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The University of Victoria announced June 9 that EnCana Corporation, one of North America?s leading natural gas producers, is providing $1 million towards the first ever National Chair in Aboriginal Economic Development. The chair, based in the faculties of business and law, will direct a program of research, relationship-building and education to advance Aboriginal economic development in Canada.
The funding from Calgary-based EnCana will help launch the chair and its program and support ongoing research and project development. Previously announced funding of $2 million from Industry Canada and $1 million from the government of British Columbia will endow the chair.
?EnCana has taken strong steps over the last number of years to support and advance economic development in Aboriginal communities,? said EnCana Vice-President, Aboriginal Relations, Andrew Popko.
A symposium on issues relating to the chair and its mandate will be hosted by UVic this fall, and a national search for the chair holder will be undertaken in the coming year.
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