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Mentorships ● Grants ● Community
Our Goals
To find, foster and support new tourism ideas and innovators; 
To cultivate and propel collaborations between the tourism and tech sectors;
To build a community of tourism innovators, idea makers and entrepreneurs in Canada. 
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​“Spark" Mentorships & Grants Program​ 

We are keen to spark and support ideas that will create new opportunities for the tourism industry and address gaps in our current offerings to make tourism in Canada more accessible, diverse, equitable, inclusive and sustainable.
British Columbia "Spark" Program
Ontario "Spark" Program
Be inspired! Curveball Creative launched a new projection art experience called "Love Text" in London.

​Be Inspired! 
Dreamers Writing Farm expanded shoulder season offerings with winterized glamping in Bruce County.

​Be Inspired! Kris Cu offers his Wildlife Photography Tours all across Surrey and White Rock.

​Be Inspired! Tyneisha Thomas (aka 
Ty the Poetess) launched spoken word poetry concerts across Simcoe County.

​Be inspired! Fields of Gold is a new agritourism destination in SDG Counties.

​Be inspired! Walk Among The Trees offers guided Indigenous knowledge and culture walking tours in Bawating (Sault Ste. Marie area)
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2025 Tourism Innovation Lab Summit

Join the Tourism Innovation Lab and partners on May 6-7 for an interactive event showcasing innovative sustainable tourism entrepreneurs and leaders in Kitchener-Waterloo and Oxford County. Register today!

Tourism + Tech Initiative

We are motivated to help cultivate and propel collaborations between the tourism and tech sectors to enable business and industry resilience, innovation and growth. Stay tuned for program updates.
PARtnerSHIPS DRIVE INNOVATION

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​ Founding Partners

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​Program Lead

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Partners

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Supporting tourism innovation is critical to the long term sustainability, competitiveness and success of this important economic sector in Canada. 
- Justin Lafontaine, Program Lead, Tourism Innovation Lab


150+ tourism innovators have received “Spark" mentorships & seed fund grants since 2018!

Thank you to our Mentors!

​About the Tourism Innovation Lab:
The Tourism Innovation Lab is a non-profit initiative created to find, foster and support new tourism ideas, experiences and partnerships, to cultivate and propel collaborations between the tourism and tech sectors, and to build a community of tourism innovators, idea makers and entrepreneurs in Canada. 
First launched in 2018, the Lab and its "Spark" Mentorships & Grants Program are now offered across British Columbia and Ontario.
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The Tourism Innovation Lab is a program of Hackforge and is based in Windsor, ON and Squamish, BC.


Updates from the Lab:
Read our April 2025 Newsletter

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The Tourism Innovation Lab is a program of Hackforge
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Central Canada Home Base 
Tourism Innovation Lab
c/o Hackforge
300 Ouellette Ave, Suite 210, Windsor, ON N9A 7B4
​​​[email protected]
647-948-5651 x 1
1-844-455-0325 x 1

​Western Canada Home Base
Tourism Innovation Lab
c/o The Common
38016 Cleveland Ave, Squamish, BC V8B 0A1
[email protected]
647-948-5651 x 2
​1-844-455-0325 x 2


We respectfully acknowledge that our home base in Windsor-Essex sits on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, which is comprised of the Ojibwa, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi Peoples. We also respectfully acknowledge that our home base in Squamish sits on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples: Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam First Nations. We will honour this by collaborating with Indigenous-led organizations and businesses to support the advancement of Indigenous tourism in those regions and across Canada.​
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