{"id":6118,"date":"2014-05-14T16:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T20:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/press_release\/albertan-wins-the-first-ever-bdc-mentorship-award\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T10:16:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T15:16:44","slug":"albertan-wins-the-first-ever-bdc-mentorship-award","status":"publish","type":"press_release","link":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/press_release\/albertan-wins-the-first-ever-bdc-mentorship-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Albertan wins the first ever BDC Mentorship Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BDC and Futurpreneur Canada congratulate Ryan Jackson for his time and dedication mentoring entrepreneurs<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TORONTO, May 14, 2014<\/strong> \u2014 The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and Futurpreneur Canada are pleased to name Mr. Ryan Jackson of Medicine Hat, Alberta as the inaugural winner of the 2014 BDC Mentorship Award. Jackson is the principal and managing director of RAMECO Consulting Group and the former Entrepreneur in Residence at Medicine Hat College. Mr. Jackson was overjoyed to be recognized at today\u2019s announcement during at the CYBF Action Entrepreneurship: Growing Young Enterprise<\/a><\/em> Canadian Summit in Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have been lucky to have had several great mentors in my life, so it was important to me to pay-it-forward and become a mentor myself,\u201d said Jackson. \u201cYou can feel pretty isolated as an entrepreneur so it\u2019s important to have someone in your corner that wants to see you succeed as much as you do. A person that isn\u2019t afraid to tell you when you\u2019re heading down the wrong path and someone you can openly commiserate with. I find it incredibly rewarding and I am honoured to be recognized.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism), Maxime Bernier, congratulated Mr. Jackson, adding: \u201cThere are many people who contribute to the success of businesses and give freely of their time and experience to inspire others.Through the BDC Mentorship Award, we recognize the positive impact that Mr. Jackson and others have on Canada\u2019s next generation of entrepreneurs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BDC Mentorship Award recognizes an outstanding Canadian business mentor credited by their peers for providing valuable advice and support through a significant commitment of time and effort that has led to the creation and growth of Canadian companies by building their mentees\u2019 professional skills and abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMr. Jackson truly embodies all of the qualities we were looking for in a winner and it was an honour to present him with the first-ever BDC Mentorship Award ,\u201d said Julia Deans, CEO, Futurpreneur Canada, who also announced earlier today that CYBF is changing its name to Futurpreneur Canada. \u201cA number of his mentees wrote to us in support of his nomination and all spoke highly of his endless support and willingness to offer his time and expertise in their pursuit of success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michel Bergeron, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and Marketing at BDC, stated: \u201cOur research demonstrates that entrepreneurs that receive external advice often outperform their peers. It is important that high-quality mentors decide to volunteer as the benefits of their involvement can be tremendous. We hope this story serves as inspiration to encourage more people to provide young entrepreneurs with the invaluable support and encouragement they need to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BDC Mentorship Award is one of four new entrepreneurship awards launched by BDC this year that promote and recognize Canadian entrepreneurs in four key areas: mentorship, innovation, resiliency and entrepreneurship champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More details can be found at www.bdc.ca\/awards<\/a> or at \/en\/bdcmentorshipaward<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About BDC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canada’s business development bank, BDC, puts entrepreneurs first. With almost 2,000 employees and more than 100 business centres across the country, BDC offers financing, subordinate financing, venture capital and consulting services to more than 28,000 small and medium-sized companies. Their success is vital to Canada’s economic prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Canadian Youth Business Foundation \u2013 Futurpreneur Canada<\/strong>
\nThe Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) is changing its name to Futurpreneur Canada to reflect the aspirations of the young business owners supported today and into the future. Futurpreneur Canada has been fuelling the entrepreneurial passions of Canada\u2019s young enterprise for nearly two decades, and is the only national, non-profit organization that provides a full spectrum of financing, mentoring and support tools to Canadians aged 18-39. This support helps ensure their success and transforms lives and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For more information, contact:<\/strong>
\nHayley Shaughnessy
\nVeritas Communications
\nT \u2013 416-955-4587
\nEmail: shaughnessy@veritasinc.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BDC and Futurpreneur Canada congratulate Ryan Jackson for his time and dedication mentoring entrepreneurs TORONTO, May 14, 2014 \u2014 The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and Futurpreneur Canada are pleased to name Mr. Ryan Jackson of Medicine Hat, Alberta as the inaugural winner of the 2014 BDC Mentorship Award. Jackson is the principal and managing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","press_category":[],"class_list":["post-6118","press_release","type-press_release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_release\/6118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_release\/6118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"press_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_category?post=6118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}