Youth

BIJ Training & Activities that Make Business Real

• Business Camps and Workshops
  One week of fun-filled, interactive business camps that take young people through the stages of starting and running a business. The participants also learn about their personal entrepreneurial traits.
• Invention Convention
  Participants are challenged to engineer a project that can provide a solution to a chosen task or problem involving math and science.
• Afrikayak
  A two-week camp where participants learn the science involved in building kayaks. They decide what type of business they would engage in involving the kayak at the end of the camp.
• Role Models on the Road
  A panel of young professionals makes presentations at junior and high schools. This activity exposes students to positive role models and mentors.
• Lunch and Learn
  Black youth come together from across the province for a three-day camp that includes workshops and personal development, entrepreneurship and site visits to successful businesses.
• Business Builders Camp
  One-week camp that introduces kids (7-10) to entrepreneurship in a fun and energetic environment.
• Putting the Lessons to Work - and Rewarding Results
  An on-going business development competition targeting 5-10 businesses. Prizes are awarded for the most enterprising youth within each category.
• Business is Jammin' Rally
  A year-end, two-day fun-filled activity for all BIJ participants across the province.