Research Money Inc – Topics – Indigenous economy

Grand Challenges Canada funds 10 Indigenous-led projects with focus on social challenges

June 16th, 2021

Ten projects will be receiving grants of $250,000 each from the Indigenous Innovation Initiative through its Advancing Indigenous Gender Equality through Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship program. It is currently the only dedicated funder of Indigenous innovation in Canada.

The potential $100-billion Indigenous economy must be incorporated into Canada’s future, author argues

May 26th, 2021

Indigenous peoples and their potential $100-billion economy must be partners in Canada’s economic future, experts told the Empire Club of Canada webinar held on April 20.

Reconciling Ways of Knowing society seeks “transformative synergies” between Indigenous knowledge and Western science

August 5th, 2020

On July 27, the Reconciling Ways of Knowing Forum launched its first dialogue on the need for reconciliation between Indigenous and Western scientific ways of knowing: “The purpose of this dialogue is to find our way forward together, by respecting both ways of knowing.”

The Short Report – July 15, 2020: Indigenous workers face high risk of automation, Quebec’s homegrown innovators win funding, and more

July 15th, 2020

One-third of Canada’s Indigenous workers are in jobs facing a high risk of automation, according to a new report; CED will invest $16.4 million in 46 homegrown Quebec businesses and organizations; the New Frontiers in Research Fund awards grant create an (AI)-enabled capsule capable of diagnosing gastrointestinal cancers; and more.

New federal strategy aims to ensure Indigenous governance of research

February 18th, 2020

Canada’s Tri-Council of major government funding agencies and Indigenous partners across the country have co-developed a new Indigenous research strategic plan. The plan, which proposes a new interdisciplinary research and research screening model, represents a significant new approach by the federal government and a contribution to reconciliation. With implementation starting this spring, the strategy aims to ensure Indigenous peoples lead and control any research involving them.