PAST EVENT
This event is a part of the Te Waka Project, a digital storytelling campaign and platform featuring stories of impact created in collaboration with First Nations people and the “Business For Good” network of Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand.
The project is stewarding the journey of Te Waka from Australia to Amsterdam for the 2023 Edition of the Social Enterprise World Forum. The journey includes a group of 14 First Nations delegates from Australia and New Zealand stopping in Victoria BC to connect with Carol Anne and her team at the Indigenomics Institute.
The Te Waka Project is a digital storytelling campaign and platform featuring stories of impact created in collaboration with First Nations people and the “Business For Good” network of Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Territory Acknowledgement
Our broadcast venue Sunset Labs sits on the traditional, ancestral, unceded homelands of the Lekwungen people, now also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations. We endeavour to honour this land and its treaties by strengthening our relationship and responsibilities to them, and we acknowledge and thank the Lekwungen people, on whose land we live, work, create, dance and play.
Empowering self-determination through business for First Nations people
Broadcast Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Join us for a First Nations led discussion exploring the concept of Indigenomics and economic self-determination with leading First Nations speakers from Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
The event is hybrid, so that participants in Victoria British Columbia Canada can join in person, while participants from Canada, New Zealand and Australia can join us online.
The event will comprise a context-setting led by Carol Anne, followed by a panel discussion facilitated by Tiarne Shutt, Director of Business Development at First Australians Capital along with Te Puoho Katene, Executive Director of Tapuwae Roa.
Indigenomics Institute and Global Centre for Indigenomics
According to Carol Anne, Indigenomics honours the powerful thinking of indigenous wisdom of local economy, relationships and human values. Indigenomics is about increasing the role and visibility of indigenous peoples in the new economy.
Carol Anne is also the author of a book by the same title “Indigenomics – Taking a Seat at the Economics Table.” In her work at the Global Center of Indigenomics, she is facilitating collective Indigenous economic leadership, knowledge development and creating generational value, while building the space for valuing Indigenous worldviews of economy and well being through culture, digital arts and technology.
Tiarne Shutt, Director of Business Development, First Australians Capital
Tiarne Shutt is a proud First Nations woman with ancestral ties to the Worimi people. An experienced strategist and passionate storyteller. Tiarne excels at pushing boundaries, shifting mindsets, and affecting social change through storytelling and relationship building. Tiarne is at her best when she can use story and compassion to facilitate conversations focused on action. Tiarne is based on Yuggera Country in Meanjin (Brisbane).
Te Puoho Katene, Executive Director, Tapuwae Roa
Te Pūoho (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Tama tribes) is the Executive Director of Tapuwae Roa (formerly Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust), a charitable Trust pursuing targeted social change within an indigenous values-based impact framework. The Trust’s philanthropic and investment activity targets outcomes for Māori in three priority areas: education & training, traditional and scientific knowledge systems, and leadership Development. An established governor, Te Pūoho serves as a Trustee for his Ngāti Toa tribe, the Ākina Foundation (a social impact consultancy), and is an Independent Director for Armillary Private Capital, Wakatū Inc’s Manaaki board, and Waikato-Tainui’s Distributions Committee. A graduate of Stanford Business School, a Fulbright Scholar and an Obama Foundation Leader: Asia-Pacific, Te Pūoho brings a global outlook on leveraging global best practice within an indigenous, values-based lens.
If you’re close to Victoria BC Canada you can join our live studio audience. In-Person tickets for the workshop are $50, and available via the same purchase link.
JOIN US ONLINE FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION!
We’re very excited to share that this event is being made available LIVE online so that you can join us from wherever you may be! These days most of us have big full lives, and are dealing with various commitments around family, time, money and work. Digitally, you’ll have the speakers, conversation & community – all from the comfort of your own home.
LISTEN. ANSWER. ASK. CONNECT!
You’re not watching – you’re PARTICIPATING! Through our easy online webinar system, you can engage with other viewers, participate in polls & discussions, and even ask questions during question periods. You certainly CAN choose to just sit back and watch & listen, if you like – your active participation isn’t an expectation, but it IS an opportunity.
NO FANCY TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED
There’s nothing to install, nothing to download, nothing to figure out. Here’s what you need to participate and have a great viewing experience!
> a modern internet browser (we recommend Chrome or Firefox)
> a reliable internet connection (hardwired is better than wifi)
> earbuds, headphones or good computer speakers
With guests joining us remotely from around the world, our show will be broadcast live from Sunset Labs, an intimate waterfront studio located downtown Victoria, Canada. This beautiful, high-tech studio venue is Victoria’s home for virtual & hybrid events. For more information, please visit www.sunsetlabs.ca.
A gallery of pictures from this beautiful hybrid roundtable event at Sunset Labs!
