August 17 Newsletter

Clearing a New Path™ and Clearing a New Path Podcast™ are products of Radar Media, located in Dorchester, Ontario on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and Neutral peoples who once used this land as their traditional beaver hunting grounds.  As a settler here I’m committed to deepening understanding of Indigenous communities and reframing responsibilities to land and community. I am grateful to Mother Earth for the opportunity for love and connection and to the spirits of the Elders and the Medicine People who still walk the Earth.

AUGUST 17, 2022

I come to this work as a white woman of privilege; a vulnerable allyship student.I get things wrong often and I am open to, and welcome opportunities to be called in about the content in this newsletter, in order to create safe, brave spaces for all. The purpose is to unite people in rural communities.I am grateful to walk along this journey in grace, love and empathy together.Simply hit 'reply' to contribute, suggest and

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As the daughter of a Residential School survivor and a Sixties Scoop survivor herself, Tina Sheridan didn’t want to become another statistic and she wanted to leave a different legacy for her own family. Tina is from

Taykwa Tagamou Nation in Northern Ontario.

At the age of 33, she got her high school diploma and turned her side-gig catering jobs into a mining camp services empire called Cree Quest Corporation. She has cited hunger and poverty as the driving force behind her ambition.

LISTENThere's just one week left before our next virtual town hall: Canada's Chambers of Commerce: Where does inclusivity fit?And there's still spots available for Indigenous Elder, Cindy Crowe's Northern Ontario retreat!

Stay curious friends,

Shauna

THIS WEEK

A week today, we are hosting our second virtual town hall: Canada's Chambers of Commerce: Where does inclusivity fit?A number of the rural Canadian podcast guests from season one expressed less-than-welcome experiences with their local business associations, as women entrepreneurs, as non-binary or queer entrepreneurs, as BIWOC, as folks with visible or hidden disabilities and any the intersection of these and other minority groups.One of the most recognized business brands in Canada is the "Chamber of Commerce". What are these business associations doing to welcome young professionals, particularly from minority groups?I pitched a project to Venture for Canada and post secondary students could choose to form a team. This report (to be released mid-September) is their project.They will highlight their methodology and what they found at the virtual town hall.If you can't make it, please sign up so you get the report. We will email it out to attendees.

Indigenous Elder, Cindy Crowe is a Lodgekeeper, a tourism business operator, an author and an identity and purpose coach. We talked about her breakdown (which she calls her breakthrough), her road to her Indigenous identity, Spirit Guides and what some of them mean and listening to Spirit/Creator/Universe for guidance the

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Cindy is hosting a retreat in September and still has some spots available!For more info on how to register, click the link below!

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