Asper School of Business | Celebrating Indigenous Entrepreneurs at the 2025 VIBE Awards – UM Today News

November 17, 2025

Before the Visionary Indigenous Business Excellence (VIBE) awards reception began at the Fort Garry hotel, Gabe Petrie gave an impactful speech to a private VIP group of supporters.

As a student with the Asper School of Business’ Indigenous Business Education Partners (IBEP) and the president of the University of Manitoba Indigenous Commerce Students Association, he was admittedly a bit lost before discovering the program.

Petrie knew he wanted to be in business. After finishing high school, though, he avoided business school, joking that he thought it was “a scam.”

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