Chief D.Desjarlais, T. Brooks & B.Kayseas
Interview on Fishing Lake First Nation's Waywaynih Kunawapunteeing Trust and Approach to Treaty Settlements with Chief Desjarlais of Fishing Lake First Nation, Bob Kayseas, Professor of Indigenous Business and Public Administration, Tasha Brooks, Assistant Professor in the School of Business at Royal Roads University
Chief Darcy Desjarlais
Fishing Lake First Nation
Dr. Tasha Brooks is an Assistant Professor in the School of Business at Royal Roads University and serves as a member of Chief and Council for her Nation Cowichan Tribes. Her research focuses on Indigenous entrepreneurship, economic development, and the design of Indigenous entrepreneurial ecosystems. As Senior Research Lead with Luminary, a national Indigenous innovation initiative, she works with Nations, scholars, and policymakers to strengthen community-led approaches to innovation. Dr. Brooks’ teaching and research emphasize relational accountability, Indigenous economic systems, and the decolonization of business education.
Dr. Bob Kayseas
A Saskatchewan born Anishnaabe originally from the Fishing Lake First Nation, Dr. Kayseas has been employed at the First Nations University of Canada for over 20 years as a Professor in the School of Business and Public Administration where he primarily teaches entrepreneurship, economic development and strategy courses. He was appointed as the Associate Vice-President in May, 2014, Vice-President Academic in 2017 and Interim President in mid-2019 to October 2021. Bob returned to his faculty position in January, 2023.
Bob obtained a degree in Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Regina and in 2009 a Ph.D. (Enterprise and Innovation) from the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Kayseas has established a recognized scholarly program of research centered on Indigenous entrepreneurship and economic development. He is actively engaged in both the research and practice of entrepreneurship and economic development. Most recently, he has worked to foster the integration of reconciliation into academic programming both in the classroom and in online distance learning.
Dr. Kayseas is the Chair of the Board of Directors of FLFN Ventures Ltd – a corporate entity owned by the Fishing Lake First Nation. The company manages development projects for the community that includes a joint venture at BHP Billiton’s Discovery Lodge camp, near Jansen, Saskatchewan and other opportunities.it stand out
