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Venture for Canada Founder Scott Stirrett to Step Down as CEO in Fall 2025 After more than a decade of leadership, Venture for Canada Founder and CEO Scott Stirrett will step down in Fall 2025. Since launching VFC at just 22 years old, Scott has helped shape a national movement supporting over 10,000 young Canadians in developing entrepreneurial skills. His departure marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the organization as it continues to expand access to entrepreneurship and build on his enduring legacy.
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2025 Employer Advisory Council: Driving Innovation in Canada’s Startup Ecosystem Meet Venture for Canada's 2025 Employer Advisory Council—a diverse group of leaders from across Canada, offering insights from startups, small businesses, and various industries to shape the growth and evolution of VFC's programs.
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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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A New Wave Podcast
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Conflict Resolution as a Superpower, Building Compassionate Communication, and Creating Workplace Harmony
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Conflict Resolution as a Superpower, Building Compassionate Communication, and Creating Workplace Harmony
With Meltem Kilicaslan
With Meltem Kilicaslan
Challenging Startup Myths, Finding Product-Market Fit, and Enjoying the Journey 
With Dave Sinkinson
With Dave Sinkinson
Raising Money Before Traction, Building Investor Trust, and Leveraging Partnerships 
With Mehrsa Raeiszadeh
With Mehrsa Raeiszadeh
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Cross Sector Leadership: A Framework for Collaboration The Reskilling Displaced Retail Workers Project is a project funded by the Government of Canada’s Future Skills Centre. The project supports the design of a reskilling program focusing on racialized or Indigenous youth in Ontario.
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Communication | It's All About Understanding the Problem 
With Nico DiPlacido
With Nico DiPlacido
Designing your path takes boundaries and courage It has taken me most of my life to learn that setting boundaries and taking the time to dream and reflect before acting, are invaluable ways for me to move forward. It has allowed me to become more productive and happier as I continue on my personal and professional journey.
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Venture for Canada announces 2020 RBC Fellow Leadership Honorary Awards Venture for Canada has announced the 2020 recipients of the RBC Fellow Leadership Honorary Awards. Continuing the over five-year collaboration with RBC, the Venture for Canada community recognized 15 Fellows for their excellence in leadership and entrepreneurial spirit with this honorary award. The resourcefulness of young Canadians is essential to addressing our most pressing challenges.
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Think Ambitiously | It’s All About Having a Clear Vision 
With Lucia Gallardo
With Lucia Gallardo
Fake it till ya make it | It's all about practice 
With Stewart Hillhouse
With Stewart Hillhouse
Own who you are | A Leaders Mentality 
With Natasha Dhayagude
With Natasha Dhayagude
LISN-IN | It's all about trusting the process 
With Zameer Masjedee
With Zameer Masjedee
Venture for Canada Launches Intrapreneurship Program to provide Work-Integrated Learning Experiences for Underserved Students in Canada Venture for Canada (VFC) is excited to announce the launch of their Intrapreneurship Program—funded by the government of Canada’s Innovative Work-Integrated Learning Program—to create short duration, paid Innovative Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) opportunities for students from underserved communities at small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) across Canada.
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Venture for Canada Welcomes New Board Directors, Bruce Sellery, Narinder Dhami, and Thomas Park Venture for Canada (VFC) is excited to announce the appointment of Bruce Sellery, Narinder Dhami and Thomas Park to VFC’s Board of Directors.
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Venture for Canada Announces Reskilling Retail Workers Project Steering Committee The Reskilling Retail Workers Project is a project funded by the Government of Canada’s Future Skills Centre. The project supports designing and testing a reskilling program for displaced retail workers, focusing on racialized and Indigenous youth to be tested and prototyped in Ontario.
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The Essential Entrepreneurial Skill: Always be learning We live in an age of hyper-access to information. Content comes in the form of articles, YouTube videos, or social media graphics. The platforms seem endless, especially if you’re on the go. Even driving, we have audiobooks and podcasts to consume new content and information.
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