Indigenous leadership advancing rights across sectors: healthcare, justice, and technology leadership + News from Animikii
Boozhoo News River readers,
As we welcome the Winter Solstice later this week, we send warm wishes to our News River readers for the holiday season. Thank you for walking with us through 2024 – we'll see you in 2025 with more news about Indigenous innovations, technology and sovereignty. In this final newsletter for 2024 we are featuring:
- Cat Lake First Nation piloting Finnish telehealth technology to transform northern healthcare delivery, while facing funding challenges from Ottawa for the $500,000 initiative.
- Indigenous leadership advances across sectors: K'ómoks First Nation appoints first Indigenous justice of the peace, while Waterloo partners with Southern Chiefs' Organization on FAIR data governance.
- Recognition of Indigenous technology innovation continues with the upcoming Amplify Awards in Vancouver, celebrating Indigenous tech leaders and communities advancing digital transformation. Nominations are open!
2024 has been a memorable year for both Animikii and Raven Indigenous Capital Partners. This spring the decision was made by the partners to convert their promissory notes into equity to support the continued growth of our company! Both parties navigated the western legal paperwork required to transform the funds into equity so we could recognize the financial transaction in a good way. This art piece (pictured here) was commissioned as part of Indigenizing the equity conversion process that took place between Animikii and Raven Indigenous Capital Partners this fall. A decolonized and Indigenized approach to the note conversion was co-created with four main features - read more about how Animikii and Raven are Indigenizing venture investing at the button below.
We’re grateful to have our headquarters on traditional territory of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lkwungen, Songhees and Esquimalt) Peoples of the Coast Salish Nation.
Animikii Inc: theDock Centre for Social Impact 100-722 Cormorant St Victoria, BC V8W 1P8
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