{"id":6206,"date":"2011-11-14T14:11:56","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T19:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/press_release\/canadian-youth-business-foundation-launches-global-entrepreneurship-week-canada-2011\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T10:21:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T15:21:08","slug":"canadian-youth-business-foundation-launches-global-entrepreneurship-week-canada-2011","status":"publish","type":"press_release","link":"https:\/\/futurpreneur.ca\/en\/press_release\/canadian-youth-business-foundation-launches-global-entrepreneurship-week-canada-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Youth Business Foundation Launches Global Entrepreneurship Week Canada 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Canadian Youth Business Foundation Launches
\nGlobal Entrepreneurship Week Canada 2011<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

TORONTO, ON \u2013 November 14, 2011 \u2013<\/strong> Today, the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) officially marks the beginning of Global Entrepreneurship Week Canada: seven days<\/a> committed to celebrating entrepreneurs and inspiring young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity from coast to coast to coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As official hosts of GEW Canada 2011, CYBF will kick off GEW at the Corporate and Community Social Responsibility Conference<\/a> in Ottawa, Ontario on Tuesday, November 15 and continue throughout the week with events, awards and promotions taking place across the country. Events<\/a> will be organized by CYBF and its partners, including community partners, strategic partners and fellow members of Canada\u2019s entrepreneur ecosystem such as ACE, Impact Entrepreneur Group, SIFE and The Canadian Federation of Independent Business. The week will wrap with a series of Start-Up Weekend events happening across the country, including the official closing event, Start-Up Weekend Toronto<\/a>, a community-building start-up event which begins on Friday November 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a particularly important Global Entrepreneurship Week as it falls at the end of year officially declared by the Canadian federal government as \u2019The Year of the Entrepreneur\u2019,\u201d explains Vivian Prokop, chief executive officer of the Canadian Youth Business Foundation. \u201cGEW is about convening and collaborating with likeminded organizations to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Canada and abroad. Together, we are working to cultivate the next generation of entrepreneurs who will create and sustain Canada\u2019s long term economic prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global Entrepreneurship Week Canada 2011<\/a> is taking place thanks to the generous support of the following partners: National Post, ACE, The Government of Alberta, Mount Royal University, Review Room and Studentawards.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About CYBF – Canada\u2019s Entrepreneur Gateway<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) is the \u2018go to\u2019 place for youth entrepreneurship. As a national charity, we are dedicated to growing Canada\u2019s economy one young entrepreneur at a time. We look at character, not collateral, when providing youth, age 18-34, with pre-launch coaching, business resources, start-up financing and mentoring. We help them launch and sustain a successful entrepreneurial business. www.cybf.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Global Entrepreneurship Week Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between November 14-20, 2011, more than 100 countries will come together to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), a movement to inspire millions of people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity. GEW Canada 2011 is hosted by the Canadian Youth Business Foundation, a national not-for-profit organization that works to connect hundreds of organizations to champion a culture of entrepreneurship and mentoring, through local, national and global initiatives. www.gewcanada.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CYBF Media Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rachel Azagury
\nSenior Manager, Marketing & Communications
\nEmail: razagury@cybf.ca<\/a>
\nPhone: 866-646-2922 x2111
\nCell: 647-834-2923<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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