vice. The service sector, in particular, is a
booming industry in Canada, employing 78
per cent of the country’s workforce. Lend-
say believes that the Aboriginal baby boom
can be positioned as a workforce solution
for this sector.
This year the council is inviting the new
sectors to discover the business case for
Indigenous inclusion at InclusionWorks 16
(IW16), a management learning forum to
be held this November in Banff, Alberta.
It is Canada’s premier workplace inclusion
leadership gathering. Executives and man-
agers are invited to experience practical
solutions and strategies that can be easily
implemented in their own companies. It
will also be a rich networking opportunity
for not just employers but those seeking
work; Canada’s only national recruitment
fair will also be featured at IW16.
“We have taken a national approach to
garner and amplify change that works at
the local, regional, provincial and national
levels. The council has generated tons of
social capital generating new relationships
and partnerships. We’ve changed people’s
lives,” Lendsay said.
Editor’s Note: In November 2016 the Ab-
original Human Resource Council will be
announcing its new name change to "IN-
DIGENOUS WORKS". Building on its pre-
vious work in Indigenous employment and
workplace inclusion, the new name her-
alds the importance of building new part-
nerships, which improve Indigenous social
and economic conditions by improving In-
digenous entry to Canada's mainstream
economy.
aboriginalhr.ca
OCTOBER 2016
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