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Mentorships ● Grants ● Community
Presented by
In Collaboration with

KOOTENAY ROCKIES ACCESSIBLE TOURISM

​“SPARK" MENTORSHIPS & GRANTS PROGRAM

2023 “Spark" Winners 

Sarah & Josh McNicoll, Happy Through Nature
TOURISM IDEA: Accessible Glamping
Mentor: Ryan Clarkson, Spinal Cord Injury BC

Chris Ryman, Endless Adventure
TOURISM IDEA: Accessible Rafting & White Water Kayaking
Mentor: Keith Phillips, West Coast Aquatic Safaris

Mike Riediger, Kootenay Adaptive Sports Association
TOURISM IDEA: Adaptive Mountain Biking Hub
Mentor: Rachel Dodds, Sustaining Tourism
Each will receive $3000, mentorship, and additional partner support to help them take their tourism initiatives to the next level. 

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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.​