Recognizing the need to promote entrepreneurial minds, the EPICentre joined forces with the Windsor-Essex Economic Development Corporation and the New Canadians’ Centre of Excellence to initiate a first of a kind- How to Start Your Own Business for international students. Students learned about the economic landscape of the Windsor-Essex region as well as the different resources available for starting a business. Additionally, the MoM students heard from a panel of alumni who recently started their own businesses in Windsor-Essex.

EPICentre would like to thank the following community members who have graciously offered their time and support to the program:

* Ed Dawson, Windsor-Essex Economic Development Corporation

* Ofelia Dugal, New Canadians’ Center of Excellence

* Alanna Oddoye, New Canadians’ Center of Excellence

Alumni Panel from left to right:

* Kalkin Shelat, SARJAN

* Mink, Thai Time

* Li Zhang, Jiayiftz