Please Note: Services may be impacted in response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
- Description
- Responsible for stimulating local economy and developing economic initiatives and opportunities for the community
- Provides services through guidance and partnership with Waubetek Business Development Corporation
- Offers business development services to 67 community businesses offering a range of products and services
- Provides information, training and educational workshops to enhance employability skills
- Posts employment opportunities in office and on website
- Works to access funding for Band-owned business ventures
- Provides coaching in areas such as business plan development
- Offers guidance and assistance in obtaining financial support for self-employment initiatives
- Maintains updated statistics regarding population trends, employment, skills and the community profile
- Conducts proposal development for short and long-term community infrastructure projects and employment programs
- Hosts Economic Awareness Days each year as a means to bring a greater transparency to the work of the economic development organization
- Participates in ownership of the Manitoulin Island Hotel & Conference Centre with five other First Nations and the Great Spirit Circle Trail (GSCT), a Manitoulin-based business that offers experiential tourism packages to people who want to experience First Nations culture
- Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy
- Business and Employment Resource Centre
- Wii-ni n'guch-tood Local Delivery Mechanism
- Manages the Wikwemikong Newspaper which services Manitoulin Island
- Supports First Tel which offers local and long distance telephone service
- Operates Wiky TV 5 Professional Video Productions
- Comments
- Waubetek Business Development Officer for Wikwemikong is Zoltan Virag, ph 705-285-4275; fx 705-285-4584; email: Zvirag@waubetek.com
- Eligibility
- Members of Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory
- Application Process
- Contact office to apply for programs/services
- Program details available on website
- Toll Free
- 1-888-801-9422
- Office
- 705-859-3001 - Wiikwemkoong Development Commission
- Fax
- 705-859-2000
- Web Site
- http://www.wikydevcom.ca/
- inquiries@wikydevcom.ca
- Mailing Address
- Wikwemikong Development Commission
2102 Wikwemikong Way
Wiikwemkoong First Nation, ON, P0P 2J0
Canada - Languages
- English
- Contact
- Dinah Peltier, Administrative Support Worker
Phone: 705-859-3001 Ext 223 - General Manager and Economic Development Officer
- Mary Lynn Odjig
Email: mlodjig@wikydevcom.ca
Phone: 705-859-3001 Ext 224 - Fees
- None
- Documents Required
- Completed applications required for programs
- Accessibility
- Not Accessible
- Social Media
- Agency Information
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- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Verified On
- September 29, 2022
- Address
- Wikwemikong Development Commission, 2102 Wikwemikong Way
Wiikwemkoong First Nation, ON, P0P 2J0- Wikwemikong Development Commission is located at Wikwemikong Way near the strip mall housing Mnis IDA drugstore
- Closest intersection is at Wikwemikong Way and Hills Trail
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
- Mon0800 to 1600Tue0800 to 1600Wed0800 to 1600Thu0800 to 1600Fri0800 to 1600
Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm - Service Area(s)
- Wikwemikong
