Indigenous Business Report
The Indigenous Business Report is published by CCIB and discusses various business topics relevant to Indigenous communities across Canada.
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Indigenous Business Report

Featured Edition

In this Winter 2026 Edition of the Indigenous Business Report, we shine a spotlight on the future of Indigenous business in a landscape where Indigenous entrepreneurs are not merely participating in the market but fundamentally transforming it through groundbreaking innovation and forward-thinking approaches rooted in values and traditional teachings.

Read more about how Indigenous tech firms are reshaping tech innovation with a principled approach and discover four trailblazing Indigenous tech firms that are spearheading value-based products and service offerings.

Explore the critical importance of Indigenous involvement in the development of Canada’s major economic assets and how an Edmonton-based tech firm is expanding its business strategy to help Indigenous communities in Taiwan.

You’ll find even more insights and stories to discover throughout the magazine—start exploring now.

Winter Edition 2026

Forward Focus: The Future of Indigenous Business

Featured Articles:

  • Grounded in Accountability
  • Taking Tech to New Heights
  • From Consultation to Ownership
  • Tech to the Rescue

PLUS, learn more about CCIB’s research featuring key insights on defence procurement, trade and intellectual property.

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All Issues

Each edition of the Indigenous Business Report features a diverse mix of articles that inspire, inform and empower. Read our complete catalogue of past issues below.

Special Edition 2025

Seeds of Success - Spotlight on Young Indigenous Talent

Featured Articles:

Featured Articles

  • Raising Capital
  • Building a Business with Heart
  • Putting Mental Wellness First
  • Success with a Social Slant

PLUS! Browse the 2025 Indigenous Business Holiday Gift Guide

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Indigenous Business Report Fall 2025 cover titled “The Natural Edge,” featuring a sunset landscape with water and reeds, Indigenous artwork of a bird and bear, and stories on navigating the resource sector and national partnerships.

Fall 2025

The Natural Edge - Navigating the Resource Sector

Featured Articles:

  • The Golden Rules of Good Relations
  • Enabling Participation
  • Cross Country Spotlight
  • Accelerating with Accountability

PLUS! Browse the 2025 Indigenous Business Directory & CCIB Member Listing

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Indigenous Business Report Summer 2025 cover titled “Blazing a New Trail,” featuring Chelsee Pettit in a retail store and highlighting Indigenous pop-up shops, buying Indigenous products, and growth in major retail spaces.

Summer 2025

Blazing A New Trail

Featured Articles:

  • Marketing in Challenging Times: What new businesses need to know
  • Rising Together: Tariffs – It’s not just about economic survival, it’s about cultural survival
  • A Feather in Their Cap: Spotlight on Design de Plume

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Indigenous Business Report cover titled “Spotlight on Health & Wellness,” featuring a beaded stethoscope on a white fur background and highlighting Indigenous approaches to healthcare, supply chains, and insurance benefits.

Spring 2025

Health & Wellness

Featured Articles:

  • Building the supply chain: Boosting the provision of healthcare goods
  • Unravelling insurance benefits: How to make sure you’re not missing out

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Indigenous Business Report Fall 2024 cover featuring event producer Candace Scott-Moore on stage with the headline “Lights, Camera, Action!”

Fall 2024

Lights, Camera, Action!

Featured Stories:

  • Reaping the Rewards: Indigenous filmmakers tell their stories
  • The Call of the North: The search for authentic tourist experiences
  • Transcending the Runway: How Indigenous talent is redefining fashion

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Indigenous Business Report Summer 2024 cover featuring Estítkw Place in North Vancouver with the headline “Trades & Construction.”

Summer 2024

Trades & Construction

Featured Stories:

  • Gifts from the Forest: Mass timber  unlocks countless new possibilities
  • Embracing the FIFO Lifestyle: A positive opportunity in more ways than one
  • Building Hope: Attracting Indigenous women to the skilled trades

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Aboriginal Business Report Spring 2024 cover celebrating 40 years of CCAB (1984–2024) with a gold design and photo collage forming the number 40.

Spring 2024

40 Years: Celebrating CCAB’s Past, Present and Future

After 40 years of supporting Indigenous businesses across Canada, we’re excited to announce that our name has changed to Canadian Council for Indigenous Business, bringing with it a modernized and refreshed brand.

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Aboriginal Business Report Winter 2024 cover featuring a smiling woman in a black hat with the headline “Special Tech Issue.”

Winter 2024

Special Tech Issue

Featured Stories:

  • AI: Gift or CURSE? What businesses need to know
  • Controlling the Data: The importance of digital sovereignty
  • CCAB Turns 40: Getting ready for a big celebration

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Aboriginal Business Report Fall 2023 cover featuring Mark Marsolais-Nahwegahbow of Birch Bark Coffee with the headline “A Good Brew.”

Fall 2023

A Good Brew

Featured Stories:

  • On the Mainstage: Putting a modern spin on Indigenous cuisine
  • Culinary Connections: Indigenous tourism taps into growing global interest
  • Drawing on Indigenous Talent: How companies are sourcing and retaining Indigenous talent

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Aboriginal Business Report Summer 2023 cover featuring Rod Stagg standing in a forest with the headline “Visionaries in Construction.”

Summer 2023

Visionaries in Construction

Featured Stories:

  • The Call of the North: Low unemployment, high pay, lead to big opportunities
  • Filling in the Labour Gap: Indigenous women embrace the skilled trades
  • Indigenous Builds on Campus: Creating dedicated spaces for Indigenous students

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Aboriginal Business Report Spring 2023 cover featuring stacked shipping boxes with shopping cart icons and the headline “Tapping into E-Commerce.”

Spring 2023

Tapping into E-Commerce

Featured Stories:

  • Reaching for the Cyber Stars: How two companies perfected their digital marketing
  • Steadying the Supply Chain: Update on the global movement of goods
  • Tackling the Digital Divide: The push to bring high-speed broadband to Indigenous communities

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Aboriginal Business Report Winter 2023 cover featuring workers processing seafood and the headline “Growing the Global Economy.”

Winter 2023

Growing the Global Economy

Featured Stories:

  • Eyeing the EU Energy Market: LNG NL & Miawpukek FN plan massive LNG export project
  • Shining Bright: Jeweller Sapling & Flint turns a hobby into a business success
  • Exporting Primer: What every Indigenous company needs to know

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Fall 2022

Indigenous Construction

Featured Stories:

  • Setting a new Benchmark: $13-billion Taza project defies expectations
  • Easing the Housing Shortage: Sen̓áḵw Towers set to address shortfall in Vancouver
  • Two Row Architect: Building design from an Indigenous perspective

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Aboriginal Business Report Summer 2022 cover featuring the cast of APTN’s “Bears’ Lair” with the headline “The Birth of Bears’ Lair.”

Summer 2022

The Birth of Bears' Lair

Featured Stories:

  • Who are the Bears? Indigenous business leaders step up to the plate
  • Who’ll Dare Lair? Meet the 18 contestants vying for investment dollars
  • Behind the Scenes: Indigenous TV talent put their skills to use

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Spring 2022

The Energy Issue

Featured Stories:

  • A Job that Lasts: Building careers in the nuclear power sector
  • Building a Brighter Future: The Wataynikaneyap Transmission Project
  • Energizing the North: The push to minimize reliance on diesel fuel

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Aboriginal Business Report Fall 2021 cover highlighting Progressive Aboriginal Relations and Indigenous business partnerships.

Fall 2021

Progressive Aboriginal Relations

Featured Stories:

  • History in the Making: Bruce Power & Saugeen Ojibway Nation’s special partnership
  • Bridging the Funding Gap: The Critical role of Indigenous procurement
  • Better Community Relations: Sodexo & BMO lead by example

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Aboriginal Business Report Summer 2021 cover featuring Mi’kmaq fishing boats and the headline “History in the Making.”

Summer 2021

History in the Making

Featured Story:

  • History in the Making: How a coalition of Mi’kmaq First Nations became a major player in the global seafood industry, forging a path to sustainable Indigenous economy

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Aboriginal Business Report Spring 2021 cover featuring Parliament Hill and the headline “The New Normal.”

Winter/Spring 2021

The New Normal

Featured Stories:

  • Banking on Business Success: Financial institutions to play key role post COVID
  • Constructing a Bright Future: First Nations forge industry alliances to build new opportunities
  • Supply Chain Reaction: How COVID has impacted the Indigenous procurement push

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ABR Cover Fall 2020

Fall 2020

Indigenous Women in Business

Featured Stories:

  • Virtual Brainstorming: CCAB’s online Business Recovery Forum
  • Taking the Lead in the Retail Industry: Making inroads on the fashion scene

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Aboriginal Business Report Summer 2020 special COVID-19 edition cover.

Summer 2020

Special COVID-19 Edition

Featured Story:

  • Coming Together in the Time of COVID-19: Indigenous businesses and members take swift action to support communities and frontline workers in whatever way they can during the unprecedented pandemic

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Aboriginal Business Report Winter/Spring 2020 cover featuring Indigenous youth holding lacrosse sticks with the headline “In the Game.”

Winter/Spring 2020

In the Game

Featured Stories:

  • Call to Action 87: Filling the sports knowledge gap
  • Beyond the Finish Line: Indigenous athletes inspire a new generation
  • Let the Games Begin: Indigenous sporting events

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Aboriginal Business Report Fall 2019 cover featuring the headline “Moving the Procurement Needle.”

September 2019

Moving the Procurement Needle

Featured Stories:

  • Research Leadership: Changing the way people think about Indigenous entrepreneurship
  • Strength in Numbers: Why we need better data on Aboriginal business
  • Eye on Trends: Six areas set to impact Aboriginal businesses

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Aboriginal Business Report Spring 2019 cover featuring the headline “Leveraging Land into Business Success.”

May 2019

Leveraging Land into Business Success

Featured Stories:

  • Taking on Fiscal Responsibility: The impact of self-governing taxation
  • Business in the City: How urban First Nations are monetizing their land
  • Gaining Ground with Leləm̓ : Musqueam’s impressive new property development

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Aboriginal Business Report Winter 2019 magazine cover featuring Susan Aglukark and the headline “Making a Difference in Education.”

January 2019

Making a Difference in Education

Featured Stories:

  • Reflecting on Education: Indigenous trailblazers share their story
  • Australia Closes the Gap: Lessons learned on improving education outcomes
  • Paving the Way: First Nations University as a model for Indigenous schooling

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The Aboriginal Business Report cover featuring a group of Indigenous leaders with Parliament Hill in the background and the headline “A New Day for Indigenous Tourism.”

September 2018

A New Day for Indigenous Tourism

Featured Stories:

  • Indigenous Tourism Hotspots: Arctic Bay Expeditions to First Nation Feasts
  • West Coast Dreaming: BC’s push to broaden its Indigenous Attractions
  • Wealth Management: CCAB’s Supply Change program hits the ground running

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The Aboriginal Business Report cover featuring two business leaders with the headline “Calling All Champions: CCAB Launches Strategy to Supply Change.”

May 2018

Calling All Champions

Featured Story:

  • Supply-side Success: Aboriginal businesses add value

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The Aboriginal Business Report cover titled “The Transportation Issue” featuring a seaplane, cargo ship, and canoe representing land, sea, and air transportation.

January 2018

The Transportation Issue

  • Visionary and Friend: Honouring the memory of CCAB founder Murray Koffler

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The Aboriginal Business Report cover featuring Fort McKay First Nation Chief Jim Boucher with the headline “Investing in Infrastructure.”

September 2016

Investing in Infrastructure

Featured Stories:

  • Powering the Future: Partnering with the electricity sector
  • Discussing Infrastructure with Justin Trudeau
  • Considering the P3 Option for Aboriginal Communities

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The Aboriginal Business Report cover featuring construction workers and leaders shaking hands with the headline “Building Tomorrow’s Construction Workforce.”

September 2017

Building Tomorrow’s Construction Workforce

Featured Stories:

  • Reshaping & Refining the Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) Program
  • A Practical Roadmap: CCA’s tips on partnering with Aboriginal groups
  • Eye on Construction: A cross-country look at Indigenous projects

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The Aboriginal Business Report cover featuring wind turbines at sunset with the headline “Renewable Energy: Making a Difference.”

May 2017

Renewable Energy: Making a Difference

Featured Stories:

  • Indigenous Groups Harness their Own Clean Energy
  • Kluane First Nation: An energy innovator
  • Power to the People: The Mesgi’g Ugju’s’n wind farm

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The Aboriginal Business Report cover titled “Turning Vision Into Reality,” featuring two business leaders with architectural and urban development imagery in the background, highlighting partnerships between First Nations and municipalities.

January 2017

Turning Vision into Reality

Featured Story:

  • First Nations & Municipalities: Partnering for a better economic future

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The Aboriginal Business Report cover titled “The Four Directions of Hospitality” featuring a circular design with images of hunting, food preparation, fresh produce, and a hotel representative

May 2016

The Four Directions of Hospitality

Featured Stories:

  • The Rising Popularity of Aboriginal Cuisine
  • Skwachàys Lodge: A hotel like no other
  • Taking on the Food Fight:  Battling overpriced food

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The Aboriginal Business Report cover featuring a collage of Indigenous business leaders with the headline “Scaling New Heights.”

January 2016

Scaling New Heights

Featured Stories:

  • Northern Progress: The Nunavut story
  • Why Mentorship Matters
  • Henry Ford, Walpole Island, and the Impact of the Automobile

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The Aboriginal Business Report cover featuring a handshake between an Indigenous leader in traditional regalia and a businesswoman with the headline “Building New Traditions.”

September 2015

Building New Traditions

Featured Stories:

  • One on One with Paul Martin: Reflections on Indigenous Business
  • CCAB Celebrates its First AEDC Conference
  • Accessing the Success of the PAR Program

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The Aboriginal Business Report 30th anniversary edition cover featuring three business leaders with the headline “The Generational Commitment.”

30th Anniversary Issue

The Generational Commitment

Featured Stories:

  • CCAB: A 30 year retrospective
  • Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) Changing Business for the Better

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