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Drumbeats - Canadian Indigenous Investment Podcast

Canadian Indigenous Investment Summit

WELCOME TO DRUMBEATS Drumbeats is the must-listen podcast for investors interested in Indigenous investment in Canada. Born from the Canadian Indigenous Investment Summit, the show focuses on the nexus of Indigenous economic strategies and investment opportunities. Hosts Mark Magnacca and Rob Brant, co-chairs of the Summit, lead engaging interviews and expert analyses that explore how these crucial conversations impact economic development within Indigenous communities and beyond.

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43:11

Tracee Smith: The On-Reserve Lending Gap and the...

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2026/02/26

Canada has a housing crisis in its Indigenous communities that has run for fifty years. The federal government's social housing programme - capped at $150 million annually - produces fewer than one home per community per year across 630 First Nations. The major banks, operating on policies written in the 1960s, have largely refused to lend on-reserve. And yet the infrastructure, the legal frameworks, and the investor appetite to solve this problem exist today.Tracee Smith, President and CEO of

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35:48

$200M Indigenous Growth Strategy: Scaling Beyond Oil...

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2026/02/19

Canada Indigenous business growth, oil sands investment opportunities, and Truth and Reconciliation economic impact explained by Nicole Bourque, CEO of Bouchier Group.UK and European investors gain insight into how a $200M Indigenous-owned industrial company is scaling, winning ExxonMobil recognition, and building institutional-grade growth platforms.Part 2 explores how Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission became an unexpected catalyst for Indigenous business competitiveness, unlocking new

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30:10

From $250K Loss to $200M Revenues: Nicole...

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2026/02/12

In this first part of our conversation, Nicole Bourque-Bouchier walks through a story that starts with checking her company's first year-end financials on her honeymoon. After the hardest working year of her life, she scrolled to the bottom line: minus $250,000.That was 2005. Bouchier just closed 2025 at $200 million.Nicole is CEO of Bouchier, one of Canada's largest privately-owned Indigenous companies in Alberta's oil sands. She's Mikisew Cree, raised on the trapline before her father took a

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27:22

Jeffery Cyr on Outcomes Funds: Impact With Global...

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2026/02/05

This episode breaks down Indigenous investment, global capital markets, outcomes financing and where the next wave of Indigenous-led impact is heading. 🎧 Jeff Cyr: Founder & Managing Partner, Raven Indigenous Outcomes Funds; CEO, Raven Indigenous Impact Foundation, returns to explain how outcomes-based financing is scaling across Canada and capturing international investment attention. In Part Two, Jeff goes deeper into how Raven’s model differs from other outcomes funds in the UK, US and

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27:25

Indigenous Outcomes Investing: Jeff Cyr’s $50M Fund,...

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2026/01/29

OUTCOMES FINANCE | INDIGENOUS INVESTMENT | COMMUNITY CAPITAL This episode breaks down how Indigenous communities are accelerating infrastructure, financing clean energy, and reshaping the investment landscape through outcomes-based financing.Guest: Jeffrey Cyr, Founder & Managing Partner, Raven Indigenous Outcomes Funds.How do Indigenous Nations deploy housing, energy, and infrastructure faster while delivering investor returns and community impact? Jeffrey Cyr, Founder and Managing Partner of

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37:02

First Nation Partnerships in the Nuclear Supply Chain...

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2026/01/22

This episode breaks down Indigenous investment strategy in Saskatchewan’s critical minerals and nuclear sector—including uranium, small modular reactors (SMRs), and Nation-owned economic development models. We explore how First Nations are securing supply chain opportunities in the mining sector, pursuing a diversified investment. Saskatchewan holds 20% of the world’s known uranium reserves and the province’s new focus of also on deploying small modular reactor is creating new opportunities in

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39:11

Indigenous Investment in Canada: The National...

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2026/01/15

This episode examines Indigenous investment in Canada, institutional capital, and Indigenous partnerships, as well as why Indigenous-led finance is now central to infrastructure, energy, and natural resource investment outcomes. Under Dawn Madahbee-Leach leadership a $150,000 First Nation–owned loan fund scaled to more than $170 million, supporting more than 4,000 projects across Canada. In this episode of Drumbeats, she joins Mark Magnacca and Rob Brant to examine what that growth reveals about

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38:09

Emily Black: Why Indigenous Partnerships Are Now Core...

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2026/01/08

Canada's largest Indigenous equity partnerships aren't happening by accident - they're the result of deliberate corporate strategy, government support, and Indigenous communities' increasing interest in owning infrastructure that operate in their territories. Enbridge has been at the centre of this important work, having completed multiple transaction since 2022.Until December 2025, Emily Black served as Director of Strategic Projects and Partnerships at Enbridge Inc., where she led a landmark

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39:46

Best of Drumbeats 2025: Looking Back to Move Forward

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2026/01/01

Mark and Rob kick off 2026 by exploring the Canadian levée tradition, tracing its origins back to 1606 and highlighting how Indigenous participation has been fundamental to this relationship-building custom since the very beginning.The episode features the "Best of Drumbeats 2025," showcasing highlights from the top 10 most influential guest conversations—including insights from leaders like Clint Davis, Harold Calla, and Jaimie Lickers—that define the current state of Indigenous investment and

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33:09

Year-End Reflections: Indigenous Leadership, Capital,...

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2025/12/25

In this special Christmas episode, Mark Magnacca and Rob Brant revisit the pivotal moments of 2025 that redefined the Canadian Indigenous investment landscape, from the historic scale of the second annual summit at the London Stock Exchange to the rapid passing of Bill C-5. The co-hosts discuss the multi-billion dollar pipeline of LNG, nuclear, and critical mineral projects, emphasizing why authentic equity participation and board seats for Indigenous nations have become the new standard for project

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29:03

Real Assets & Private Equity: Siksika Nation's $1B...

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2025/12/18

In Part Two of our conversation with Chief Ouray Crowfoot, the former CFO and Chief of Siksika Nation reveals exactly how billion-dollar First Nations are deploying capital and how international investors can engage.This is where theory becomes practice. Chief Crowfoot provides specific details about Siksika's investment portfolio: majority stakes in hotels including Calgary's Westin (95% ownership) and the Kananaskis Lodge where the G7 Summit was held (35% ownership), infrastructure assets like

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36:21

Strategic Advantage: Why Siksika Nation Should Be...

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2025/12/11

Why would a KPMG and Ernst & Young alumnus leave corporate America to become Chief of a First Nation in Alberta? Because Chief Ouray Crowfoot saw investment potential that most people miss - and he had the financial expertise to unlock it.In this episode of Drumbeats, Chief Crowfoot shares how he's applying Big Four accounting principles to Indigenous economic development at Siksika Nation. Located just one hour east of Calgary, Siksika occupies strategically valuable territory. But as Chief

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40:20

How Hydro One Networks Inc. Turned Indigenous...

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2025/12/04

Ontario is doubling its transmission grid by 2040 through Indigenous equity partnerships - and doing it faster than jurisdictions still treating Indigenous engagement as compliance.In this episode of Drumbeats, Matthew Jackson, Vice President of Indigenous Partnerships and Business Development at Hydro One Networks Inc., reveals how Canada's largest transmission company completely transformed its approach to Indigenous partnerships. The result? First Nations are now actively advocating to government

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22:21

Partnership Approach to International Markets - Aude...

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2025/11/27

How do indigenous communities actually access Europe's £400 billion sustainable bond market? Part 2 provides the implementation roadmap.Aude Rajonson from London Stock Exchange Group explains the preliminary steps debut issuers must take: creating sustainable bond frameworks with trusted advisers, identifying community priorities that align with ICMA principles, and engaging European impact investors who control 90% of global sustainable bond fund assets.The flexibility is remarkable. Investment

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25:22

The US$400BN Sustainable Bond Market of the London...

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2025/11/20

The London Stock Exchange's sustainable bond market represents $400 billion in securities across 16 currencies, serving 1,200+ debt issuers from 90+ countries. But can Canadian Indigenous communities actually access these markets?In this first of two episodes, Aude Rajonson, Head of Fixed Income Origination at the London Stock Exchange, answers this question definitively. She explains how the London Stock Exchange's sustainable bond market works for debut issuers.We asked the critical questions:

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41:23

De-Risking Infrastructure: Juan Dumas on Applying...

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2025/11/13

In this landmark episode of Drumbeats, we step beyond Canada for the first time to explore how Canadian Indigenous partnership models are transforming investment approaches worldwide. Juan Dumas, co-founder and partner at Meliquina, shares extraordinary insights from mediating disputes across Latin America - revealing patterns about project risk that fundamentally challenge conventional investor thinking.Juan's career began in 1999 mediating environmental and social disputes in Argentina before

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44:18

Unpacking Carney's Budget: New Direction, Old...

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2025/11/06

Mark Magnacca and co-host Rob Brant analyse Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney's first federal budget hours after delivery, focusing on Indigenous-specific provisions and infrastructure investment opportunities for UK and continental European investors.Rob details three critical Indigenous economy initiatives: legislation enabling First Nations Finance Authority to lend directly to special purpose vehicles, building on their recent $500 million bond raise; pilot bonding programmes helping

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37:14

You Can't Legislate Trust: Michael McPhie on...

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2025/10/30

In this episode, Mark Magnacca and co-host Rob Brant are joined by Michael McPhie, Executive Chairman and Founding Partner at Falkirk Consulting. Michael previously served as President and CEO of the Mining Association of British Columbia, Chair of Ridley Terminals, and Chair of the British Columbia Institute of Technology. He explained how Indigenous partnership quality determines project velocity in Canadian resource development. Falkirk contributed to Osisko Development Corporation's $700 million

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38:05

From Grizzlies to Global Markets: Dallas Smith on...

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2025/10/23

In this Drumbeats episode, Mark Magnacca and Rob Brant are joined by Dallas Smith, President of Na̲nwak̲olas Council and former Chair of Coast Funds. Smith shares his journey from growing up between urban Vancouver and his North Island community to becoming a leader in Indigenous governance and economic development. He reflects on the $435 million Coast Funds model that has protected 3.1 million hectares of the Great Bear Rainforest while generating lasting economic opportunities. The conversation

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35:31

Catherine Pennington on Driving Indigenous...

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2025/10/16

In this episode, Mark Magnacca and co-host Robert Brant are joined by Catherine Pennington, Director of Indigenous Advisory Services at KPMG. Catherine shares her path from social work to the energy sector and explains how Indigenous relations are shaping the success of major corporate projects. She highlights KPMG’s Truth and Reconciliation Action Plan, and KPGM's services specializing in Indigenous equity, commercial structuring, and financing. Catherine also speaks to the increasing demand for

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