IPSS celebrates Indigenous leaders, government and business innovators
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As we herald the new year, the Indigenous Partnerships Success Showcase (IPSS) returns to celebrate our Indigenous leaders, government and business innovators.
This will be the fifth annual conference on June 5 and 6. It will take place in the Vancouver Convention Centre on the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. The theme of the conference is ‘Reconciliation in Action’.
“The fifth annual IPSS will foster open and forthright conversations about real estate and land development, technology and telecommunications, natural resources, finance and banking, trade and exports, Indigenous small businesses and more,” said Chief Ian Campbell, the event’s chair.
The IPSS is a conference, celebrated annually, for practical guidance on how First Nations, Mtis and Inuit communities and their enterprise partners can work together for success.
There will be speakers at the conference, which will be announced in the following months. The two-day event is open for dialogue specifically on economic reconciliation.
Global Container Terminals (GCT) will be the event’s patron sponsor, alongside TELUS as the digital sponsor.
“At a time when many are wanting to tear down existing structures, how do we carve out practical paths to tangible reconciliation?” asks Karen Restoule, IPSS governing council member.
“First Nations need an off-ramp from the Indian Act. What are the legislative and policy changes needed to drive Indigenous prosperity? What does a thriving future look like for Indigenous Nations, and for Canada?”
Julia Archelene Magsombol, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Columbia Valley Pioneer