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On May 8 Join SIEDN in Celebrating Indigenous Economic Development

Join SIEDN at noon on Monday May 8th -Saskatchewan Indigenous Economic Development Day - for an address on the state of the Indigenous economy from SIEDN Board Director and awardw-inning economic developer Albert Derocher. Albert serves as the General Manager for FDB Holdings, the corporate arm of Flying Dust First Nation, and was awarded the CANDO economic developer of the year award in 2022. Albert also accepted the CCAB Aboriginal Business’ Aboriginal Economic Development Corporation Award on behalf of MLTC at the CCAB East Coast Business Forum event on May 2, 2023.

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There is still time to celebrate and engage your community

This year’s Economic Development Week kicks off on Monday with Indigenous Economic Development Day—and we are excited you can join us in celebrating! This is the perfect time to engage your business community, local media, MPs, MLAs, and even your social media followers to discuss the good things already happening and prepare the next steps forward for your area. Our website has lots of resources to help, so kick off the week with a bang!

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Talk to your local businesses during Economic Development Week

Walk and Talk! A “Business Walk” is a day dedicated to learning more about your local businesses through face-to-face interviews on their turf. Local leaders and key community stakeholders visit a large number of businesses with the hopes of gathering the knowledge they need to help their community and strengthen relationships. Our Business Walks Toolkit is available to help you implement and report on your own Business Walks. It complements SEDA's comprehensive the business retention & expansion(BRE) resources and is available on request to SEDA members - email us at seda@seda.ca