23rd Annual NADF Business Awards
Mark Your Calendars! NADF will host the "23rd Annual NADF Business Awards" at the Days Inn in Timmins, ON on Wednesday, October 16, 2013. Updates will be posted on our website, or "Like" on Facebook and "Follow Us" on Twitter to recieve our updates.
22nd Annual NADF Business Awards
22nd Annual NADF Business Awards
This was a NON-PROFIT event.
Proceeds benefit the Dennis Franklin Cromarty Memorial Fund and the NADF Sponsorship Fund
22nd Annual NADF Business Awards
On Wednesday, October 24, 2012, NADF hosted the annual awards banquet at Thunder Bay's Valhalla Inn. We are pleased and humbled by the ongoing support we recieve from our event sponsors and guests, and we thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedules to "Celebrate Aboriginal Business" with us.
In front of a full room, eight award recipients were celebrated for their achievements in business in the following categories:
- Partnership
- Youth Entrepreneurship
- Business Man
- Business Woman
- Exectutive
- Corporation*
- Building Communities*
- New Business**
* Open to for-profit and not-for-profit organizations (all other award categores must be for-profit)
** For businesses operating more than 1 year, but less than 2 years.
The event was also streamed live on our website and broadcasted on the Wawatay Radio Network.
We would like to acknowledge and thank those viewers and listerners for celebrating with us. Meegwetch!
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Featuring guest speaker Phil Fontaine, Special Advisor to RBC and Noront Rose. He serves as a director for numerous private and public companies including Next Alternative Inc., Chieftain Metals and Avalon Rare Metals. Mr. Fontaine served as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations for an unprecedented three terms. He is a Member of Order of Manitoba and has received a National Aboriginal Achievement Award, the Equitas Human Rights Education Award, the Distinguished Leadership Award from the University of Ottawa, and holds fourteen Honorary Doctorates from Canada and the United States. Thank you to RBC Royal Bank for arranging to have Mr. Fontaine speak at the event. |
Phil Fontaine |
Awards Background
In 1991, NADF hosted the 1st Annual Business Awards dinner to recognize two award recipients for their achievement in business: Business Man and Business Woman of the Year. Since then, the number of award categories has expanded to eight, with the most recent addition in 2010.
Traditionally awards have been presented to Aboriginal entrepreneurs, executives, businesses and organizations within the Nishnawbe Aski Nation territory. This territory spans the northern portion of Ontario, primarily the area known as Treaty #9, from the James Bay coast to the Manitoba border. Due to the vastness of the territory, the awards venue has alternated between Thunder Bay, ON and Timmins, ON to provide opportunity for participation from across the Nation. In recent years, the award categories have been opened up to recognize the achievements of all Aboriginal entrepreneurs, executives, businesses and organizations in northern Ontario, including Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Robinson-Superior 1850 and Treaty #3 territories.
In 1993, the annual awards banquet also evolved into a fundraiser with event proceeds supporting the Dennis Franklin Cromarty Memorial Fund; a bursary fund to assist Aboriginal pursuing post secondary education. The DFC Memorial Fund was created in memory of the late Dennis Franklin Cromarty, former Grand Chief of Nishnawbe Aski Nation and past President/CEO of Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund. Dennis was a visionary dedicated to achieving harmony amongst all peoples and his belief in Aboriginal people and what they could accomplish never swayed. His conviction to improving the quality of life, the advancement and recognition of Treaty, Aboriginal and Inherent Rights provided the vision for promoting self-government. Dennis truly felt that there was no room for making excuses, only room to improve and to be dedicated to that improvement by 'working together'. We remain inspired by his example and work diligently to make Dennis' dream become a reality.
Since 1991, 134 recipients have been recognized for business excellence.
THANK YOU to our 22nd Annual NADF Business Award Sponsors
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| Bronze Sponsors | Cheadles LLP | Crupi Consulting Group | McLeod-Wood Associates Inc. |
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| Friends of the Awards | Albert Drake | Delta Chelsea |
Congratulations to our 2012 Award Recipients
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AWARD RECIPIENT |
BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION |
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Youth Entrepreneur |
Brent Edwards |
Mooselegs2 (ML2) |
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Businesswoman |
Michelle Derosier |
Thunderstone Pictures Inc. |
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Businessman |
Michael Fox |
Fox High Impact Consulting |
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Building Communities |
Webequie First Nation |
Webequie First Nation |
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Corporation |
Attawapiskat Resources Inc. |
Attawapiskat First Nation |
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Executive |
Stan Kapashesit, Executive Director |
Wakenagun CFDC |
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Partnership |
Diane Lacourciere & Yves Vaillancourt |
Mountjoy Variety |
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New Business |
Rachel A. Mishenene |
Rachel A. Mishenene Curriculumn Developer & Consultant |
