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“Spark" Mentorships & Grants Program

2022 Simcoe County “Spark" Program Winners:

Alexandra McLaughlin, Art by Alex 
TOURISM IDEA: Come Paint With Me Experiences
Mentor: Dr. Rachel Dodds (Professor at Ryerson University and Director of Sustaining Tourism)

Svetlana Lazareva, Lavender Fox
TOURISM IDEA: Year-Round Nature Retreats
Mentor: Elsii Faria (Artist, Entrepreneur and Consultant, Co-Owner/Director at The Hive Centre and Stay)

Tyneisha Thomas, Ty the Poetess
TOURISM IDEA: Simcoe County Spoken Word Poetry Concerts
Mentor: Dionne Bishop (Founder and CEO of Events by Dionne)
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Each will receive $3000, mentorship, and additional partner support to help them take their tourism initiatives to the next level. 
Virtual Pitch Session June 2022

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

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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.​