b'MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENTWeaving theTisser le pass, Past, Presentle prsent et and Future lavenirTabatha Bull I was, An anniversary typically refersJ ai demandChat GPT la signification asked Chat GPT the meaning of an anniversary. It is what all the kids are doing these days. Thedun anniversaire. Cest ce que font tous les answerenfants de nos jours. La rponse tait :Un to the yearly recurrence of a significant event,anniversaire commmore chaque anne un such as a wedding, a companys founding, orvnement marquant, comme un mariage, la President and CEO a historical event. Its a time to commemorate andcration dune entreprise ou un fait historique. Cest celebrate the occasion, often with reflection onloccasion de clbrer le pass, une relation, une the past and recognition of its importance in onesinstitution ou une communaut. Lanniversaire nous life or in the history of a relationship, institutionrappelle lamour, lengagement, les ralisations ou @ccab_national or community. It can serve as a reminder of love,simplement le temps qui passe. @Canadian Council for commitment, achievement, or the passage of time.Rflexion sur le pass et son importance.Il semble Aboriginal BusinessReflection on the past and recognition of its impor- que Chat GPT ait appris les Sept enseignements@Canadian Council for tance. It seems Chat GPT has been learning aboutsacrs. Non seulement ils nous disent de penserAboriginal Business the Seven Grandfather Teachings. Not only do theylimpact sur les sept gnrationsvenir, mais de nouswww.ccab.com tell us to think of the impact on the seven generationsrappeler que nous marchons sur les traces des sept@ccab_national to come, but to remember that we walk in the foot- gnrations antrieures. steps of the seven generations that came before us.Jai toujours t fire de diriger cette organisation, de I have always been immensely proud to lead thisses origines et de tous ceux qui ont travaill dur pour organization and always respectful of how we camela construire. La lecture des articles du prsent numro to be and all of those who worked hard to build it.na fait que renforcer cette fiert et a dmontr tout Reading the stories in this issue have only reinforcedce qui peut tre fait lorsque nous nous runissons. that pride and demonstrated how much can be doneNous sommes ici en ce moment grcetoutes les when we come together.personnes que vous rencontrerez dans ces pages We are here in this moment thanks to all the people chaque visage captur dans les collages et bien you will find in these pageseach face capturedplus encore. En suivant le chemin de nos prdces-in a moment in time in the collages and so manyseurs, nous reconnaissons chacune de leurs dcisions, more. As we follow the path made by those whochaque fois quils ont dit :Non, ce nest pas pour came before us, we acknowledge that every deci- nousouVoyons o cela nous mne .sion they made, every priority they set, every timeLe prsent numro et notre clbration du 40e sont they said, No, thats not for us or Lets see whereune reconnaissance de tous ceux qui nous ont amens this leads has brought us here. ici avec un travail acharn, des dcisions difficiles, des This issue and our 40th celebration is a recognitionsacrifices, de bons moments, de beaux souvenirs, des of how far we have come and all those who got usrires et, bien sr, quelques larmes. here with hard work, difficult decisions, sacrifice,Beaucoup darticles citent des faits et des dates, mais many good times, wonderful memories, laughter,aussi des rflexions et des histoires. Alors que nous and of course, a few tears along the way.entamons les 40 prochaines annes, il est important Many of the stories contain a lot of facts and dates,que nous emportions ces connaissances avec nous. but they also contain reflections and stories. As weIl sagit de connatre le CCEA et tout ce qui a servile begin the journey into the next 40 years, it is impor- crer. Sans doute, il y a eu des moments o les gens tant that we carry this knowledge with us into ourde ces pagesleaders, supporters, entrepreneursont voulu abandonner. Sans doute taient-ils frus-future. Its about knowing CCAB and all that wenttrs, confus et fatigus. Mais ils ont continucroire into creating and sustaining it. No doubt, there wereau domaine du possible,quel point nous pouvons times when the people in these pagesleaders,tre meilleurs ensemble.supporters, entrepreneurswanted to give up. No doubt they were frustrated, confused and tired.Les trois cordes dherbe sacre tresse reprsen-But they continued to believe in the realm of thetent lesprit, le corps et lme. Les sept premiers brins possible, in how much better we can be when wereprsentent les sept gnrations derrire nous, les come together.sept derniers brins reprsentent les sept gnrations 12A CCAB PUBLICATIONSpring 2024'