NCIED is proud to welcome Kareem Allam to its advisory board
The University of Victoria’s National Consortium for Indigenous Economic Development is proud to welcome Kareem Allam to its advisory board.
Kareem Allam is a Partner at Fairview Strategy, a Vancouver based public affairs firm. Kareem has over two decades of public and private sector experience and has developed keen expertise in the urban and rural economies of Western Canada and the critical role Indigenous sovereignty and investment has played in shaping economic growth.
Prior to joining Fairview, Kareem was the Director of Public Policy at the Vancouver Board of Trade, a member of the Fraser Health Authority Board of Directors and served in several Indigenous Relations roles helping pull together over 25 joint ventures with Indigenous communities across Western Canada.
The National Consortium for Indigenous Economic Development (NCIED) was established by the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business and the Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria to harness community-based education and research to drive innovative economic change. The NCIED focuses on several key areas including entrepreneurship, the development of appropriate structures for Indigenous economic activity, and the conditions for effective collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous enterprises.
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“Kareem’s extensive background in collaborating with Indigenous communities to deliver results will be of tremendous benefit to him in his new role on the National Consortium for Indigenous Economic Development,”
- Miles Richardson, Chair of the National Consortium of Indigenous Economic Development
“Economic Development and economic reconciliation are cornerstones of Indigenous nationhood, and I am honoured to join the consortium to support the growth of this team. While this role requires me to be non-partisan, I can think of no better cause to focus my time than to advocate for the mission of this organization.”
- Kareem Allam
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For more information, please contact:
National Consortium for Indigenous Economic Development