Empowering Indigenous Women for Stronger Communities (EIWFSC)’s Platform for Land Based, Indigenous Tourism Opportunities

Empowering Indigenous Women for Stronger Communities (EIWFSC) is a province-wide collaborative of Indigenous women with representation from the four Indigenous groups in the province. Throughout the duration of the project, 45 Indigenous women were trained as Peer Facilitators and have been leading culturally based workshops in their respective communities with a goal to impact positive mental health and end gender-based violence. In November, 2021, EIWFSC became incorporated and has created a social enterprise called Dragonfly Moons. All of the revenue generated through the sales of products and services will go back into community programming to ultimately fulfill the mission of EIWFSC. Our social enterprise has four lines of business – a quarterly subscription box, land based experience packages, workshops & training, & branded e-commerce merchandise. We aspire to educate people on the Indigenous ways of knowing and doing and to tell the authentic story of the Indigenous people of the province in the true spirit of truth and reconciliation.
This project is important to our growth as it aims to create a completely new, innovative platform for Indigenous artists in the province to tell their story and create meaningful connections.

Faculty Supervisor:

Ashley Nguyen

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Partner:

Empowering Indigenous Women for Stronger Communities

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

College of the North Atlantic

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