Project Beyshick 2006 Featured in Omni News
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.
A self-made millionaire is interested in helping others achieve professional independence. Aditya Jha, through Project Beyshick, is accepting applications from Nishnawbe Aski Nation people who interested in taking their careers to new heights.
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.