WHAT: A 5 Day Entrepreneurship Program providing participants the opportunity to learn about small business and entrepreneurship. Throughout the week, participants will build upon their skills through venture planning exercises & develop a draft working business plan.
WHEN: SEPTEMBER 5-10, 2010
WHERE: Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre (100 Pachena Rd, Bamfield, BC)
WHO: Aboriginals (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) who are EI Eligible or EI Reachback, within the Nuu-chah-nulth Territory. Only the first 12 Eligible Registrants will be able to take part in this great opportunity!
COST: FREE ($3,680.00 Value) Meals & Shared Accommodation Included. -Travel will be provided from Port Alberni. -Travel Bursaries may be available to those outside Port Alberni & Bamfield. Contact NEDC for more details.
TO REGISTER- FILL OUT THIS FORM (PDF) & PRESS "SUBMIT FORM". Questions? Phone Jennifer or Caledonia @: (250) 724-3131; Toll-free: 1-866-444-6332; Email: jennifer@nedc.info or caledonia@nedc.info
**************************************************************** EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (EI) & EI REACHBACK ELIGIBILITY Refers to Any of The Following:
• Claimants currently on EI,
• EI claimants being topped up by IA (Income Assistance),
•EI Reachback (An unemployed person who has had an Employment Insurance (EI) claim in the three (3) years before he or she applied for income assistance or has received maternity or parental benefits in a period that began no more than five (5) years before he or she applied for income assistance).
Note: EI Reachback refers to clients that have exhausted their EI Part l financial benefits.
