Presented by

THOMPSON NICOLA
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“Spark" Mentorships & Grants Program

Thompson Nicola "Spark" Winners

Maveric Northcott 
TOURISM IDEA: Wells Gray Outfitters
Mentor: Jim McGovern, Yervana

Melissa Dinsdale, Nicola Valley Rodeo Association
TOURISM IDEA: Reaching the Cowboy in All Of Us
Mentor: Brandy Cooper-Chardon, Gold Country

Matt Sych, Dunn Folkin’ Around? Arts Society
TOURISM IDEA: Dunn Folkin' Around? Music Festival
Mentor: Mitchell Forgie, Brewloops Beer Fest & Red Beard Cafe

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 @ 2024 Hackforge

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 (toll-free)

​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 (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.​