.
  
  
• Aboriginal Resource Guide
  The Aboriginal Resource Guide is a Web site designed to help Aboriginal entrepreneurs locate the resources they need to improve their business capabilities.
  
  
• Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership Program
  The ASEP program, effective over 5 years, is aimed at securing and increasing aboriginal participation in large economic developments and resource-based projects. A minimum of 50 long-term jobs must be provided to be eligible.
  
  
• Aboriginal Workforce Participation Initiative (AWPI) : AWPI Employer Toolkit
  A national initiative designed to help employers recruit, retain and promote Aboriginal employees.
  
  
• Aboriginal Youth Business Fund
  Apeetogosan (Métis) Development Inc. can provide Métis and Non-Status Indian youth entrepreneurs with commercial loans.
  
  
• Access to Capital
  Provides support to Aboriginal financial institutions that offer small business financing services to Aboriginal businesses and entrepreneurs.
  
  
• Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food (ACAAF)
  The funding program, a successor to the CARD Fund, is aimed at positioning Canada's agriculture and agri-food sector at the leading edge to seize new opportunities.
  
  
• Alberta Film Development Program (AFDP)
  Film and video production is a crucial part of Alberta's cultural community, as a means for Alberta writers, actors, designers and technicians to tell our stories. This program will increase the number of opportunities available to Alberta's film community
  
  
• Alberta Indian Investment Corporation - AIIC
  A.I.I.C., as a First Nation-owned Investment Company, will provide a range of services to First Nation businesses, including the provision of Business Loans and Business Development Assistance.
  
  
• Apeetogosan (Métis) Development Inc.
  Apeetogosan (Metis) Development Inc. provides the Metis and Non-Status Indian people of Alberta with business financing and related services.
  
  
• Building Environmental Aboriginal Human Resources - BEAHR Internship Program
  BEAHR matches Aboriginal graduates with Canadian employers in the environment sector, while offering up to $8 000 in wage subsidies.
  
  
• Calgary Business Information Centre
  CBIC is committed to assisting business start-up and development in the Calgary region. CBIC is a first point of contact for essential business start-up and development information, and referrals to external information resources and expertise.
  
  
• Canada's SchoolNet
  An online resource for educational content, offering access to more than 7,000 learning services, resources and opportunities.
  
  
• Canada's Virtual Aboriginal Trade Show
  An innovative Internet showcase of Aboriginal entrepreneurs, products and services.
  
  
• Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
  The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business is a national, non-profit, non-government, charitable organization that is dedicated to promoting the full participation of Aboriginal communities in the Canadian economy
  
  
• Canadian Television Fund
  The Canada Television Fund ensures the development of programming in the essential categories: drama, variety, children's shows, documentaries and performing arts in English, French and Aboriginal languages.
  
  
• Canadian Youth Business Foundation
  CYBF assists young entrepreneurs, 18-34 years of age, to pursue their ambitions of building successful enterprises by providing business assistance in three core programs (Loans, Mentoring and On-Line Resources)
  
  
• CareerPLACE
  A national career and recruitment Web site that helps Aboriginal job seekers, Canadian employers, Aboriginal organizations and educational institutions connect to each other online.
  
  
• CESO/SACO - CESO Aboriginal Services
  Founded in 1969, CESO Aboriginal Services is a not-for-profit agency dedicated to working with Aboriginal businesses, organizations and communities across Canada.
  
  
• Co-operative Development Initiative (CDI)
  Comprised of two components -- Innovation and Research and Advisory Services -- the funding program aims to enhance the quality of life in Canada through supporting the development of co-operatives priority areas.
  
  
• Communities on the Grow - Training Manual
  "Communities on the Grow" is a package of 15 publications, each providing information on a different subject or principle of community based economic development.
  
  
• Community Economic Development Program
  Provides core financial support for First Nation and Inuit communities for public services in economic development.
  
  
• Community Facility Enhancement Program
  Matched funding is available for assistance to build, purchase, repair, renovate, upgrade or otherwise improve sports, recreational, cultural or other related family and community wellness facilities.
  
  
• Community Initiatives Program
  CIP supports project-based initiatives in areas such as community services, seniors' services, libraries, arts and culture, sports, education, health and recreation.
  
  
• Directory of Aboriginal Exporters
  A directory of Aboriginal small - and medium-sized enterprises that are exporting, export-prepared, or export-oriented.
  
  
• EcoAction - Community Funding Program
  EcoAction encourages Canadians to take action in their communities in support of healthy environments. Funding up to 50%, and normally around $25 000, of eligible project costs.
  
  
• First Nations Forestry Program
  Designed to assist First Nations to build capacity and assume control of the management of their forest resources, to establish partnerships with provinces and industry, and to actively participate in economic development opportunities.
  
  
• First Nation Profiles
  A Web site which allows quick and easy access to current national First Nation community profiles.
  
  
• First Nations and Inuit Student Summer Employment Opportunities Program
  The program supports skills acquisition through the provision of wage subsidies for short term work experience.
  
  
• First Nations and Inuit Youth Work Experience Program
  The program through the provision of wage subsidies will expose youth to a variety of career options.
  
  
• First Nations Resource Council - FNRC
  The First Nations Resource Council runs the Ooskipukwa Program (formerly IMAP) to promote native self-sufficiency by providing consulting services to Natives.
  
  
• First Nations Training-to-Employment Partnerships (FNTEP)
  The First Nations Training-To-Employment Partnership Program purpose will be to provide First Nations people (primarily living on-reserve) who are unemployed or underemployed with the skills needed for sustained employment.
  
  
• Growth Capital for Aboriginal Business
  Aims to increase access to capital for Aboriginal entrepreneurs who want to start a small business or expand an existing business operating on or off a reserve in Canada.
  
  
• GST/HST and Indians
  Under Section 87 of the Indian Act, the personal property of an Indian or Indian band situated on a reserve and their interests in reserve lands are not subject to tax. The application of the GST/HST is consistent with the provisions of that Act.
  
  
• Indian Business Corporation
  The Indian Business Corporation provides direct and indirect financing for Alberta Indian entrepreneurs, farmers, ranchers and agri-entrepreneurs.
  
  
• Indigenous Peoples Partnership Program
  Financing of $100 000 for partnership projects between Canadian Aboriginal organizations and Indigenous peoples in the LAC region. The projects should enhance the capacity of local organizations and communities to become self-sufficient.
  
  
• International Cultural Industries - Market Support Division
  International Trade Canada, Market Support Division, aims to promote Canadian cultural industries, its capabilities and successes. It also assists companies to compete in global markets and grow through export development.
  
  
• Journey to Success Aboriginal Women's Business Planning Guide
  A business planning guide specifically for Aboriginal women.
  
  
• Management Consulting Services
  Varsity Consulting Group (VCG) serves the business community and non-profit sector by providing affordable, quality management consulting services.
  
  
• Mass Media Initiative of the Development Information Program
  The program financially supports communications projects aimed at increasing Canadian public awareness and understanding of international development and cooperation issues through the mass media.
  
  
• Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund
  The Fund will improve and increase the stock of core public infrastructure in areas such as water, wastewater, cultural, recreation.
  
  
• Museums Assistance Program
  The Museums Assistance Program provides financial assistance to Canadian museums and related institutions. Assistance is for museum activities that support the objectives of Canada's museum policy.
  
  
• Northern Information Network (NIN)
  The Northern Information Network (NIN) encourages information sharing about the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
  
  
• Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business
  The federal government launched the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB) to help Aboriginal firms do more contracting with all our departments and agencies.
  
  
• Programs and Services to Small or Medium Sized Enterprises - Internet Sites
  Internet sites which contain information on Programs and Services for SME's.
  
  
• Regional Access Program (RAP)
  The Business Link works with regional business centres around Alberta to provide information and resources to entrepreneurs and small business owners. Regional Access sites provide you with access to business books, on-line databases & research assistance.
  
  
• Settlement Investment Corporation
  The Settlement Investment Corporation encourages and assists Metis entrepreneurs to start businesses or expand their existing business by providing loans.
  
  
• Shelterbelt Program (Prairies)
  The Program provides recipients with seedlings for shelterbelt, conservation and reclamation planting.
  
  
• Small Business Seminars and Brown Bag Presentations - Fall 2006
  Are you looking for direction as you start or expand your business? The Business Link Business Service Centre offers informative small business seminars and brown bag presentations to help point you in the right direction.
  
  
• Starting an Early Childhood Centre
  General information for potential entrepreneurs wishing to start an early childhood centre. Contains various useful Web links.
  
  
• Summer Temporary Employment Program (STEP)
  STEP consists of the following elements: Community-Based; Provincial Government Department; and Summer Farm. Also, Provincial Govt. Dept. element funding is used for the jointly-delivered Quebec/Alberta Student Employment Exchange Program
  
  
• Tax and Revenue Administration (TRA)
  Tax and Revenue Administration is responsible for the administration of the Alberta Corporate Tax Act, Fuel Tax Act, Tobacco Tax Act, Tourism Levy Act, as well as the Health Cost Recovery programs.
  
  
• Taxation Info-Guide
  This Info-Guide is designed to help you navigate through the different programs, services and regulations related to taxation.
  
  
• Telefilm Canada Funds and Programs
  As a cultural investor in film, television, new media and music, Telefilm Canada encourages the creation and distribution of stories and images that touch Canadians and foster connection and understanding from coast to coast.
  
  
• The Business Link Business Service Centre
  The Business Link will connect you to useful information and services whether you are starting or expanding your business.
  
  
• The Truth About Grants
  Many programs are targeted to non profit organizations. Those that are for the private sector in Alberta, are usually for activities such as: export marketing, agri-food and high tech research, employment, aboriginal businesses, and Canadian literature.
  
  
• Tourism Development Branch
  Alberta Economic Development's Tourism Development Branch helps to assist and facilitate growth and expansion of tourism facilities and attractions in the province.
  
  
• Young Entrepreneurs Info-Guide
  This Info-Guide is designed to help young entrepreneurs navigate through the different government programs, services and regulations.