Whitefish River First Nation member exploring options to take his coffee business overseas – Anishinabek News
June 27, 2025
TORONTO – Mark Marsolais-Nahwegahbow has had some grandiose ideas for quite some time. But the Whitefish River First Nation member, who founded the Birch Bark Coffee Company in 2018, admits it has only been in recent months that he has seriously started contemplating expanding his business abroad.
Marsolais-Nahwegahbow was one of the speakers at the Central Business Forum, hosted by the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business (CCIB), on June 5. The event was held at The Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto.
He spoke at a session titled, Breaking Barriers: Navigating International, Provincial and Treaty Trade. Speakers on this panel discussed the need to find new partners and also how to handle U.S. trade relations, especially since American President Donald Trump has dominated global headlines this year with his international tariff war.
