Northern Lights show: Insights into cultural and business opportunities Nunavut, Nunavik, Labrador and Nunatsiavut representatives visit Ottawa Canadian Design and Construction Report staff writer The Northern Lights 2014 Business and Cultural Showcase attracted more than 200 exhibitors and 1,500 delegates to Ottawa from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, providing southerners with insights into northern culture and business opportunities, as representatives from Nunavut, Nunavik, Labrador and Nunatsiavut net- worked and made their own connections. The Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce (BRCC) and the Labrador North Chamber of Commerce (LNCC) jointly produced he four-day conference, trade show and cultural event at Ottawa's Convention Centre, with goals to: • Create stronger relationships between northern re- gions; • promote the respective regions to southern mar- kets and business concerns; • promote economic development opportunities available in the Eastern Arctic and north; • promote joint ventures and the exchange of infor- mation between the northern regions and others; • allow northern organizations the opportunity to es- tablish new relationships with southern busi- nesses; • promote Expo Labrador, the Nunavut Trade Show and Conference, the Nunavut Trade Show, and other regional trade shows and conferences to the south and to the other northern regions; • promote Eastern Arctic and north tourism, culture and the arts to both the south and other northern regions; and • provide a high profile southern venue for the sale of arts and crafts. Trade show displays included private businesses and the three levels of government, with a cultural presen- tation stage and an area to demonstrate and display re- gional arts and artists, in a special Arts and Cultural Pavilion attached to the main trade show area. Vendors sold a diversity of northern art, sculpture and jewelry. The conference, meanwhile, focused on economic development opportunities in the northern regions, with workshops, roundtable discussions and other pre- sentations. 12 – Spring 2014 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report