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​VAUGHAN
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“Spark" Mentorships & Grants Program



​2022 Vaughan “Spark" Program Winners:

Leila Azimian, Bio-Stat-Green Consulting
TOURISM IDEA: Prototype Photobioreactor for Microalgae Decorations/Installations
Mentor: Minto Schneider, 
President & CEO, Inter Ocean Inc.

Monica Pain & Katya Kuznetsova, York Region Arts Council

TOURISM IDEA: Dance Festival and Outdoor Multimedia Experience
Mentor: Lily Sutherland, Executive Producer, Fall For Dance North

Steve Schnier, Vujade Entertainment Inc.
TOURISM IDEA:  "Really Big Show" Giant Puppet Event
Mentor: Dwayne McMulkin, Corporate Director, Marketing and Brand Management, Canada's Wonderland (Cedar Fair Entertainment Company)


Each will receive $3000, mentorship and additional partner support to help them take their tourism initiatives to the next level. 
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Virtual Pitch Session December 2022

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


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Tourism Innovation Lab
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300 Ouellette Ave, Suite 210, Windsor, ON N9A 7B4
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Tourism Innovation Lab
c/o The Common
38016 Cleveland Ave, Squamish, BC V8B 0A1
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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 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.​
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