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Aboriginal Economic development.


The Mi'kmaq College Institute at Cape Breton University Cape Breton University (CBU), formerly the "University College of Cape Breton" (UCCB), is a Canadian university in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, near Sydney, Nova Scotia. Primarily an undergraduate institution, CBU is the only university located on Cape Breton Island.  and the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs have signed a Memorandum of Understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment.  that will create a stronger foundation for Aboriginal economic development in the Atlantic region.

The MOU (Minutes Of Usage) A metric used to compute billing and/or statistics for telephone calls or other network use.  focuses on the development of the Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program Information Repository/Database.

The chiefs' organization will invest $25,000 to the initiative and the institute will develop and implement the repository/database.

The project will involve Aboriginal researchers and students. Economic development baseline data, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees.  best practices and regional Aboriginal business case studies are but a few of the examples that will be researched and included, with the goal of improving the quality of information available in strategic business planning.

The benefits will also be felt in terms of strengthening the Aboriginal leadership and contributing to entrepreneurial en·tre·pre·neur  
n.
A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.



[French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise.
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