“The best way we can engage youth, women and newcomers to start participating as entrepreneurs and leaders is to show them examples of others…. and mirror back all of the different ways we identify ourselves,” said Shingai Manjengwa, Founder and Director, Fireside Analytics Inc. in Waterloo. “If you see someone who you relate to, who has managed to do something - that clears a path for you and inspires you to dream bigger.”
Download the full report here: Building An Entrepreneurial & Creative Canada
Throughout Fall 2016, more than 1,000 Canadian artists, content creators, cultural entrepreneurs and leaders within the innovation, entrepreneurship and academic communities shared their vision for a creative and entrepreneurial Canada through on-the-ground forums in six cities, multiple national digital events including a live-stream town hall, videos and dozens of in-person interviews.