1
Create a financial literacy and business curriculum for youth and adults.
2
Develop mentorship programs.
3
Foster a national network of Indigenous Chambers of Commerce.
4
Create information and gateway platforms to navigate the range of resources and services for entrepreneurs.
5
Ensure that Indigenous Entrepreneurs have access to capital and enabling programs to fully participate in the Canadian economy.
6
Study, review, and amend existing board certification programs to meet Indigenous needs.
7
Create and coordinate a national database of certified, board-ready Indigenous Peoples for utilization by organizations to populate boards of directors.
8
Enact legislation to increase the number of Indigenous Peoples on public and private boards.
9
Educate shareholders to mandate inclusion of Indigenous Peoples on corporate for-profit and not-for-profit boards
10
Create Youth, Women, Elder, and LGBTQ2S+ permanent forums.
11
Educate Indigenous youth on all aspects of Indigenous economic issues and approaches.
12
Seek the advice and guidance of Indigenous Elders in all culturally-specific aspects of economic development.
13
An Indigenous branch of Canadian Intellectual Property Office Cultural is created.
14
Business schools in Canada require all business students to take a course on Indigenous Peoples and the economy, hich includes the history and legacy of residential schools, the United Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal Rights, Indigenous Law, Aboriginal – Crown Relations, and skills-based training in intercultural competencies, conflict resolution, human rights, and anti-racism.
15
Support Indigenous-led institutions to build Indigenous administrative and service delivery capacity for the provision of public services.