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A Canadian company's gift will provide more awards and bursaries for students taking indigenous studies at Trent University.

POA Educational Foundation chair Aditya Jha helps establish $100,000 endowment for Indigenous Studies students; new partnership with Trent also created

POA Educational Foundation and Toronto International Film Festival Group (TIFFG)- one of the world's largest Film Festival Organization, proudly presents its first ever 'Canadian Film Festival' in Nepal. The proceeds earned through donations at the screenings will be handed over to Pashupati Vhrida Ashram.

KATHMANDU: “Films have one language. They can transcend boundaries and allows people to communicate and understand each other,” said Cam Haynes, director of the Canadian Programming and Outreach, at a press meet organised on January 23 prior to the commencement of the three-day Canadian Film Festival. “It is an opportunity to also understand Nepali filmmaking,” he added.

Kathmandu - The first Canadian film festival began in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Movies are screening at Kumari Cinema in Kamal Pokhari.
The festival organized by Toronto International Film Festival Group includes three Canadian Movies. The amount earned to be donated to Pusapati Bridha Ashram.

The temperature is low, but the spirits of moviegoers are high as more film festivals continue to hit town, the latest being the three-day Canadian Film Festival that will be held at Kumari Hall from January 23 to 25. This batch will be the latest films from Canada since KIMFF's feature of Banff Mountain Film Festival films. The films that will be screening are Saint Ralph, A Simple Curve and La Neuvaine.

A 3-day first ever Canadian Film Festival will be held from January 23 to 25 at Kumari Hall, with the aim of strengthening relations between Nepal and Canada and to provide opportunities for Nepali Film Entrepreneurs to partner with Toronto International Film Festival Group (TIFFG), one of the world's largest film festival companies.

Toronto - Film Circuit, a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group, tours four Canadian films with guests to Mumbai, India and for the first time to Kathmandu, Nepal, beginning January 18. The films are Aubrey Nealon's A SIMPLE CURVE, Sarah Polley's AWAY FROM HER, Bernard ?mond's LA NEUVAINE, and Michael McGowan's SAINT RALPH. Guests include Film Circuit Director and founder Cam Haynes, and the Honourable Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario, who will present a special screening of AWAY FROM HER on January 18 in Mumbai with Bollywood star Rahul Bose. Director Aubrey Nealon (A SIMPLE CURVE) and actor Shauna MacDonald (SAINT RALPH) will also attend screenings of their films.

Film Circuit, a TIFFG initiative that tours Canadian films across the Canada and around the world will be visiting New Delhi and Kathmandu in January 2007 as part of a tour of India and Nepal. Aditya Jha through his foundation has generously agreed to sponsor the Nepal segment of the tour and to further assist Film Circuit with the administration and logistics of the trip to Nepal.

Keynote Speech addressed by Mr. Aditya Jha, at the 16th Annual NAN Business Awards- 2006

Project Beyshick
A 'Hindustani' opens a bright chapter for the Indians of Canada

Geetika Bhardwaj and Lisa Kember

Aditya Jha (sitting - centre) with participants

I knew early on that I wanted to bring back a lasting example of my experience at The Globe and Mail.

To achieve this, I asked Sylvia Stead, deputy editor at The Globe and Mail if I could write a story about Project Beyshick and lay it out on a fake front page (known as a flat in industry lingo) and bring it back to the POA Foundation as a way of saying thank you and because I wanted to contribute to its support in some way.

The letter below was presented by the Honourable David Ramsay (Minister of Natural Resources and Aboriginal Affairs) to POA Foundation's chairman Mr. Aditya Jha at the "Thank You" dinner for Project Beyshick 2006 on Thursday August 17th. We highly appreciate and thank Premier Dalton McGuinty for his kind and encouraging words.

More than a dozen aboriginal youths, entrepreneurs and community leaders are heading to Toronto from northern Ontario this week to "job shadow" corporate CEOs.

TORONTO -- Budding aboriginal entrepreneurs from northern Ontario will arrive in Toronto tonight armed with business plans.

TORONTO More than a dozen potential future role models from northern Ontario will be in Toronto this week "job shadowing'' corporate CEOs as part of a project to empower the aboriginal community.

Joyce Hunter says that if you really care about achieving something, youre going to get there.

Project Beyshick 2006, taking place August 12 to 18, aims to nurture prosperity and financial independence among First Nations communities.

Aditya Jha knows the power of education.

The 50-year-old self-made millionaire attributes his success to education, ambition and hard work. Born in a village in Nepal, Jha obtained his masters in mathematical statistics and pursued post-graduate studies in computer science at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University. After coming to Canada in 1994, Jha and two businessmen founded a software company called ISOPIA Inc. in 1998. Three years later, it was acquired by Sun Microsystems for $100 million US.

TORONTO, May 12 - The POA Foundation is proud to announce the launch of its 2nd annual Canadian development endeavor, Project Beyshick. This year, 25 individuals will be selected to participate in the mentorship program aimed at nurturing entrepreneurship among First Nations communities.

The Nishnawbe Aski Nation nestled near Thunder Bay, Ontario, is larger than France and takes up two thirds of the province, spanning a land mass of 1127x 644 kilometers across the north of the province and is and home to 49 First Nation communities. But, according to Grand Chief Stan Beardy, despite the vastness of their nation, his people feel they are second class.

In late August, Autumn Yesno, a 22-year-old college student from the Nishnawbe Aski Nation in Northern Ontario, travelled 1800 kilometres south to Toronto to spend three days with AMJ Campbell, job-shadowing Denis Frappier and spending time with the executive team.

A recent graduate's view on the trials of making the transition from school to work.

In three whirlwind days of following around senior executives, aboriginal students from far-flung communities learn what it takes to succeed, WALLACE IMMEN reports.

After Aditya Jha made his fortune by selling his Toronto educational software company to Sun Microsystems for more than $100 million (U.S.) in 2001, he was flooded with requests for donations. 

THUNDER BAY, ON, Aug. 19 /CNW/ - Twelve students from Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) will participate in a mentoring project focused on nurturing entrepreneurship among First Nation youth in Toronto, Wednesday August 24 - Saturday August 27, 2005.

TORONTO, ON:  Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler today acknowledged the participation of ten business executives from Torontos downtown core in a youth mentoring project, Project Beyshick, involving ten youth from Nishnawbe Aski Nation territory an area covering two-thirds of Ontario and home to 49 First Nation communities.

This article was featured in one of Nepal's most prominent business magazine which is published monthly. This interview article talks about Aditya's vision for IIT in Nepal. The article begins like this ...

Aditya Jha was born in Sitamarhi village of Mahottari district which borders India.

TORONTO - A $105,000 endowed scholarship program benefiting South Asian students has been established at Ryerson University.