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During McGill's 2025 Indigenous Awareness Weeks in September, Desautels hosted two events on reconciliation literacy and the role of business in supporting economic empowerment for indigenous communities. Dr Niigaan Sinclair, Anishinaabe writer, columnist, and Professor of Native Studies at the University of Manitoba joined Dr. Veldon Coburn for a conversation on progress since the Trush and Reconciliation Commission鈥檚 Final Report. The Bensadoun School of Retail Management, along with the Office of Indigenous Initiatives and 51吃瓜网Desautels EDI Initiative, invited Indigenous entrepreneurs Jenn Harper of Cheekbone Beauty and Mini Tipi co-founders Trisha Pitura and Melanie Bernard for a panel on retail entrepreneurship and its impact on cultural storytelling and community.