International Indigenous Speakers Bureau

Extremely honoured & grateful for the opportunity to share stage with these World Changing Women, for Women History Month!!! Huge thanks to our hosts #IBM & Women Business Collaborative for bringing these important conversations together!!! #womenpower2021... #WBC2021 See more

Working with RIIPEN to educate and inspire students featured in Say Magazine. https://saymag.com/making-education-work-for-you/

So appreciate SAY magazine for its tireless dedication to elevating Indigenous stories and sharing the great initiatives and opportunities being created with Indigenous communities!!! Initiatives like IISB and Riipen working together to help expand Indigenous awareness in schools around the world. Read Full article here: https://saymag.com/making-education-work-for-you/ #SAYMagazine #elevatingindigenous... #riipen #IndigenousEducation #IISB See more

I’m trying not to tear up again from overwhelming gratitude as I write this, but no promises. This morning I was taken by TOTAL surprise by the SOAR team and ...their announcement of awards. When I had applied for this grant for IISB, (thanks to #GDI for letting us know about it), I applied for it reluctantly. Reluctant because I knew there were so many incredible Indigenous entrepreneurs out there doing such good work and I have never participated in a kind-of ‘Dragons den’ competition before. I didn’t know how I felt about competing for something when I knew there was so many worthy and important Indigenous business that also needed help especially during this Covid era. Covid has change and challenged everything for everyone. For IISB, we had to completely transform our business to virtual and do it quickly because their would be NO international travel or in person gatherings for a couple years. This would be a make or break moment. So I prayed for guidance. Creator quickly reminded me through pray and others that the work we were doing at IISB to elevating Indigenous voices & perspectives and building bridges between communities was also so important and needed to go on, and that I need to be able to let others help us to do so. So with that I applied for the SREDA’s SOAR grant. Joanne was amazing, and made the experience so much less intimidating then what I saw on the TV version of Dragons Den. She told me that they had 5 grants of $5000 to give and there were 6 finalists. Soon we were in the finals and I had to give a presentation to their team about IISB. I decided I was not going to think of this as a completion but rather as an opportunity to tell some incredible community leaders about IISB and the privileged work we get to do and be a part of. The experience was beyond uplifting!! So when we went into the announcements of awards this morning I was feeling nervous like everyone else, because we thought one of us was going home without. But THEN....they shock us by saying ALL of us we’re going home with the $5000. My heart shot through the roof, over the moon that all of us were going to have something. THEN if that weren’t enough they said they had another surprise and called out 3 of us and said they had a vote on best presentations. I didn’t even know that was something they were doing!!! I thought maybe they had a gift certificate or plaque or something for us which was an awesome acknowledgment but NO!!! Instead they said they were given us and additional $5000 each. See there go the tears again... I can’t begin to say how incredible that is for us and our ability to help our Speakers be able to take on this new Covid world of presenting the right way and as a leader in the industry right from the start! Thank you does not do this gift justice and I’m not sure what words would. What I will say is this, we will make you proud Saskatoon and make sure this award goes on to help us help so many many more. HiyHiy. #SOAR #SREDA #SaskatoonROCKS #ElevatingIndigenous

"Indigenous Perspectives are a must, if we are going to advance in this day and time." Thank you Justin for the opportunity to share more about IISB, and why we exist. It truly was an honour to share the time and space. https://www.youtube.com/watch... #Diversity #indigenouslens #indigenoussolutions #IISB #indigenouslivesmatter #indigenousrights #indigenouspeople #indigenouswomen #indigenousknowledge #indigenouscanada #youtubeinterviewseries #justincanada #canadassocialchangemakers #humanrights #humanrightscanada #iisb #internationalindigenousmovement #socialchangemakers #womenceos

"Indigenous Perspectives a must, to move forward in this day and time" That is why IISB exists. #Diversity #indigenouslens #indigenoussolutions #IISB #indigenouslivesmatter #indigenouspeople #indigenouswomen #indigenousknowledge #indigenouscanada #justincanada #canadassocialchangemakers #humanrights #humanrightscanada #iisb #internationalindigenousmovement #socialchangemakers #womenceos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeADRrvj5No...

Joseph Naytowhow speaks on Residential Schools: My truth is Your truth. We are All in this together. We are delighted to work with Lululemon to educate on the significance of Orange Shirt Day in Canada. Elder, knowledge keeper, and IISB Speaker Joseph Naytowhow elevates our understanding with his experience in Residential School. We are proud to be working with Joseph to help share this important information.

"Harnessing Neurodiversity is Key to Innovation and to unlocking a New World of Potential & Possibilities." -Jolene Stockman - IBM is rewriting normal & IISB's Neurodiversity expert Jolene Stockman is helping them to get there! Learn More: https://www.iisb.ca//IBM-is-rewriting-normal-IISBs-Neurod/ #IBM #neurodiversity #IISB #autism #indigenouslens

Dr Keolu Fox - Widening the Lens on Genetics. Dr Keolu Fox, featured in the New England Journal of Medicine highlights how Indigenous people hold the answers to many genetic questions. To learn more about the incredible work of Dr Fox visit https://iisb.ca//Dr-Keolu-Fox-Widening-the-Lens-on-Geneti/

So proud to have this incredible human being as a part of the IISB family and grateful for his immense courage to share his profound stories of Residential Scho...ol with our client Lululemon!!! Thank you Phyllis Webstad for helping create this day of honouring and acknowledgement of all our brave Residential School Survivors. #orangeshirtday2020

Indigenous experts and world changers from around the globe. August 9 was International Indigenous Day. At IISB we celebrate the incredible achievements Indigenous people are making to enhance our world everyday. To learn more about our international speakers visit https://iisb.ca

Giving a Voice to Indigenous People Around the World Leslie Lounsbury Founder of SAY Magazine The story behind SAY Magazine Founder, Leslie Lounsbury inspiration for giving a voice to those who might not otherwise be heard is compelling and heartfelt. Her heart and passion continue to flow through SAY’s team today, making this magazine a stellar resource to learn about the beauty of Indigenous people. https://saymag.com/one-one-leslie-lounsbury-founder-say-ma/... https://iisb.ca/partners/ See more