Blood Tribe Economic Development

INAC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INFORMATION • Economic Development, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Aboriginal Sources • Aboriginal Resource Guide • Aboriginal Economic Development web-sites • Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business • The Aboriginal Business Portal General • Strategis: Canada’s Business and Consumer Site • Business Gateway • Canada Business Service Centres • Contact, the Canadian Management Network • CESO: Canadian Executive Service Organization • First Nations Financial Management Board • Steps to Capital Growth, Strategis Business Planning • Bplans.com • Business Planning, Business Development Bank of Canada Strategic Planning • Strategic Analysis: A Practical Tool for Building Indian Nations Exporting • Export Development Corporation • Directory of Aboriginal Exporters • ExportSource.ca • Exporting, Canada Border Services Information • Trade Team Canada Missions • Canadian Market Reports and Services Abroad • Aboriginal International Business Development Franchising • Canadian Franchise Association • Tips on Buying a Franchise Marketing • Canadian Marketing Association http://www.saskbiz.ca Human Resources • HR Management • Canadian Human Resource Planners Taxation • Canada Revenue Agency • Information for Aboriginal Peoples, Canada Revenue Agency • Business Information, Canada Revenue Agency • Indian Taxation Advisory Board • First Nations Fiscal Institutions Initiative ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT • Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency • Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act • Alberta Environment FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- GENERAL INFORMATION • Accounting Introduction, Quick MBA • Components of Financial Statements • Financial Statements - An Introduction FINANCIAL ANALYSIS/RATIOS • Finance Introduction, Quick MBA • Financial Analysis Notes • Ratio Calculators, Business Development Bank of Canada • Canadian Financial Calculators MARKET ANALYSIS • See also the “Sectoral Information” section • Facts From Stats, INAC NATURAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Aboriginal Sources • Aboriginal Communities and Non-renewable Resource Development • Co-Managing Natural Resources with First Nations General • Sustainable Forest Management Network • Natural Resources Canada • Alberta Sustainable Resource Development SECTORAL INFORMATION General Sources • Alberta Economic Development • Alberta Economic Development Authority • AlbertaFirst.com • Strategis: Canada’s Business and Consumer Site • PriceWaterhouseCoopers • Statistics Canada • Market Reports, ExportSource.ca • Performance Plus • Sector Councils • Industry Profiles • Sector Studies and Partnership Division, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada • Statistics on Natural Resources, Natural Resources Canada Agriculture • Market Information, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada • Alberta Agriculture, Food, and Rural Development Aviation • Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council Construction • Canadian Apprenticeship Forum • Construction Sector Council • Canadian Plywood Association • Building Energy End Use Energy • Alberta Energy • Canadian Energy Research Institute • National Energy Board • Centre for Energy • Energy Council of Canada Environment • Alberta Environment • Canadian Council for Human Resources in the Environment Industry Food Processing • National Seafood Sector Council	Forestry/Pulp/Paper • First Nations Forestry Program • Sustainable Forest Management Network • Canadian Plywood Association • Council of Forest Industries • Canadian Forest Network • Global Forest Watch: Canada • Paperloop.com • Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada • Wood Manufacturing Council • Canadian Model Forest Network • Canadian Wood Council • Forinteck: Canada Wood Product Research Institute • Institute of Paper Science and Technology • Forest Industry Links • ForestInformation.com Mining • Geological Survey of Canada • Mining Industry Training and Adjustment Council • Coal Association of Canada • Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy and Petroleum Oil-Gas • First Nations Employment and Training Centre • Indian Resource Council of Canada • Petroleum Human Resource Council of Canada • Advisory Committee of Public Safety and Sour Gas • Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada • Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors • Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers • Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen • Canadian Petroleum Products Institute • Petroleum Services Association of Canada • Petroleum Industry Training Service Technology • Digital Economy in Canada • Software Human Resource Council Textiles/Apparel • Apparel Human Resource Council • Textiles Human Resources Council Tourism • Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council • Travel Alberta • Industry Information, Travel Alberta Transportation • Canadian Automotive Repair and Service Council • Motor Carrier Passenger Council of Canada • Canadian Trucking Human Resource Council • Transportation and Safety Board of Canada ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS • Corporation for Enterprise Development • Economic Developers Association of Canada • Economic Developers Association of Alberta LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION • Labour Market Information, Resources and Skills Development Canada • Labour Market Information, Alberta Human Resources and Employment CAPACITY BUILDING • Communitycollaboration.net • Capacity Development Resource Book • Smart Communities Toolkit YOUTH BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT • Canadian Junior Chamber • Canadian Youth Business Foundation COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY PLANNING Aboriginal Sources • First Nations Development Institute • Comprehensive Community Planning - Dialogue on Public Works Management - Aboriginals Sharing their Story General • Community Toolbox • Community Development Handbook • Canadian Community Reinvestment Coalition • Community Development Society • Community Economic Development Gateway • Centre for Community Enterprise • Community Development Toolbox • Vibrant Communities • Community Economic Development Centre • Institute for Social and Economic Development ECONOMICS • Canadian Economy On-Line • Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives • Economic Research and Analysis, Bank of Montreal • CD Howe Institute • Canadian Association for Business Economics • Canadian Economics Association • Guide to Economic Terms • Fraser Institute • North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) • TD Economics • RBC Economics PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT • The Partnership Handbook RURAL DEVELOPMENT • Canadian Rural Partnership • Rural Policy Research Institute • Rural and Small Town Program SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT • Sustainable Development Strategy 2004-2006 • Canadian Environmental Law Association • Stewardship Canada • Sustainability Tools and Resources • World Business Council for Sustainable Development • Green Lane, Environment Canada INAC ACTS, ORDERS, REGULATIONS • Acts Administered by the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada TREATIES, CLAIMS, SELF-GOVERNMENT • Treaties with Aboriginal People in Canada • Treaty Research • Claims and Indian Government Sector, INAC • Self-Government Branch, INAC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRAINING-EDUCATION • University of Waterloo • Community Economic Development Centre, Simon Fraser University	LAND TENURE • Land Management Manual TAXATION • First Nations Taxation and New Fiscal Relationships • Fiscal Realities Economists • First Nations Tax Commission ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT • Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency • Canadian Environmental Protection Act ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVES ON ABORIGINAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT • Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development • Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development • Banff Centre Aboriginal Leadership Programs • Native Studies, Trent University • Fiscal Realities Economists • Native American Business and Economic Development Law Resources EMERGING LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ABORIGINAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT • Aboriginal Land and Legal Issues, Alberta Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development • Supreme Court of Canada • Federal Court of Canada CORPORATE-ABORIGINAL RELATIONS • Guidelines Respecting Corporate Relations with First Nations, Canada Lands Company • Aboriginal Workforce Participation Initiative ABORIGINAL EMPLOYMENT • Aboriginal Human Resource Development Strategy, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada • Aboriginal Human Resource Development Council of Canada • Aboriginal Workforce Participation Initiative (AWPI) • Alberta Human Resources and Employment DEMOGRAPHICS-STATISTICS • Sector Councils • Industry Profiles • Sector Studies and Partnership Division, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada • Fall 2002 survey of First Nations People Living On-Reserve • First Nations Statistics OTHER FUNDING SOURCES FOR FIRST NATIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Federal Government Sources • Aboriginal Business Canada • Business Development Bank of Canada • Steps to Growth Capital • Federal Government Departments • First Nations Finance Authority • Western Economic Diversification Employment-Training • Aboriginal Human Resource Development Strategy, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada • Aboriginal Human Resource Development Council of Canada Climate-Energy Use • Building Energy End Use • Aboriginal and Northern Community Action Program, INAC Other • Community Futures Development Corporations • Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program Aboriginal • Aboriginal Resource Guide • Aboriginal Capital Corporations LISTS OF ABORIGINAL OWNED BUSINESSES • ARCNet • Virtual Aboriginal Trade Show • Aboriginal Business Directory • Aboriginal Portal • National Aboriginal Business Association GENERAL NATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LINKS • Canadian Chamber of Commerce • Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship Inc. • Canadian Council of Chief Executives • Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business • Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers(CANDO) • Social and Enterprise Development Initiative • Aboriginal Mapping Network • Centre for the Study of Training, Investment and Economic Restructuring JOINT VENTURES • Joint Venture Agreement Checklist BUSINESS SUPPORT • The Business Link • Aboriginal Business Service Network • CESO Aboriginal Services GENERAL • Government of Canada Departments • Aboriginal Canada Portal