Op-ed: The Sixth Region and the soil: Reclaiming Canada’s role in Africa’s future beyond mining extraction
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Patient and kind capital: Indigenous investors opt for new Shared Earnings Agreements
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Colonial business financing methods do not often align with Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Doing Business. Instead of relying on loans that can lead to bankruptcy or venture capital funding that can lead to short-term, investor-centric goals, a Shared Earnings Agreement can ensure financial stability for founders.
People’s Consultation on AI launched as antidote to Canada’s 30-day rapid sprint
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Fighting predatory lending: West Coast credit unions join philanthropic effort
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BIPOC women are some of the highest users of payday loan programs. In its pilot, the Escalator Loan program has lent money to 150 people, and wants to reach 3,000.