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‘We’ve really inspired the country’: How an Alberta loan program is helping Indigenous groups buy ownership stakes in energy projects
The Financial Post West: Energy Insider Newsletter – The Q&A: Chana Martineau Originally published June 9, 2026 in the FP West: Energy Newsletter. To subscribe visit: https://financialpost.com/newsletters/ Chana Martineau, chief executive of Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corp., in September, 2025. Photo: [...]
Voices of Our People – Gary Bosgoed
“The big stone that Alberta’s dropped in this pond [through AIOC] has had ripple effects across Canada. Then there’s a national program. There are provincial programs in other provinces, so the waves they’re creating started right here in Alberta [we’re] seeing this happen all [...]
Bush to Boardroom EP: 1 Chana Martineau on Identity, Trust and Indigenous Equity Partnerships
The first episode of Bush to Boardroom, a new podcast from Âsokan Generational Developments (AGD), features Chana Martineau, CEO of the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation (AIOC), in a candid conversation about Indigenous identity in corporate spaces, the realities of equity partnerships, and what trust [...]
Voices of Our People – Justin Bourque
“The greatest thing I’ve been able to achieve was with my community being able to take one of these investment opportunities and leverage that cash flow in order to acquire land for the community. Willow Lake prior was a landless [...]