Doing Business with First Nations: An Expert Panel and a Place to Ask Your Questions!
(Hosted by SFU Net Impact, for Beedie School of Business Students - not open to the public)

What: This event will be a panel discussion where the audience will learn about the bands that the panelists represent and the business relationships they are involved in. Through this event, members of the audience have a unique opportunity of interacting with the representatives of Kanaka Bar, Musqueam and Squiala with strong connections to the Beedie School. This event is also to connect the different MBA programs with leaders from the Aboriginal Business and Leadership MBA program, to improve collaboration within our university.

A Q&A session will follow panelist introductions. Members of the audience can ask any questions they have about Aboriginal peoples and partnering with them to conduct business in British Columbia. Our aim is to improve awareness and strengthen ties between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal business students.

Who: The event will have three panelists and be moderated by Mark Selman, the Director of the Executive MBA in Aboriginal Business and Leadership.

(i) David Jimmie
A graduate of the 2012-14 Executive MBA in Aboriginal Business & Leadership cohort and a Board member of the New Relationship Trust, David is the Chief and CEO of Squiala First Nation located in the traditional territory of the Ts’elxweyeqw Tribe in Chilliwack, BC. He also serves as a Director of the Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce and as a President of Sto:lo Nation Chiefs Council (SNCC) and Ts’elxweyeqw Tribe.

(ii) Dianne Sparrow
A graduate of the 2012-14 Executive MBA in Aboriginal Business & Leadership cohort, Dianne is the Associate Director of the Treaty, Lands & Resources Department of the Musqueam Nation. Her Department is working to build a stronger, healthier, self-governing and self-sustaining Musqueam Nation.

(iii) Zain Nayani
A graduate of the 2012 Full Time MBA cohort, Zain serves as the Director and CEO of Kanaka Bar Land and Resources where he has been leading the design and implementation of the Band’s short and long term economic and social strategies.

When: The 19th of July between 5.45 and 7.00 pm. The event will be open to the students of the Full Time MBA, the Part Time MBA , the MOT MBA, the Executive MBA in Aboriginal Business & Leadership, the Executive MBA, and incoming students for the 2016-17 cohort at the Beedie School of Business.