THUNDER BAY, ON Tuesday July 21, 2009: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Stan Beardy is appealing to businesses leaders to participate in a unique mentoring program that pairs NAN First Nation entrepreneurs with mentors from the Toronto business community as he officially launched Project Beyshick 2009 today.
Centre Stage 2009, Toronto
Joint seminar with Rotman (University of Toronto), Schulich (York University), Wilfrid Laurier MBA Students and India Abroad
– by Aditya Jha, President & CEO, Karma Candy Inc, April 2009
Aditya Jha, a non-resident Nepali and successful Canadian Entrepreneur, visited Arya Tara School on October 16, 2008 and presented 15 children’s laptop computers to students at Nuns' Welfare Foundations Arya Tara School.
Recent immigrants and First Nations appear, at first, to share little in common, but a deeper look shows the two groups have many parallels
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How can people in a first-rate country like Canada be living in Third-World conditions?
That disturbed Aditya Jha, 52, president and CEO of Karma Candy Inc. — one of Canada's largest contract confectionery manufacturer.
Training program gives First Nations gallery owner chance to learn from top-tier museum
Prashant Pathak, Senior Advisor of the POA Educational Foundation has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). Prashant advises the foundation on issues pertaining to social venture capital and entrepreneurship. He currently leads the First Nations Social Venture Capital Fund (SVCF) initiative of the foundation. Prashant is also active with Project Beyshick, that nutures entrepreneurship amongst the first nations youth.
The POA Educational Foundation is looking for volunteers in Canada and Nepal who have interest in, and are able to help with the e-Infrastructure Project. Volunteers in Canada may have the opportunity to travel to Nepal to help set-up the infrastructure, define required processes and required training around this project.
