Business services discussed

Wasaya Group Inc.’s Gordon Wabasse recently picked up some information on business development at the June 29 Aboriginal Business Workshop in Thunder Bay.
“I’m here to collect some information about business development, especially with the opportunities that are forthcoming from the Ring of Fire,” Wabasse said. “There’s an immense amount of opportunities that the First Nations people should capture.”
The Aboriginal business workshop was hosted by the Thunder Bay and District Entrepreneurship Centre at the Victoria Inn.
“This is the sixth edition of this workshop,” said Cheryl Watson, E-Spirit project manager with Business Development Bank of Canada.
The goal of the workshops is to inform Aboriginal entrepreneurs, leaders and youth about the services available to them in order to become business owners.
Roundtable discussions were held during the workshop, as were presentations by a variety of organizations, including Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Thunder Bay Public Library, Firedog Communications, Business Development Bank of Canada, FedNor, Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund, Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry, Canadian Youth Business Foundation, and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.