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YOUTH
PROGRAMS
The
OCRI Entrepreneurship Centre is proud to be involved with various
youth entrepreneurship programs. Our goal is to educate and assist
young entrepreneurs in the area of business planning, and to promote
entrepreneurship as a valid career option.
Canada
Youth Business Foundation
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The
Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) is a national
charity that provides youth, age 18-34, who have a great
business idea but are unable to access funds through traditional
sources, with start-up financing, world-class mentoring
and business resources to create and sustain their own successful
business. Lending based on character not collateral, CYBF's
mandate is to champion entrepreneurship to create economic
prosperity in all communities across Canada. Since founded
in 1996, CYBF has invested in more than 2,300 young entrepreneurs,
whose businesses have generated more than $250 million in
sales revenue, $60.2 million in tax revenue, $27.5 million
in export revenue, and created more than 12,750 new jobs.
CYBF is an accredited member of Youth Business International,
a global network of business start-up organizations. CYBF
is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, with offices across
Canada. Information about CYBF is available at www.cybf.ca.
The
Entrepreneurship Centre is pleased to be partnered with
the CYBF program. For more information on the program and
to obtain your Community Access Code, please contact
Marie
Desjardins. |
Summer
Company
The Summer
Company youth entrepreneurship experience provides with hands-on
business training and mentoring – and awards of up to $3,000
– to help students start and run their own summer business.
If you are
15-29 years of age and returning to school in the Fall, you might
be eligible to start your own business under the Summer Company
Program. You must be a resident of Ontario, a Canadian Citizen
or Landed Immigrant, and not operating an existing business or
be employed elsewhere during the summer.
Applying
for Summer Company is a competitive process. Space is limited
and the program reaches capacity quickly – Apply early.
Meet our 2008
Summer Company participants.
Click here for more information on Summer
Company . Click here to Apply
Now .
2008
Business Plan Competition (click
here for more information)
Taking
Care of Business - Youth Conference 2008
For more
information, please contact Marie Desjardins, OCRI Entrepreneurship
Centre at 580-2424 ext 22704 or by email at mdesjardins@ocri.ca.
To register,
you may fax your registration form to 560-2102 or send it by email
to mdesjardins@ocri.ca.
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