b'MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENTHelpingContribuerto Grow ala croissance Prosperousdune Economy conomie Tabatha Bull prosprePresident and CEO@ccab_national @Canadian Council for D uringmytermasCEO,weveA u cours de mon mandat de PDG,Aboriginal Business @Canadian Council forbeenbuildingrelationshipsnous avons tabli des partenariats,Aboriginal Business andpartnerships,empoweringoutill les entrepreneurs, accru notrewww.ccab.com entrepreneurs,growingoureffectif et form le Conseil canadien membership and expanding thepour le commerce autochtone @ccab_national Canadian Council for Aboriginal Businesstout a en oprant principalementdistance. while mainly operating remotely. It has been aEn cette fin de 2022, nous sommes plus forts difficult period for many, but as we edge closerque jamais. to the end of 2022, we are stronger than ever. Avec la leve des restrictions sanitaires, il est With COVID-19 restrictions lifted, airportsagrable de voir un visage souriant sans masque, reopened, and people starting to slowly getde se parler faceface et de sembrasserback to their normal routine, its great to see anouveau. La possibilit dtablir ce lien humain smiling face unshrouded by a mask and to talknous avait cruellement manqu. face to face and embrace one another again. The ability to make that human connection isLt dernier, lquipe du CCCA a enfin pu se dearly missed when it is taken away.runir en personne pour la premire fois en presque trois ans. Ctait un sentiment que This past summer, the CCAB team was finallypeu dentre nous oublieront. Cest galement able to meet again in personfor the first timeun sentiment merveilleux de pouvoir organiser in almost three years. It was a feeling not manydes vnements en personne, de rencontrer of us will forget, especially as we move forwardde nouveaux membres et de renouer avec des and work together to make our relationshipssympathisants et amis de longue date.stronger. It is also a wonderful feeling to be able to host in-person events this year and toLimportance des relations solides est un thme take the opportunity to meet new members andrcurrent dans les rcits de ce numro du reconnect with ongoing supporters and friends.Aboriginal Business Reportnotre premier numro consacr aux mtiers de la construc-Working as a team, we strive to build relation- tion. Compte tenu du volume lev dactivits ships that are important to us both personallyautochtones dans ce secteur, nous prvoyons and in business. The importance of strong rela- faire de la construction un thme annuel. tionships is a recurring theme shared across the stories in this issue of Aboriginal BusinessDans cette dition, vous pourrez lire des arti-Reportour first issue dedicated to construc- cles sur des leaders innovants du secteur de tion and building trades. With the high volumela construction, des projets historiques, de of Indigenous activity in this sector, we plan tonouvelles mthodes de construction et des make construction a recurring annual theme.partenariats rvolutionnaires. Vous dcou-vrirez les outils, les solutions de planification, In this edition, you can read about innovativede consultation et de conception ncessaires construction leaders, history-making projects,pour mieux changer aec les entreprises et new construction methods and groundbreakingcommunauts autochtones. 10A CCAB PUBLICATION2022'