Tasha Brooks is an Indigenous business scholar and assistant professor in the School of Business. She is currently a Doctor of Business Administration candidate at Royal Roads and is focusing on First Nations entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Her research explores the multiple levels of analysis within an entrepreneurial ecosystem, specifically how First Nations entrepreneurial support organizations enable or constrain First Nations entrepreneurship.
Experience
Before joining Royal Roads, Brooks taught at Vancouver Island University as a term instructor in the Indigenous/Hwulmuxw studies department as a term instructor. She also has extensive experience supporting Indigenous students.
Brooks has considerable experience in Indigenous entrepreneurship. She has been the president of Cowichan Tribes commercial fishing economic development LP, Quw’utsun Kwa’atl’kwa Enterprises since 2020. She also is on the board for the Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development.
Education
2020
Professional Aboriginal Economic Development Officer certificate
CANDO
2016
Master of Business Administration
Vancouver Island University
2016
Master of Science in International Business
University of Hertfordshier
2011
Bachelor of Business Administration
Vancouver Island University