Indigenous Leaders: Lifelong approach to learning fuels tourism leader’s advocacy – SooToday.com
Kevin Eshkawkogan envisions a future in which Indigenous communities and entrepreneurs play an equitable role in economic development projects
When asked, “What are your earliest memories of being around or involved with business?” Kevin Eshkawkogan was quick to credit his family’s entrepreneurial spirit.
He fondly recalled early memories of his grandmother and family slinging Indian tacos and selling birchbark crafts and listening to stories of his family traversing the Great Lakes region in both Canada and the U.S. as a harvesters in the fruit and timber industries.
“They wanted to provide for themselves, to create something for themselves and take care of themselves and their family,” said Eshkawkogan, the Manitoulin Island-based president and CEO of Indigenous Tourism Ontario.
