Company Program - A Student Venture
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Company Program Resource Team
Hand over the keys to success. A prosperous community and strong economy is in the hands of our future entrepreneurs and leaders of well-managed companies. Company Program -A Student Venture inspires high school students to understand the role of business in our society by creating an enterprise of their own.
Open Doors to Business Excellence
By collaborating with professional volunteer consultants to design, organize andoperate a real business, students experience how a small enterprise functions. These new entrepreneurs work within the structure of our Canadian economic system and realize the benefits it provides. Company Program - A Student Venture offers new possibilities for the next generation of successful start-ups.
- Discover the risks and rewards of starting a business
- Systematically solve actual business challenges
- Demonstrate the importance of ethical standards in business
- Foster positive relationships between youth and business communities
Your Junior Achievement Experience
Like other Junior Achievement programs, Company Program - A Student Venture is curriculum-linked, student centred and skills focused. It can be delivered by a qualified business volunteer in-school or as an after-school program over 18 weeks, at no cost to schools or groups.
Students Achieve:
- Improved employability, workforce readiness and awareness of new career opportunities
- Enhanced critical-thinking, presentation and leadership skills
- Appreciation of entrepreneurial qualities and greater understanding of personal responsibility
For more information contact:
Blake Smith, JA Program Manager
Northeast Nova Scotia
Brenda Kenney, JA Program Manager
Southwestern Nova Scotia
Jana Brown, JA Program Manager
Halifax region
Maria MacDonald, JA Program Manager
Cape Breton Victoria & Strait Regional School Boards
