Until recently, for me, this line was just a grouping words – words that our leaders keep repeating to give us hope and strength to keep going. After going through Project Beyshick, we the 16 participants have been shown that being tomorrow’s leaders is entirely possible and entirely worth it.
He is the epitome of entrepreneurial success. Back in July 2001, despite the downturn phase of the technology industry, Isopia, a company he co-founded was acquired by Sun Microsystems Inc., USA for USD $100 Million. Yes, he is a South Asian living in Toronto and if you haven’t heard about him yet, it’s time you did …
Aditya was interviewed by Omni TV at the Sangam Conference at Schulich School of Business for the Technology Panel.
QUEEN’S PARK, TORONTO. Project Beyshick, the annual job shadowing program that pairs young people from aboriginal communities throughout Northern Ontario with CEOs from Canada’s leading corporations, recently announced its Business Plan contest award worth $15,000 to Darcy Kejick.
Winning business plan pits produce against rampant diabetes
Fresh fruits and vegetables are scarce commodities in the remote northern community Darcy Kejick calls home.
The lack of healthy food choices, along with a lack of exercise, help explain why diabetes is rampant in North Spirit Lake, a tiny Nishnawbe Aski Nation community about 600 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay.
Darcy Kejick, a member of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, has received an award for his recent business plan. Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler together with Minister for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Harinder Takhar, POA Educational Foundation Chairman Aditya Jha, and Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (NADF) president Harvey Yesno, awarded contest winner Kejick with $15,000 toward a business plan during an awards event today at Queen's Park.
THUNDER BAY, ON, Feb. 28 /CNW/ – Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler together with Minister for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Harinder Takhar, POA Educational Foundation Chairman Aditya Jha, and Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (NADF) president Harvey Yesno, awarded contest winner Darcy Kejick with $15,000 toward a business plan during an awards event today at Queen's Park.
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
