SCANs Youth Entrepreneurship Pathway and Job Creation program seeks to provide a fundamental link between Black entrepreneurs and business owners with youth aspiring to join their industries.The project gives youth the opportunity to find a suitable job in the workforce, as well as support Black entrepreneurs and business-owners in providing the employment support that they require to find suitable employees and scale their businesses. 

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Program Initiative is called Youth Entrepreneurship Pathway and Job Creation.

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Please Note: This program will aim to support visible minorities especially black youths and international hires looking for job and internship opportunities. Recruitment for employment opportunities will begin mid 2023.

Benefits for Secondary & Post-Secondary Students

1. By connecting Black youth and young adults to Black professionals and entrepreneurs in the workforce, cultural relevance and community resilience is created for participants. The achievements, successes, and contributions of participants will be highly recognized once performance analysis rolls in. They will be given the opportunity to set their goals, completing segmented check-ins to ensure they are on the right track.
2. Participants will have considerable access to anti-Black racism resources, learning and actively developing skills on how to challenge racism in the workforce. Participants will be equipped with real-world situational knowledge to overcome the status-quo of race priviledge in Canada.

Then of course, gaining valuable work experience and potential permanent job opportunities in diverse sectors of interest. Quality resume information can be updated, as well as innovative knowledge ready to be nursed along with your degree. The aim of pairing youth is for the entrepreneurs to see their value and take them on permanently. Participants will be tutored under the best of the best Black entrepreneurs in Canada, role models that can be looked upon.