Empowerment Pathways participants received their certificate

Empowerment Pathways is proud to announce that our participants are receiving a certificate of completion towards their business.  Our Entrepreneurial Development Program recognizes their dedication, creativity, and perseverance, towards opening their own businesses.  

  • Molded Fortitude Consulting / Beast of Mur Collections

At Molded Fortitude Consulting, we blend philosophy, fitness, and cultural wisdom into both traditional and innovative programs to help people break free from the constraints of their past, overcome adversity, and thrive. Our mission is to guide individuals on a journey of self-mastery, where ancestral wisdom meets modern structure to ignite purpose, forge resilience, and build a legacy of leadership. Through holistic coaching programs and transformative workshops, we help each person master their emotions, mold their body, feed their spirit, and free their mind.

  • Alpha Vapes

My business is a Vape Shop selling vape devices, juices, pods, coils, batteries etc.  Anything Vape related along with my indigenous beadwork, will be set up and sold in the shop.  Earrings, lanyards, dream catchers etc. My own twist.

  • Sulphurous Lake Resort

Mission: To expand and enrich our Indigenous-owned resort into a self-sustaining, year-round destination that honors cultural traditions, fosters connection to the land, and provides meaningful experiences rooted in indigenous values. 

Vision: To become a leading Indigenous-operated resort that blends cultural education, ceremony, and outdoor adventure – creating a space where guests reconnect with nature, learn sacred traditions, and support the resurgence of Indigenous ways of life. 

  • Wild Four Directions

Wild Four Directions is a workshop where I create traditional, wood work and other traditional items. It feels nice to make a sale and see the people's smiles of the wood work they have purchased.

  • Peter Ashton

Peter's company makes custom-made wood pens.

  • Stone Bear’s Arts and Crafts

A store that sells art of many cultures and traditions that provides a service of teaching how to build arts and crafts such as boxes of many shapes and sizes, plaques, masks, totem poles, paintings and building furniture.

  • Falkner Leathers

Don's company makes custom-made leather clothing and accessories.

  • Convicted Fitness

Mission: To model and teach a disciplined, “convicted” mindset—one defined by unwavering commitment, focus, and personal accountability—so individuals can build strength and confidence through fitness.

Vision: To inspire and influence others to pursue their fitness goals with a deeply “convicted” sense of physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing, empowering them to transform their lives with purpose and resilience.

  • Relentless KC Clothing

Relentless KC Clothing exists to create a positive social impact by promoting happiness, resilience, and self-confidence through message-driven apparel. Our mission is to remind individuals, especially those rebuilding their lives, that are strong, chosen, and still becoming. We are here to empower people to rise through adversity and strengthen their mindset.

  • Mother Earth’s Landscaping

Traper's company is a residential landscaping and deconstruction business

  • AirBnB services Artless Ascendance

Mission: Artless Ascendance will bring the art gallery to your space by displaying handmade, traditional, local, Indigenous focused, original pieces. We will provide a unique experience for the guest, the host, and the artist; that speaks to our values and shares the stories of our people. We will ensure the quality of service and product while maintaining our highest standards of leadership, operations, marketing, sales, and client experience. 

Vision: Artless Ascendance is shaping a creative sanctuary where land, culture, and artistry move in rhythm with one another. Guided by indigenous design principles and the teachings held in cedar, soil, and ski, the vision centres on an immersive studio, a welcoming gallery space, and a youth apprenticeship that reconnects young people to culture, skill, and purpose. Over the next five years, the work is devoted to nurturing beauty, belonging, and the generations who will inherit this land. 

  • Just FN Coffee shop

"Mission: To provide quality coffee, infused teas, and jams with indigenous medicines, in a safe and calm atmosphere for customers to relax, work, and connect with indigenous culture.

Vision: To become the “go to” coffee and tea destination in the community for help, teachings, art and Bannock. A place to share our history and journeys. To sell local art and beadwork. To share our stories of survival. To experience our foods, stuffed Bannock, burgers, pizza and more. To show that our medicines can be used to help in today’s world. And that it is for ALL. "

  • Kokum's Harvest Flower Products

Kokum's business is making and bottling natural floral toner and tea products, using roses and lavender grown.

  • Automotive Afterlife

To provide honest, high-quality repairs and used vehicle services with exceptional customer care, reinvesting in our community and helping people get back on the road with confidence.

These businesses represent resilience, commitment, and the power of planning. We are proud of what our participants have achieved and excited to see what comes next.