FNLNGA's Leadership Showcase Podcast Series: Recent Episodes
First Nations LNG Alliance
The Leadership Success series of podcasts features First Nations leaders discussing economic and social reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in Canada. First Nations are seeking pathways to prosperity, and to close the economic gap and inequities between their members and non-Indigenous Canadians. Where do they see opportunities today? How do they view natural resources as a source of revenue and progress? And as historic stewards of the environment, how do they approach the impacts of resource development? Can liquefied natural gas, for example, help them close the gaps? What about other resources? The podcast voices and views are brought to you by the First Nations LNG Alliance. The series is hosted by Stewart Muir.
Nisga’a Nation president Eva Clayton discusses how Reconciliation is a work in progress, not just for non-Indigenous Canadians and governments, but for Indigenous peoples as well. And the modern-day Nisga’a Treaty is part of it.
Hereditary chief Clifford White on how young Indigenous people face challenges to prepare for career and business opportunities in natural resources, and how educational institutions need to help them on a “success trail.”
Elected Chief Councillor Crystal Smith on her Haisla Nation’s mission to become an independent and prosperous nation, and to bring its dispersed membership home. En route, the Nation’s planned Cedar LNG project offers the “next level of reconciliation” — major ownership of the development.
What can a First Nation do to move the dial on economic reconciliation? And to begin to overcome the impact of colonization and non-Indigenous government? Listen to Kim Baird, a leader (and former elected chief) of the Tsawwassen First Nation in British Columbia. She is also chancellor of Kwantlen University in Metro Vancouver. She talks with host Stewart Muir.