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"Honoring Our Past,
Embracing Our Future"...
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ABOUT US
NSITEN is a volunteer, not for profit cultural tourism organization based out of the ancestral territory of the L'Nu (Mi'kmaw) people of Mi'kma'ki (present day Atlantic Canada). We are the mandated Indigenous Tourism Association under the national body, the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC).
We provide business development, training and capacity building for L'Nu / Mikmaw and Indigenous owned businesses year round through a targeted approach that connects the organization to grassroots voices.
We also partner with regional, provincial, national and international partners to share knowledge and any key opportunities for tourism development that may help to increase the capacity of our membership to reach higher levels of market readiness. These are key priorities that have been outlined in our recent strategies.
The future is bright and we look towards building on the many partnerships we have created over the years but the key is to grow our membership, increase knowledge about the tourism systems and get more of our people to involved in the tourism industry.
This could come in the form of business specific training at the local community level or regional training initiatives or Provincial, Atlantic, National, International conferences, trade shows, missions and buyer/seller opportunities.
Over the years since the organization officially opened its doors in 2017 we have been able to grow our organization to serve over 250 members and have worked to increase the greater knowledge of the mainstream tourism industry. The challenge of being not only business ready but market & export ready remains a big challenge even today due to many of the gaps and challenges that our business owners and individuals continue to face.
Through the establishment of sustainable funding for our organization and it's members through our recent five (5) year strategy we hope to see changes in the long term investments that is needed. That is a big part of our work now and will continue to be in the future and that is to build a strong organization that will handle this work.

ORGANIZATION
2017
Year NSITEN was
Officially Established
147
Membership Number (Growing #'s)
10
Board Members *
2025-26 Fiscal Year
14
Active Projects
(Numbers Vary)

OUR TEAM
What our clients share!

"Wela'lioq to NSITEN for empowering Mi’kmaw businesses like mine! They gave me the confidence to thrive, showcase my work, connect with new customers, and embrace exciting opportunities. Grateful for their unwavering support and commitment to our community."
Amanda Brooks, Business Owner
One Crafty Mi'kmaq

"The Mid-Winter Feasts that you hosted in our communities were fabulous... the music, the food, the stories, the elders, it brought back some great memories. I heard some elders say that it has been many years since they had this type of tradtional foods. They were almost in tears. Wela'liek - We thank you!"...
Pauline Isadore, Elder
Wagmatcook Lnue'kati

"The tireless efforts of your staff have created these opportunities for us to secure much needed funding for my businesses. These forms and applications are long and detailed and it really helped having someone there to help. We appreciate all of the help from your dedicated staff"...
Mona Morris, Business Owner
Morris Pizza & Morris Bakery
CONTACT US
Our Address
Nova Scotia Indigenous Tourism
Enterprise Network (NSITEN)
52 Gabriel Sylliboy Road, We'koqma'q Lnue'kati
PO Box 89, Whycocomagh, Nova Scotia
CANADA B0E 3M0
Hours of Operation
Open Monday - Friday
9:00am - 5:00pm
CONTACT US VIA EMAIL:
nsiten.info@gmail.com