Meet the RedWAY Media Inc. Team
CO-FOUNDERS, KRISTIN & Flavio
Kristin Kozuback and Flavio Caron both started their own consulting businesses over 20 years ago.
In the early days, Flavio focused on providing emerging entrepreneurs and new business owners with coaching and consulting services and Kristin focused on providing businesses with marketing and sales workshops that focused on developing 'FUNdamental' skills and sales systems for success.
Their work has evolved as the need to support Indigenous entrepreneurship, economic prosperity and calls for#ReconciliACTION have grown stronger.
Although they work together developing RedWAY Media Inc, they respect and support each other in their own ventures.
Individuals with shared values
Flavio Caron is an Ojibway/Italian entrepreneur, soccer coach, and proud father of two amazing boys, Valentino and Raven.Through Flavio Caron Business Consulting, he excels at providing high-level strategic work to help bring Truth and Reconciliation and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People into alignment with organizations.
Flavio works tirelessly to boost community consultation and engagement through strategic development sessions, research projects and cross-cultural education to strengthen relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, organizations and governments. Flavio is a trusted Indigenous Cross-Cultural Educator for Indigenous Corporate Training. Learn more about Flavio on LinkedIn
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Kristin Kozuback has English/Ukrainian heritage – and acknowledges the many unearned privileges that offers her in Canada.
Through Spiritlink Communications, Kristin specializes in 'lighting the fire of entrepreneurial thinking' in individuals, organizations and communities. Kristin's approach to developing and delivering her Indigenous FUNdamentals Workshop Series is shaped by insights, values and teachings shared with her by Indigenous Elders, Youth, fellow educators and entrepreneurs. Learn more about Kristin on LinkedIn
The early history/herstory
in 1998, Flavio was coordinating an award-winning Youth Entrepreneurship Program at the Greater Vancouver Venture Centre (GVVC). Kristin visited the Centre with a Métis entrepreneur who was looking design a new training program to better support urban Aboriginal Youth. Kristin soon joined the GVVC coaching/training team – and Flavio became her mentor.
By 1999, Kristin and Flavio had combined their business skills and contact lists to launch the BC Chapter of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB). A highlight of 'those early days' of creating lasting business relationships included securing project funding from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) to identify and lead 15 Indigenous Youth from across Canada to participate in the World Summit of Young Entrepreneurs in New York, NY.
The Launch of RedWAY Media Inc.
In 2015, Kristin Kozuback and Flavio Caron signed a partnership agreement to launch RedWAY Media Inc., with Flavio as the majority stakeholder so that the incorporated company has majority Indigenous ownership.
Our work to turn Reconciliation into #ReconciliACTION often includes:
- Comprehensive consultation and a blend of research methodologies to help identify gaps and opportunities to nurture entrepreneurs and business success, improve relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations,
- On-going communication with multiple parties ensure that all training provided and plans developed - from Indigenous engagement strategies to economic development plans and diversity or inclusion policies - are both inspiring and empowering for those moving towards Reconciliation.
- Detailed reporting to ensure that timelines, milestones and expectations are met – and results are achieved. Kristin Kozuback and Flavio Caron signing the RedWAY Media Inc. partnership agreement in 2015.
Together, we ‘walk the walk’ of entrepreneurship and push for #ReconciliACTION.
We work to help individuals and organizations turn the spirit of Reconciliation (recognition of past injustices and respect for Indigenous rights, ways of being and knowing) into actions.
We believe that by working to nurture Indigenous business success, create more inclusive policies and places, and move forward the work of organizations such as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and United Nations, all of Canada benefits when Indigenous people, communities and economies prosper.