VICTORIA – The Northwest Aboriginal Canadian Entrepreneurs (NW-ACE) program was awarded the International education-business Partnership Network Gold Global Best Award in the category of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Skills for the North America region.
The awards ceremony took place in Oslo, Norway and honoured winners in six categories that recognize exceptional educational partnerships worldwide. The award comes hard on the heels of the Alan Blizzard Award from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, which was awarded to NW-ACE in June.
NW-ACE is a collaborative of Tribal Resources Investment Corporation (TRICORP), the Gustavson School of Business, and representatives from Aboriginal communities, industry and government. The partnership provides Aboriginal Canadians in Northwest British Columbia with the skills, knowledge and mentorship to start their own businesses.
The Global Best Awards are a biannual event designed to celebrate outstanding and effective business, education and community organization partnerships that have a significant impact on the communities in which they operate. NW-ACE was selected as the winner in the Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Skills – North America category based on the success of the partnership in supporting the development of Aboriginal entrepreneurship in BC and across Canada.
