YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP PARTNERSHIPS GRANTS FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Youth Entrepreneurship Partnerships (YEP) provides funding to support projects through not-for-profit organizations that facilitate the development of an enterprising culture amongst Ontario’s youth by providing them with educational and entrepreneurial opportunities and programs. The following organizations received funding from the YEP program:
Round 2 - Funding announced January 2007
Ouvrir les portes de l’entrepreneuriat aux minorites ethnoculturelles
Centre des Jeunes Francophones de Toronto
The ministry will grant funding over three years to support "Ouvrir les portes de l’entrepreneuriat aux minorites ethnoculturelles." Through workshops, seminars and mentoring in the Greater Toronto Area, this French-language program will assist racial minority and ethnocultural francophone youths in the business planning process.
For more information about Centre des Jeunes Francophones de Toronto visit www.centredesjeunes.org.
Peterborough's Rural Youth Entrepreneurship Program
Community Opportunity and Innovation Network (COIN)
The ministry will grant funds over a three-year span in support of "Peterborough's Rural Youth Entrepreneurship Program". Funding will be used to deliver COIN's Team Entrepreneurship training curriculum to 30 young people each year, assist with business plan development, and provide support to post-secondary students to help create businesses .
For more information about COIN visit www.coin-ced.org.
Jeunes Ambassadeurs Cooperatives
Conseil de la coopération de l’Ontario
The ministry will fund this organizationover three years to support its "Jeunes Ambassadeurs Cooperatives" initiative. This French-language program targets post-secondary youth, ages 18-29, across the province and encourages them to start their own cooperative through a three-staged approach .
For more information about Conseil de la coopération de l’Ontario visit www.cco.coop.
BYOB – Be Your Own Boss
East Central Ontario Training Board
This group will receive funding over a three-year period to fund its “BYOB – Be Your Own Boss” initiative. This project is a community-wide effort in support of rural and remote youth and students in Hastings County, Prince Edward County and Lennox & Addington . The ministry grant will be used to provide young people with a range of entrepreneurial activities and resources, including camps, support services, and resource material.
For more information about East Central Ontario Training Board visit www.focusontraining.com.
Tracks to Business
Employment & Resource Services of Georgian Bay Area
The ministry will fund this organization over three years to support its innovative "Tracks to Business" program. Funding will be used to engage rural youth in the Collingwood, Ontario area by exploring entrepreneurial concepts and helping them to grow their own businesses through the creation of a "storefront" operation .
For more information about Employment & Resource Services of Georgian Bay Area visit www.tracks.on.ca.
Youth Initiatives DVD
Enterprise Centre Sault Ste. Marie
The ministry will support the Enterprise Centre’s production and distribution of its "Youth Initiatives DVD." The promotional DVD and web content will highlight programs and services related to youth entrepreneurship in the Algoma District .
For more information about Enterprise Centre Sault Ste. Marie visit www.ssmedc.ca .
African-Canadian Youth Entrepreneurship
Heritage Skills Development Centre
The ministry will fund the centre to support its "African-Canadian Youth Entrepreneurship" project. Through business development training, personal development workshops and coaching, the project will facilitate the development of an enterprising culture among 80 marginalized African-Canadian youth between the ages of 18 and 25 in Scarborough, Ontario .
For more information about Heritage Skills Development Centre visit www.hsdconline.org.
Impact Leadership Conference
Impact
The “Impact Leadership Conference” was held in Toronto, Ontario November 17 - 19, 2006. Over 300 students from across Ontario and Canada attended the popular learning event .
For more information about Impact visit www.impact.org.
JA Titan – Year 2
Junior Achievement of Central Ontario
The organization will receive support for the expansion of its "JA Titan" program, an online business simulation program offered free to regional high school students. This project develops students’ entrepreneurial and leadership skills through interactive learning opportunities and web-based simulations. Students will work in teams to compete as companies in a fictitious market. In the first year of this program's operation, more than 100 JA Titan projects were launched in high schools across Ontario.
For more information about Junior Achievement of Central Ontario visit www.jacentralontario.org.
Programme partenariat jeunesse
La Cle d’la Baie
The ministry will provide funding over a two-year period to aid the "Programme partenariat jeunesse". Funding will be used to prepare rural francophone youth in Simcoe County for careers as entrepreneurs through workshops, training, and mentoring sessions. The program will also help young Ontarians launch their own businesses under the guidance of their mentors .
For more information about La Cle d’la Baie visit www.lacle.ca.
Nbisiing Secondary School 'Company' Program
Nbisiing Secondary School
The ministry will support the "Nbisiing Secondary School 'Company' Program". Funding will be used to facilitate the development of an enterprising spirit among Aboriginal youth in North Bay/Nipissing First Nation area, and surrounding Aboriginal communities, by giving them a series of educational and entrepreneurial opportunities involving local crafts people, Elders and community members.
For more information about Nbisiing Secondary School visit www.nbisiing.com.
Business Centre in a Box
The Business Centre – Nipissing Parry Sound
The ministry will provide the centre with a grant, spread out over a three-year span, to support its "Business Centre in a Box" initiative. Funding will be used to develop a comprehensive toolkit, DVD, lesson plans, and interactive website to encourage youth to pursue entrepreneurship as a career. The toolkits will be distributed to senior level secondary school students and business class teachers in the Nipissing and Parry Sound areas .
For more information about The Business Centre – Nipissing Parry Sound visit www.cityofnorthbay.ca.
Entrepreneurial Adventure Program
The Learning Partnership
This group will receive funding over a three-year term to support the Province-wide expansion of the "Entrepreneurial Adventure Program". Ministry funding will also be used to expand the existing program by developing and distributing a bilingual Entrepreneurial Adventure resource kit .
For more information about The Learning Partnership visit www.thelearningpartnership.ca.
Freedom, Flexibility and Financial Rewards: Entrepreneurship Has It All!
Youth In Motion
Youth in Motion will receive a grant to aid in the launch of its "Freedom, Flexibility and financial Rewards: Entrepreneurship Has It All!" initiative in the Fall 2007. Ministry funding will be used to host two, one-day interactive learning days in the GTA for 500 grades 7-10 students and at-risk youth to promote entrepreneurship .
For more information about Youth In Motion visit www.youth-in-motion.ca.
Round 1 - Funding announced June 2006
Regent Park House Painting Small Business Pilot Project
Dixon Hall
This project aims to develop a local business model to provide entrepreneurial skills training, employment and small business formation opportunities to 10-15 youth living in the Regent Park neighbourhood. Funding over three years will be used to help train youth to create and market a house painting and plastering business.
For more information about Dixon Hall visit www.dixonhall.org.
Start-A-Business Program
Wilfrid Laurier University
This Project gives students at Wilfrid Laurier University's School of Business & Economics practical entrepreneurial experience by helping them launch real businesses. Three-year funding from the ministry will help provide operating capital, office space, and mentoring assistance to youth to help them start small businesses.
For more information about Wilfrid Laurier University and the Schlegel Centre for Entrepreneurs visit www.wlu.ca/sbe/schlegel.
New Possibilities Project
Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre
This project aims to provide youth in the Algoma District with an awareness of entrepreneurial opportunities and success stories in the science and technology sectors. Funding for three years will be used to create an interactive DVD and web site, support a number of school presentations, and establish an entrepreneurial “boot camp” for youth.
For more information about the Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre (SSMIC) visit www.ssmic.com.
Youth Enterprise Experience Pilot Project
McMaster University
This project provides undergraduate co-operative education where students experience entrepreneurship first-hand while working side-by-side with Masters-level students in a state-of-the-art entrepreneurship training and business creation program. The one-year funding will encourage students to undertake a wide range of entrepreneurial activities, including market research, prototype development, competitive analysis, and overall business plan development.
For more information about McMaster University visit www.mcmaster.ca.
'Youth Ink.' – Creating Entrepreneurial Awareness in Ontario
Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI)
This project is a two-year, 14-community approach to raise the awareness of young people in Ontario to entrepreneurship as a viable career option. Ministry funding will help support a wide-ranging series of presentations and forums by local community groups to over 1,500 youth in Ontario to help them see entrepreneurship as a viable career option.
For more information about Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI) visit www.sedi.org.
JA TITAN
Junior Achievement of Central Ontario
This project is Junior Achievement of Central Ontario’s newest program, an interactive learning opportunity and web-based simulation that gives students high-level entrepreneurial and leadership experience without the high-stakes risk. The one-year ministry funding will be used to expand the very successful JA TITAN program to other parts of Ontario, reaching a total of 2,700 students, and to provide the students with mentors and role models.
For more information about Junior Achievement of Central Ontario visit www.jacentralontario.org.
