A new initiative to bolster Indigenous-led entrepreneurship and business education across Canada will benefit from a $16-million funding boost, partner officials announced Sunday.

The BHP Foundation has committed about $16 million to support the initiative — a partnership with Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) and three Indigenous education institutions: Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies and Six Nations Polytechnic. Partner officials were set to gather late Sunday afternoon for a signing ceremony to mark the initiative, as part of the National Indigenous Education Symposium being held in Calgary.

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