Entrepreneurship camp builds confidence of Indigenous youth – The Globe and Mail

One week seems like an ambitious timeline to build out a business and pitch it to professionals, but that’s what 18 Indigenous youth from across the country came together to do this summer.

At the First Nations University of Canada’s (FNUC) Regina campus, the group of 16- to 18-year-olds participated in the annual Indigenous Youth Entrepreneurship Camp from July 29 through Aug. 2, learning the fundamentals of marketing, advertising and finance, and applying them to their own business ideas.

Jason Bird, a professor at the university and the program co-ordinator for the camp, says one of the main goals was to help Indigenous youth build confidence by living and learning away from their home communities. It’s important, he explains, because many of the participants spent some of their most recent schooling years online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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