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Venture for Canada Launches New Pathway to Business Ownership with ETA Academy Venture for Canada launches a new program to help aspiring entrepreneurs explore business acquisitions. The 5-week course runs from March 22 to April 27, 2025. Applications are now open.
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Hackathon Generates Innovative Solutions for International Students in Kingston At a recent hackathon hosted by Venture for Canada, Queen’s University, and the City of Kingston, young entrepreneurs developed practical solutions to enhance the living and studying experiences of international students in Kingston, Ontario.
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The Unconventional Jobseeker's Guide To Landing Your Dream Role Tired of the same old job-seeking advice that never seems to get you any closer to your dream job? Dive into our latest article where we turn conventional wisdom on its head, offering controversial yet effective strategies to help you stand out in today's competitive job market.
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A New Wave Podcast
“It could be a really light, loving, and kind tool that really helps us. We're looking at using AI and training AI to understand the truths about indigenous people.”
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Reimagining AI Through Indigenous Perspectives, Leading With Matriarchal Values, and Listening to Your Body
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Reimagining AI Through Indigenous Perspectives, Leading With Matriarchal Values, and Listening to Your Body
With Shani Gwin
With Shani Gwin
Building Human-Centered Teams, Embracing Feedback, and Crafting Your Ideal Career Path 
With Susy Martins
With Susy Martins
Building a Successful Canadian Startup, Squashing Imposter Syndrome, and the Four Buckets of Fulfillment 
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The ROI of Creativity Here's how leaders can learn the benefits of innovation and how to foster an atmosphere of creativity in their teams.
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Founding a Start Up: Mastering the art and science of sales 
With Chris Grouchy
With Chris Grouchy
Think Longer “The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.” - Einstein. An early mentor at one of my internships gave me the advice to “Think Longer”. It might be the best piece of advice I failed to take seriously.
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Venture for Canada Announces Project with Future Skills Centre Venture for Canada (VFC) is excited to announce the launch of a Reskilling Retail Workers, a project funded by the Government of Canada’s Future Skills Centre. This project supports the design of a reskilling program for displaced retail workers, focusing on racialized and Indigenous youth in Ontario.
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From the ground up: What does it take to build a successful e-commerce business? 
With Micha Saade
With Micha Saade
BHER and Venture for Canada partner to provide innovative work-integrated learning experiences for students in Alberta The Business + Higher Education Roundtable (BHER) and Venture for Canada (VFC) are excited to announce a partnership to create 300 innovative work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Alberta. This partnership is made possible with support from the Government of Canada.
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Customer Success Management must-knows: Squeaky wheel gets the grease? 
With Ben Winn
With Ben Winn
Should I Have A Personal Brand (And If So, Where Do I Start) There’s a professional development trend going around that’s been widely misunderstood. Many fantasize about having it. Few follow through on building it. And even fewer do the work upfront to define what their end-goal is.
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Ongoing Celebration’s of Black Leaders and Black History after Black History Month Often when February comes to a close, so does the celebration of Black History Month in Canada. This year we saw extraordinary efforts, workshops, and events that elevated Black womxn, entrepreneurs, and founders.
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Putting your Growth Mindset to Practice: Building The Habit 
With Manuela Barcenas
With Manuela Barcenas
VFC Fellows Next 36 Cohort Venture for Canada is proud to congratulate Rayhan and Lily for their next step in their entrepreneurial journey, committing to the NEXT 36 full-time program laser-focused on founding a new venture.
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Reflections from an Untraditional Path and Breaking Down Stereotypes I’m Brittany. I graduated with a BSc in Psychology and Neuroscience, became a VFC Fellow in 2017, and worked a sales job for two years. I am now a software engineer working at a financial technology company in Toronto.
These are my four reflections from my journey into the dev world thus far.
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