{"id":78630,"date":"2022-06-10T16:01:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T20:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=78630"},"modified":"2022-06-10T16:21:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T20:21:58","slug":"indigenous-business-leader-to-be-honoured-at-community-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/06\/indigenous-business-leader-to-be-honoured-at-community-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous business leader to be honoured at community event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mallory Yawnghwe, founder and CEO of Indigenous Box, will be honoured at Brock University\u2019s Indigenous Leaders Speaker Series<\/a> Tuesday, June 21.<\/p>\n

The online event, which will take place on National Indigenous Peoples Day from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., is a partnership between the University\u2019s Office of the Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement and the Goodman School of Business.<\/p>\n

Yawnghwe will be joined in conversation by Robyn Bourgeois, Brock\u2019s Acting Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement, to discuss her journey and her company\u2019s values, which are based on the teachings of shared abundance through reciprocity and connectedness.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the pandemic, I watched Mallory, this remarkable N\u00eahiyaw iskwew (Cree woman) build a business that not only secured her own success, but also that of Indigenous creators, entrepreneurs and knowledge carriers across Turtle Island,\u201d Bourgeois said. \u201cThis is an excellent example of a decolonial approach to business that we can all learn something from.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Indigenous Box is a subscription box that promotes Indigenous creators.<\/p><\/div>\n

Indigenous Box is a subscription box and corporate gift service that promotes Indigenous entrepreneurship by creating opportunities for emerging, under-represented and established Indigenous businesses to reach new customers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndigenous entrepreneurs are taking up room in spaces that weren’t\u00a0made for them,\u201d Yawnghwe said. \u201cThey are\u00a0doing it for their\u00a0families, their communities and for future\u00a0generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

And the economic impact is powerful.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith a $33-billion economy projected to triple in the next few years, we are the youngest and fastest growing population, starting businesses at nine times the national average,\u201d she said. \u201cJust imagine what that looks like in 10 years from now.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started Indigenous Box to tell the world that Indigenous business is so much more than people think,\u201d Yawnghwe said. \u201cWe are still here, we are equal players and we are taking our seat at the table.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Goodman Dean Andrew Gaudes, the Indigenous Leaders Speaker Series is not only an important opportunity for the business school to amplify the voices of Indigenous leaders, but also for students and the community to hear first-hand from an entrepreneur dedicated to elevating the work being done by Indigenous entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoodman is committed to providing resources for building sustainable change in our classrooms, community and world,\u201d Gaudes said. \u201cMallory Yawnghwe embodies that fully with her passion for championing Indigenous entrepreneurs and desire to inform and enlighten the broader community of the rich legacy of Indigenous people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yawnghwe, from Saddle Lake Cree Nation in northeastern Alberta, has a Bachelor of Commerce in supply chain management and has attended the Coady Institute\u2019s Indigenous Women in Community leadership program as a student, alumna and now staff.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s honed her supply chain skills building schools and hospitals with the Government of Alberta and shared her knowledge and community ties as a consultant for projects such as the Royal Alberta Museum\u2019s Human History Exhibit and Fort Edmonton Park\u2019s Indigenous People\u2019s Experience.<\/p>\n

This is the second annual Indigenous Leaders Speaker Series with Jenn Harper, founder of Cheekbone Beauty, being honoured at the first.<\/p>\n

To receive a link to the free community event, register online through the speaker series website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mallory Yawnghwe, founder and CEO of Indigenous Box, will be honoured at Brock University\u2019s Indigenous Leaders Speaker Series Tuesday, June 21.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":78632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,9794,7484,7,3319,4052,6833,1,4,38],"tags":[4402,2852,594,11649,9642,10448,6056],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78630"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78639,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78630\/revisions\/78639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}