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Mentorships ● Grants ● Community
Presented by
In Collaboration with

CARIBOO CHILCOTIN COAST
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​“SPARK" MENTORSHIPS & GRANTS PROGRAM

2023 “Spark" Winners

Axel Opper, Red Cariboo Resort
TOURISM IDEA: Restaurant
Mentor: Richard Kohlen, Laughing Loon

Chris Franke, Mountain Spirit Outfitters
TOURISM IDEA: Accessible Wheelchair Tours
Mentor: Rodrigo Landim, Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association

Joel Duntin, Cariboo Studios
TOURISM IDEA: Closer Sessions Concert Series
Mentor: Jean-Marc La Flamme, Smart Cities
Each will receive $3000, mentorship, and additional partner support to help them take their tourism initiatives to the next level. 

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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.​