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CEED's Fresh Ideas: Speaker Announced

CEED Centre for Entrepreneurship Education & Development is excited to announce Arlene Dickinson will be this year's keynote speaker at the annual Fresh Ideas conference held during Small Business Week on October 20 at the World Trade and Convention Centre in Halifax, NS.  Arlene is a 20-year veteran of...
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Break into Business: Summer Camp for Kids

Break into Business Camp   Is your child the next Donald Trump? Let your kids find out what it’s like to be the boss at a Break into Business Camp this summer! Over five fun-filled days your child will get a taste of entrepreneurship through a variety of hands-on activities and competitive...
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What's Happening

Workshops, Training & Events - July-August 2008 More upcoming events, click here Break into Business Camp Break Into Business (BIB) Camps are 5 day entrepreneurship camps developed by CEED. Participants learn about entrepreneurship through a variety of hands-on activities and competitive workshops. July 7- 10, 9:00 am -4:30 p.m. (Bedford) July 14- 18, 9:00 am -4:30 pm (Halifax) August 11- 15, 9:00 am -4:30...
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Jennifer's Journey

  The Youth Employability Project (YEP) is a social entrepreneurship program that takes an innovative approach to working with youth who have been exposed to the social assistance and child welfare system. Youth Navigators at YEP work side by side with participants, getting to know them, encouraging them to pursue their...
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CEED's Second Chance Program Poised to extend its Reach

CEED’s Second Chance Program Poised to extend its Reach By Kathy Murphy CEED is working to extend its reach for the Second Chance program, currently offered in Halifax as part of CEED’s social entrepreneurship programming. Second Chance’s Program Manager, Ed Matwawana, and I recently attended a meeting with ten community leaders in Pictou County to discuss the opportunity of a Second Chance...
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Nova Scotian Entrepreneurs represented at the CEED-hosted Dragons' Den auditions

CEED hosts Largest Atlantic Canadian Auditions For entrepreneurs, it’s the opportunity of a lifetime – a shot at pitching their business idea to a panel of major league investors. On Saturday, May 10, would-be moguls gathered at CEED to audition for Season 3 of CBC’s reality television series, Dragons' Den. The show allows entrepreneurs to strut their stuff in front of...
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Local Entrepreneurs enter the Den

Green Choi Kwang Do Challenges the Dragon's to a Duel ! When 23-year-old Alana Green decided she wanted to run a martial art boot camp, she knew she needed help to get that extra spring into the program’s step. She quickly called upon her colleague at the Saint Mary’s University Safe Walk program, Dawson Wamboldt, for assistance. Dawson, also 23, is...
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Student in Business Expose: Green Choi Kwang Do

CEED’s Students in Business Facilitator Kelly Arnold experiences firsthand (and foot!) a business she helped create. I arrive at Room2Move Fitness on Cunard Street in Halifax with the song ‘Kung Fu Fighting’ running through my head. I’m here to experience my first Choi Kwang Do, a self-defense based Martial Art, class and I’m not really sure what to expect.  I head...
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CEED Sponsors ICSB Conference

The 53rd annual International Council for Small Business (ICSB) Conference took place in Halifax from June 22-25 at the World Trade and Convention Centre and this year’s topic was, “Advancing Small Business & Entrepreneurship: From Research to Results”. CEED was a proud sponsor of this event and participated alongside 30 other exhibitors showcasing and promoting services ranging from local companies,...
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Diane Ablonczy, Secretary of State for Small Business and Tourism visits CEED

On Tuesday June 24, the Hon. Diane Ablonczy, P.C., M.P., Secretary of State for Small Business and Tourism, paid CEED a visit. Ms. Ablonczy was in Halifax to attend the International Council of Small Business conference as a panelists in the plenary panel session, “Address barriers and constraints to entrepreneurship and SME...
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