BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

Miyoskamin:
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Applied Certificate

Program Description

Miyoskamin is a Plains Cree word meaning Spring, and the ground is breaking.

“It represents not only fertile ground, but breaking up the dirt, putting in your seeds… it’s like breaking the mold, planting, and growing from there. Miyoskamin is a time of breakup of ice and thawing of ground for planting and growing from the fertile ground to plant seeds to flourish. A fertile time of opportunity to seed and grow—a time for rebirth and renewal.” – Chief Tammy Cook-Searson, Lac La Ronge Indian Band

This program is five months duration, and will provide students with the knowledge, skills, support systems, and awareness of emerging technologies to succeed in developing and expanding their entrepreneurial mindset and skills.

Students will learn Indigenous and non-Indigenous worldviews around governance, finance, marketing, labor, and sustainability through guest talks with Elders, Indigenous entrepreneurs, and knowledge keepers, land-based practices, and local innovators.

This program will support students in defining their own entrepreneurship goals, as well as demonstrate how new technologies and traditional practices can come together in an innovative way to benefit communities, businesses, and culture.

Admission Requirements

• One of the following: Grade 12, Adult 12 or GED

• Completion of short answer questionnaire.

Mature Admission

• 21-years-of-age or older
• Academic assessment