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ONTARIO'S SOUTHWEST

Black Tourism “Spark" Program

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2024 Ontario's Southwest Black Tourism “Spark" Program Winners

Nyieca Hill-Morrison & Cahmal Morrison, London Artisan Connection
TOURISM IDEA: Carnival London
Mentor: I
sabel Cuellar, Founder & Executive Director, Mississauga Latin Festival 

Ryan Richardson, GoTellSomeOne 
TOURISM IDEA: W.E. (Windsor-Essex) Ride & Dine Tours
Mentor: Adriano Ciotoli, Co-Founder & Owner, WindsorEats

Trishauna Linton & Delna Buhariwalla, COOK-UP 
TOURISM IDEA: COOK-UP Supper Club

Mentors: Yaya's Kitchen, Creative Scope, Suede Productions

Each will receive $3000 in seed funds, up to $2,000 in tech adoption support, and mentorship to help them take their tourism initiatives to the next level.
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Virtual Pitch Session January 2024

Stay tuned to our social media channels for updates on their progress.


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Ontario's Southwest Regional Tourism Organization
Southwestern Ontario Black Entrepreneurship Network (SWOBEN) 

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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 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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