Glooscap Landing

Glooscap First Nation Economic Development Corporation plans to make Glooscap Landing a reality. "It can be an economic generator for the area", according to Jason Peters, Economic Development Officer and Chief Executive Officer of GFNEDC.

Chief Executive Officer Jason Peters.

It's proposed location at HWY 101 Exit 8A, near the Farm Market, is physically the best in the area for trucks and all other traffic. The straight ramps give it a competitive advantage over Windsor and The Big Stop. Peters estimates that advantage is worth $10 million. (Photos corrected June 6,  2014) 

Glooscap Landing will follow the example set by Chief Lawrence Paul in the establishment of Millbrook's Power Centre business park. It involves developing partnerships. It involves meeting with municipal councils and other local groups. And it is becoming involved in the community.

The GFNEDC hires and will hire aboriginals and non-aboriginals with the skill sets needed for the specific work. 

CEO Peters has worked for the provincial and federal governments. He respects government. Currently federal and provincial governments are cutting back in many areas. But, according to the CEO, there is money for economic development for First Nations.

In two years the GFNEDC will make a proposal to develop Glooscap Landing. Currently it is negotiating for land, conducting a feasibility study, and investigating rezoning. Like any corporation it is not limited to actual reserve. 

Glooscap Band Council & Community Hall

Glooscap' Health Centre & St. Joseph's Chapel. 

Glooscap War Memorial.

Glooscap First Nations Economic Development Centre office.

For more information about GFNEDC, see LINK


See also blog article May 23 Chief Sidney Peters: Visionary

Glooscap First Nation Economic Development Corpporation

Board of Director

Profiles

Elder Shirley Clarke

• Former Chief of Glooscap First Nation.
• Received the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
• She has served with the Native Women’s Association, conducted field work for Rural and Native Housing, and worked with the Native Council. 
• She participated as a member of the Pathways Task Force and as the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chief’s Portfolio Lead on the Assembly of First Nation’s National Chief’s Committee on Health. 
• She served on the National Aboriginal Health Organization and the Mi’kmaq Maliseet Atlantic Health Board. She has also served a term on the Executive of the Atlantic Policy Congress and as a Chief on the Indian Residential School Committee.
• As a member of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs she has served on numerous Boards including that of the Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq, Tripartite Forum, the Mi’kmaq Association of Cultural Studies, Mi’kmaq Family and Children Services, Mi’kmaq Employment and Training Secretariat and the Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselling Association of Nova Scotia.
• During her many years as Chief of Glooscap First Nation her spiritualism inspired her in the founding of St. Joseph’s Church. 
• She presented at the United Nations Year of the Indigenous Peoples in New York.
• Accompanied residential school survivors on their trip to Rome.
• Worked on the water treatment plant partnership between Glooscap First Nation and the Town of Hantsport.

Jeffrey H Barrett 

• Owner/Founder of JH Barrett Financial Group based in Halifax and Windsor, NS. 
• An affiliate partner with Desjardins Financial Securities Investments Inc. and Desjardins Financial Security Independent Network.
• Holder of the Chartered Investment Manager designation.
• Corporate and small business services in the areas of: Investment planning, consulting, tax planning, succession planning, employee pension & benefits, and risk management.  
• Managing approximately ten million dollars in client assets in the first three years in operation; with 200+ clients in NS, Ontario, and Alberta.
• Formerly worked in a management role with the Treasury Services Division of the Bank of New York Mellon.
• On the board of directors as president for several community non-profit organizations in the areas of tourism, heritage, politics, and community and economic development.  
• Featured writer for Local Connections Halifax Magazine.

Larry Peters 

• Councillor Responsible for Economic Development at Glooscap First Nation
• Economic Development and Native Employment Officer at Glooscap First Nation
• Co-owner, Mi'kmaq Wholesale Supplies Limited
• Sales Account Manager, PepsiCo
• Frozen Food Manager, Wade Enterprises
• Floor Manager, Loblaw Companies Limited
• Member of the Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers

Michael Peters 

• Michael Peters currently studying International Business at NSCC Truro where he expected to achieve his Certified International Trade Professional (CITP) and Certified Sales Professional (CSP) designations.
• He has worked in the food and beverage industry for majority of his career. This includes being an entrepreneur with Mi'kmaq Beverages and King Ice Company. Mr. Peters has developed products such as Mi'kmaq Ice, Mi'kmaq Water, and King Ice. Mi'kmaq Ice is one of most commonly purchased packaged ice in Atlantic Canada.
  
  
• CEO, Evaneline Express Convienence
• Student Member, Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers

Denise Doucet 

• A partner at Granite Strategies where she brings a wealth of experience from her international projects and her work at the senior levels of the Government of Canada. She is also Founder and President of Denise Doucet Strategic Partnerships Inc.
• For more than 25 years, Denise has worked for the federal government. For federal cabinet Ministers on Parliament Hill, as a diplomat to the Benelux at the Canadian Embassy in The Hague, and with senior executives in a long list of government departments. 
• In every role, she has navigated and built strong relationships with community, industry, stakeholders and media. Denise is very proud that in every role she delivered strategic results that made a real difference.
• Denise is able to decipher the language of government and politics to help you and your organization succeed. Her political fluency extends to government at all levels—municipal, provincial, national and international—and is rooted in a belief that everyone matters. She knows how to navigate the system at every touch point. She understands everything from language and relationships, to etiquette and expectations.

Don Bureaux

• President of Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) 
• Assistant Director of the Acadia Centre for Social and Business Entrepreneurship (ACSBE) at Acadia University as well as a Lecturer in the F.C. Manning School of Business. 
• National and international professional designation granting bodies. 
• Collaborated with educational institutions in North America, Europe and Asia in the researching and implementation of entrepreneurial cultures as a foundation for learning-centered environments and student success. 
• Presented at numerous national and international conferences and has worked with a number of foreign educational institutions and governmental bodies in the development of success-based models for both students and staff within post-secondary institutions.
• Served on boards and staff of numerous not-for-profit organizations in Nova Scotia in the areas of board governance, policy development and strategic planning.
• Masters in Business Administration and Certified General Accountant and holds an international designation as a Certified Business Counsellor through the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).

Louis Coutinho

• Louis is currently the Chief Administrative Officer for the Town of Windsor and has

been with the Town since June 2006. His passion is strategic planning and

organizational development.

• Prior to that, he was a thirty year (30) employee of the Halifax Regional Municipality.
• He has been involved in a variety of different disciplines in his career with Halifax

including traffic engineering, industrial engineering, project management during the G7 meeting of world leaders in Halifax, General Manager of Shared Services, Manager of Organization Development and Director of Human Resources.

• He has travelled to the Phillipines as part of a Canadian contingent to work with the
• Mayors and other government leaders on local government leadership The purpose of that program was to strengthen the effectiveness of local governance in the areas of government leadership & management, service delivery, resource generation and

participatory governance.

• Louis is the current President of the Rotary Club of Windsor and is a Board Member on The Kings-Edgehill School Board of Governors, a Board Member on the UNSM (Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities) and is the current Co-Chair of the Provincial Fiscal Review Task Force. Louis is the past President of the Association of Municipal

Administrators and a member of the recent “Towns Task Force” established by the

Province.

• Louis has two sons, Karl and Sean. His wife Avila works at Scotiabank in Windsor as a

Financial Planner.

Richard Fuchs

• Recent Past Director, of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) and Regional Director, Southeast and East Asia (Singapore Office) at Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 2001-2010.
• Currently, CEO, Futureworks Consulting Inc.  The company won Canada’s Export Excellence award in 2000 and, Richard won a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 4 Global Telecentre Leader’s Forum (Santiago, Chile) 2012.  Recent projects include:
• “Smarter, Faster, Better: A Knowledge Management Plan for IDRC”
• Launch and publishing of the co-authored and co-edited book “Connecting ICTs to Development.” Anthem Press (2013). Launched in Capetown, South Africa, December 2013.
• Currently working on an evaluation of the United Nations University (Tokyo, Japan)
• A Sociologist, he established North America’s first system of rural telecentres and online services 
• CEO of a Crown Corporation in Newfoundland called Enterprise Network Inc.
• Vice President of Rural Development at the Newfoundland and Labrador Development Corporation and the Enterprise Newfoundland and Labrador Corporation. Also, a Commissioner in the Newfoundland and Labrador Economic Recovery Commission.
• Raised more than $100 million in new external funding to lead the establishment of 3 major ICT4D, not-for-profit start-ups including, the Institute for Connectivity in the Americas, Connectivity Africa and Telecentre.Org. 
• He has also served as Chair and member of Canada’s Network Centres of Excellence Awards Committee and been elected for 3 consecutive terms to the Executive Committee of the Global Knowledge Partnership. 

Rob Frost  

• Rob developed his interest in business and business operations by running his own small businesses right out of university. Not happy with the potential jobs, Rob began a small business. Rob quickly got the entrepreneur bug, and has operated three small businesses, and has worked with everyone from the average Joe, to the biggest NS name in hockey, to some of Nova Scotia’s top CEO’s. 
• The second stage of Rob’s career brought him to the Career Resource Centre in Windsor. At the JRC Rob’s role was to assist small businesses get the assistance they need to get started and succeed, as well as helping people to find their career path. Rob assisted with hundreds of start-ups, many of which are in operation today. 
• Rob became employed with the Hants Regional Development Authority where he was hired as the Business Development Officer. This position of working with businesses of all size and industries throughout Hants County, was an excellent opportunity for Rob to put to good use his broad range of education and experience to assist with economic growth. 
• With the future demise of the RDAs looming due to funding cuts, Rob looked to use his skills to assist in another fashion by becoming the Chief Administrative Officer with the Town of Hantsport. He has been able to help develop a large cost saving budget that didn’t raise taxes, develop new initiatives, and work with council to get longer term goals in place. 
• A lifelong learner, Rob began his education in Engineering, then moved to Phys. Ed., while picking up minors in English, Biology, and Psychology. Continually learning is a very important part of who Rob is, which lends itself very well to the diverse job functions of an Economic Development Officer, or CAO. Rob is now rounding out his education by working towards his MBA.  
• Leader, builder, and creator are a few of the words that have been used to describe Rob Frost, and he is very excited about using these and other skills to assist with the growth and development of the Glooscap First Nation Economic Development Corporation. Chief Sidney Peters

• Sidney is a Mi’kmaq from the Glooscap First Nation, NS. 
• He was elected to the position of Chief in 2012. 
• In his previous work life he has worked with the Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq as the Manager of their Lands Environment Natural Resources Department (LENR). He is responsible for the operation of the LENR department, which includes: Lands, research on any land issues relating to our First Nation communities.  
• Prior to coming to CMM Sidney has 23 years of work experience with not-for profit groups, band councils, tribal councils, and municipalities, federal and provincial governments. He is highly motivated, results based professional with tremendous number of years experience in aboriginal housing management and program delivery.  
• He has strong organizational and communication skills, his personal attributes include strength in project management, leadership, team building, motivation and communication.

Dr. Pamela D. Palmater

• Dr. Pamela D. Palmater is a Mi’kmaw citizen and member of the Eel River Bar First Nation in New Brunswick. 
• She has been a practicing lawyer for 14 years and she holds the position of Associate Professor and Chair in Indigenous Governance in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University.
• Completed her Doctorate in the Science of Law (JSD) in Aboriginal Law at Dalhousie University Law School in 2009. In addition, she holds a Master of Laws (LLM) in Aboriginal Law, a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with an award in environmental and natural resources law, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) with a double major in Native Studies and History. Pam has been working and volunteering in the area of First Nations issues for over 25 years. 
• She has worked with both individual First Nations and First Nations organizations. As a result, she has been nominated for several prestigious awards: 2012 YWCA Woman of Distinction Award in Social Justice, the 2012 Women’s Courage Award in Social Justice, is one of the first inductees into the Bertha Wilson Honour Society 2012 and was recently nominated the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada 2013 in Human Rights.
• She has worked as a senior Director at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada in the areas of treaties, land claims and self-government and as legal counsel at Justice Canada on First Nation issues. 
• She has also worked as an investigator at the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission dealing with human rights complaints. This legal experience has given her a unique insight into federal and provincial policy development, mandates, priorities and strategies with regards to First Nations. 
• Pam’s area of expertise is in Indigenous law, politics, and governance. She has presented to the United Nations, the Senate and the House of Commons Special Committees on laws and policies impacting Indigenous peoples and is considered a legal expert in this area. 
• Her book, Beyond Blood: Rethinking Indigenous Identity, considers the legal, political and social problems of federal-imposed Indian registration with regards to band membership and self-government citizenship. She has also published in the areas of Aboriginal and treaty rights, legislation and law-making, First Nation education, poverty and politics. Her most recent contribution was the report entitled: Our Children, Our Future, Our Vision: First Nation Jurisdiction over First Nation Education for the Chiefs of Ontario in response to the National Panel on Education.
• Pam is known for her focus on fact-based discussions and debate and acts as a frequent political commentator for APTN National News, InFocus, CTV, CBC and other media outlets.