​VAUGHAN (ROUND 2)
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“Spark" Program


​Vaughan (Round 2) “Spark" Program Winners

Kleinburg Business Improvement Association (BIA)
TOURISM IDEA: Kleinburg Christmas Village
Mentor: Michelle Staadegaard, Manager Culture & Events, City of Windsor 

Francesco Angilletta, YYZ REVIEW
TOURISM IDEA: Vaughan Food Tours
Mentor: Adriano Ciotoli, Co-Owner & Founder, WindsorEats

Jamie Sherman & Alex Bodnar, Nomad Players
TOURISM IDEA: NoMaD Players Theatre Company
Mentor: Laura Paduch, Managing Director & Co-Lead, Toronto Fringe Festival

Each will receive $3000, mentorship and additional partner support to help them take their tourism initiatives to the next level. 
Virtual Pitch Session February 2024

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
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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.​