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News & Blogs
Ralph McBryan
Captikwt Traditional Storyteller & Knowledge Keeper LD-ACE We will never stop learning, sharing and growing. Ralph McBryan, LD-ACE graduate, is a Traditional Storyteller & Knowledge Keeper of Shuswap/Okanagan ancestry. Ralph has a wealth of experience...

An Annotated Guide to Completing the Business Model Canvas (Pt 8 & 9: Revenue Streams and Cost Structure)
Revenue Streams The final two elements of the business model canvas are the two financial elements: revenues and costs. We’re going to examine revenues first; as the types of revenues you intend to produce will determine what kinds of costs you encounter. Generally...

An Annotated Guide to Completing the Business Model Canvas (pt 5, 6 & 7: Key Activities, Key Resources and Key Partners)
Key Activities After determining your organization’s value propositions and customer segments, channels, and customer relationships, I think it makes the most sense to turn to the organization’s key activities. Key activities are those actions that must be undertaken...

Peggy McBryan
Peggy's Touching Souls Healing Arts Health and Well-Being LD-ACE Graduate Let’s reclaim our soul parts and heal body, mind, and spirit! Peggy McBryan is an entrepreneur, Wholistic Healer, counselor, and teacher from Salmon Arm BC helping members of her community heal....

Sheri Latimer
House of Arts and Supplies Art Gallery and Supplies NW-ACE Graduate Sheri Latimer is an entrepreneur and artist born and raised in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Sheri’s business concept, House of Arts and Supplies, is based on two very important things to her:...

James Cowpar
Haida Style Expeditions Ecotourism / Guided Recreation Haida Owned and Operated Graduate James Cowpar, graduate of the Haida Owned and Operated program, co-founded Haida Style Expeditions in 2000 with his twin brother William Shawn Cowpar and a small fleet of kayaks....
Anetha Kashuba
I'm a Mom 101 Life Skills Workshops and Blog LD-ACE Graduate Anetha Kashuba is a mother of six who is a facilitator of personal development. Her goal is to teach and empower women through sustainable life skills and community relationships. Anetha places great...
An Annotated Guide to Completing the Business Model Canvas (pt 4: Value Proposition)
Continuing from our last foray into the inner-workings of the Business Model Canvas we're taking a look today at the value proposition section. Check out Part One if you missed it! Value Proposition: Once you’ve figured out who you’d like to sell to, I’d...
Coverage in the Media
Members of the ACE Program are making news!
Lianna Spence, NW-ACE Graduate on Journeys with Kiefer Collision
Reid Skelton Morven, NW-ACE Graduate on Journeys with Kiefer Collision
Patrick Shannon, Haida Owned and Operated Graduate, on Journeys with Kiefer Collision
Nakkita Trimble, NW-ACE Graduate on Journeys with Kiefer Collision
Cory Stephens, NW-ACE Program Manager on Journeys with Kiefer Collision
Patrick Shannon Named B.C.’s Young Aboriginal Entrepreneur of the Year
How Can Visitors Best Explore Canada’s Indigenous Culture?
Haida Gwaii Caught in he Midst of World Plastic Pollution
Spotlight on Michelle & Trenton of Silver Grizzly Transportation
NW-ACE Program Earns Prestigious Honours
Universities bring real world into entrepreneur program
Empowering Aboriginal Entrepreneurs
New program at UVic for Aboriginal entrepreneurs
On the Street: Entrepreneur training…
How a B-school is helping Aboriginal startups
Aboriginal Entrepreneurship gets boost in NW BC
Aboriginal Entrepreneurs have HEART
NW-ACE grads celebrate in style
Highway of Tears t-shirts raise awareness about missing and murdered women
Aboriginal Canadian Entrepreneurs Program Honoured as Best in the World
Heart of our City: Wayne Fast Finding ‘Peace of Mind’ in Prince Rupert
UVic News: Aboriginal Canadian entrepreneurs program honoured as best in the world
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