Nan, POA Educational Foundation Announce Project Beyshick Participants

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief
Stan Beardy, together with POA Educational Foundation Chairman Aditya Jha, is
pleased to announce today the eight NAN participants and mentor organizations
for Project Beyshick 2009 – a unique mentoring program that pairs NAN First
Nation entrepreneurs with mentors from the Toronto business community.
“The skills these participants will develop by working one-on-one with
mentors in the Toronto business community will be invaluable when they return
home to set out on their own business ventures in their home First Nations,”
said Beardy.
Developed by POA Educational Foundation and NAN in 2005, Project Beyshick
is a one-week job-shadowing program focused on entrepreneurship among First
Nation youth (ages 21-35) within NAN territory. Successful program candidates
participate in training programs from Dale Carnegie and Ryerson University
Business School to gain valuable practical business experience. Participants
gain hands on experience job-shadowing senior level business executives and
successful entrepreneurs in areas of their interest. Previous participants
have gained valuable work and life experiences, and made significant progress
towards their entrepreneurial goals.