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Drumbeats - Canadian Indigenous Investment Podcast$200M Indigenous Growth Strategy: Scaling Beyond Oil Sands with Nicole Bourque-BouchierCanada Indigenous business growth, oil sands investment opportunities, and Truth and Reconciliation economic impact explained by Nicole Bourque, CEO of Bouchier Group.UK and European investors gain insight into how a $200M Indigenous-owned industrial company is scaling, winning ExxonMobil recognition, and building institutional-grade growth platforms.Part 2 explores how Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission became an unexpected catalyst for Indigenous business competitiveness, unlocking new commercial pathways for Indigenous-owned companies operating at scale. In this continuation of our conversation, Nicole discusses Bouchier's transformation: • Nicole explains how Bouchier Group integrated Indigenous identity with operational excellence.
2026-02-1935 min
Drumbeats - Canadian Indigenous Investment PodcastFrom $250K Loss to $200M Revenue: How Nicole Bourque-Bouchier Scaled Her Indigenous BusinessIn this first part of our conversation, Nicole Bourque-Bouchier walks through a story that starts with checking her company's first year-end financials on her honeymoon. After the hardest working year of her life, she scrolled to the bottom line: minus $250,000.That was 2005. Bouchier just closed 2025 at $200 million.Nicole is CEO of Bouchier, one of Canada's largest privately-owned Indigenous companies in Alberta's oil sands. She's Mikisew Cree, raised on the trapline before her father took a Syncrude job and moved the family to Fort McMurray. She worked through Syncrude, ran her own consulting business, then joined...
2026-02-1230 min
Power in HeelsDoing it Better with Nicole BouchierShe is one of Canada’s top 100 most powerful women, and she’s changing the future of indigenous led businesses.Listen now to learn how Nicole Bourque-Bouchier got where she is today and how you can too!
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2023-08-1435 min
The Road to SevenThriving Feminine Indigenous Leadership in a Male Dominated Industry with Nicole Bourque-Bouchier“It’s so very important to create the culture of your one team. And everyone adds value. Doesn't matter what they do for you, they add value.”-Nicole Bourque-BouchierFor 25 years, my guest Nicole Bourque-Bouchier has led her company to excellence through strong community and indigenous values. Starting her role at the company she co-owns with her husband David, Nicole never thought it would flourish as rapidly as it did - and she quickly developed her position from part-time helper to office manager, to CEO.Nicole’s passion for community stems from her indigeno...
2023-07-2531 min
Chatter that MattersNicole Bourque-Bouchier - From Trapper to TrailblazerNicole Bourque-Bouchier's journey from humble beginnings to RBC's 2022 Women of Influence - CEO Excellence Award Winner. Hailing from a lineage of trappers, Nicole Bourque-Bouchier claims her indigenous and entrepreneurial roots to be a role model to her family and community while building Bouchier into one of the largest indigenous-owned companies with revenues of $150 million, 1000 employees and 400 heavy equipment vehicles. Nicole intimately shares her family's transformative journey from the trapline to Fort McMurray—her parent's quest for a better, more stable life. She delves into the tragic loss of her younger sister to suicide, an event that indelibly sh...
2023-06-2341 min