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Cariboo Chilcotin Coast 
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“Spark" Mentorships & Grants Program

Cariboo Chilcotin Coast “Spark" Winners

Erin Yeo & Kelly Servinski
TOURISM IDEA: Tutti Gravel Inn
Mentor: Matic Vecko, Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing

Alex Bracewell
TOURISM IDEA: Bracewells Alpine Wilderness Adventures
Mentor: Mike Retasket, Indigenous Storyteller

Cheryl Macarthy & Dave Jorgenson
TOURISM IDEA: Historic Stays
Mentor: Elizabeth Ross, Community Futures

Each will receive $3000, mentorship, and additional partner support to help them take their tourism initiatives to the next level. 
Stay tuned to our social media channels for updates on their progress.

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​Learn more about the Tourism Innovation Lab

​- Home Base - 
Tourism Innovation Lab
c/o University of Windsor - EPICentre
​2455 Wyandotte St W, Windsor, ON, Canada N9B 3B3
​​​info@tourisminnovation.ca
1-844-455-0325 toll-free / 416-712-8819

​We respectfully acknowledge that our home base at the University of Windsor sits on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, which includes the Ojibwa, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi Peoples. We will honour that by collaborating with Indigenous-led organizations and businesses to support the advancement of Indigenous tourism in the region and across Canada.
Terms & Conditions

The Tourism Innovation Lab is a program of Hackforge
Copyright @ 2023 Hackforge

Central Canada Home Base 
Tourism Innovation Lab
c/o Hackforge
300 Ouellette Ave, Suite 210, Windsor, ON N9A 7B4
​​​info@tourisminnovation.ca
1-844-455-0325 x 1 (toll-free)

​Western Canada Home Base
Tourism Innovation Lab
c/o The Common
38016 Cleveland Ave, Squamish, BC V8B 0A1
info@tourisminnovation.ca
1-844-455-0325 x 2 (toll-free)

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.​