The Canadian Indigenous SME Business Magazine

Page 53

The Importance of Creating an Inclusive Ecosystem for Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs Firstly, we are going to start off

To make entrepreneurship accessible to the Indigenous women of Canada, the country should:

with a question, "What would it take to make sure that all

indigenous women in Canada have the opportunity to grow

Develop gender-specific programs for Indigenous women;

into an entrepreneur?" Although

Create a special fund for aboriginal women's entrepreneurship;

to a seemingly intricate issue, it

Facilitate access and promote awareness using the latest communication technologies.

there isn't any simple solution is quite a known fact that

entrepreneurship is a rising and promising path. To empower

The challenges that Indigenous women face while

their lives, uplift their

Firstly, because they are women, and secondly, they are

their families. All it can be

perspective when considering their challenges. This point

action to bring massive impact

by overlapping and multiple identities (race, gender,

aboriginal women

different ways. It helps us understand how aboriginal

indigenous women to enhance

pursuing entrepreneurship are complex and diverse.

communities, and strengthen

Indigenous. Therefore, it is vital to use an intersectional

achieved with relatively little

of view emphasizes that human experience is mediated

on enriching opportunities for

age) that collectively affect diverse people in many

entrepreneurs.

women face these challenges more than non-Indigenous women or Indigenous men, allowing us to develop solutions to meet their unique needs.

53 - IndigenousSME - June-July 2022


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