b'CCAB AWARDSTHE 2024 CCAB AWARDSI n i t s 4 0 t h a n n i v e r s a r y y e a r, C C A B c e l e b r a t e s a n e w g r o u p o f a c c o m p l i s h e d p r o fe s s i o n a l sABORIGINAL BUSINESS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDHonouring Indigenous business leaders who have built successful careers and a legacy that serves as an example of excellence2024-02-12 10:36AM Her professional journey started in thebusiness employs 15 people between its St.CCAB_40Anniversary_Award Recipients_Globe Ad_7x4.583.r2.indd 1early 1980s, when she and her husband,Johns office and satellite offices in Goose Lionel, moved from Goose Bay, Labrador toBay and Cambridge, Ontario, many of them Sherbrooke, Quebec, in search of employ- women. There are 11 women and four men. ment. Lionel found work in a steel fabrica- All of our women are in management posi-tion shop, and after 10 years the coupletions, Broomfield Letemplier says.returned to Happy Valley (Goose Bay) to start up Pressure Pipe Steel. I used to work nightsIn addition to building a successful busi-and weekends at an office, and I did that forness,BroomfieldLetempliersitson a long time until it got to be too demanding.the board of directors for the National So, I quit a full-time, permanent governmentAboriginal Economic Development Board job and went to work full-time in our busi- (now National Indigenous Economic ness, Broomfield Letemplier recalls.Development Board), which provides strategic advice to the government on Things started out small with fabricationIndigenous economic development. She taking place in the couples yard, but asenjoys sharing the knowledge she has demand picked up, they built a dedicatedacquired over the years and supporting building for fabricating storage contain- and mentoring those looking to start their ment tanks. Seeing the businesss poten- own business, especially Indigenous youth. tial, Broomfield Letemplier completed aI want to let them know how fulfilling it is project management course to boost herto become your own boss and make your leadership and project planning skills at aown decisions, she says. Theres a lot of local college in St. Johns. trial and error, and when you have people HILDA BROOMFIELDwhove been in business for 30 years, they LETEMPLIER The business grew significantly in thecan tell you a lot about what not to do. It can President & CFO, Pressure Pipeearly 2000s. Voiseys Bay Mine, a nickelsave a lot of heartache and a lot of stress.Procurement & Management Servicesmine in Labrador, had just started opera-& Northern Oxygen Ltd. tion and companies were reaching out toIn addition to her work with the NIEDB, Pressure Pipe for products, says BroomfieldBroomfield Letemplier served with the Hilda Broomfield Letemplier leads twoLetemplier. They wanted to work withNewfoundland and Labrador Organization companies that supply products andIndigenous companies. We had so manyof Women Entrepreneurs (NLOWE) as its services to some of the largest resourcemajor companies that we dealt with overregional director for Labrador. In 2022, she development projects in Labrador. She istime, so we asked them if they wanted toreceived the NLOWE 2022 Leadership an Inuk woman who has not only built ago into business partnerships with us asAward, and was an EY Entrepreneur of successful, respected business from thesuppliers. Quite a few companies did, so wethe Year finalist in Atlantic Canada in 2023, ground up, but she has done it in what isbecame an industrial mining supplier for thereceiving a Special Citation Award. She still a very male-dominated sector.nickel mines. has also been active with the Indigenous Womens Circle, which advises the govern-Broomfield Letemplier is president ofIn 2021, Pressure Pipe Steel partnered withment on addressing the systemic inequal-Pressure Pipe Procurement & ManagementHunts Logistics and formed Pressure Pipeities facing Indigenous women. All told, Services and Northern Oxygen Ltd., bothProcurement & Management Services, aBroomfield Letemplier truly serves as an headquartered in St. Johns, Newfoundland.Nunatsiavut registered company. Today, theexample of excellence.88A CCAB PUBLICATIONSpring 2024'