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The Youth Social Entrepreneurship Project: Meet the Student Entrepreneurs!

February 14, 2022

What’s The Youth Social Entrepreneurship Project?

Over the past six months, CEED Concordia, joined by five mentors and seven partner organizations, has offered training to ten student entrepreneurs and helped them bring five business ideas to life.

Younger generations have more interest and concerns for environmental sustainability and are leaders in the digital revolution, values reflected in the businesses young people start. Although small businesses are the backbone of the Canadian economy, youth entrepreneurs represent only a fraction of its owners. For this reason, CEED Concordia invited teams of student entrepreneurs to compete in a case competition in which the winners would benefit from a program that would kick off their businesses. The selected businesses were evaluated based on their social and environmental impact and had to be at the conceptual or early stage of their development. 

Scroll down to meet the student entrepreneurs selected for the Youth Social Entrepreneurship Project (YEP) and the innovative businesses they’ve developed these past six months!

Meet the Student Entrepreneurs and their Businesses :

Fungi & Friends

Fungi & Friends want to create a small-scale farming model and to spread accessibility on the techniques and equipment used for mushroom cultivation by delivering free workshops. Eventually they would like to produce a variety of mushroom products to sell online through e-commerce and specialized retailers to fund their educational workshops. 

Left to right: Cristian Nicole Sandu, studies Marketing at Concordia University; Karine Balé, studies Economics at Concordia University; Arnau Payette, studies Economics at Concordia University.

Grounded Grande Grange

Laurie Bourgeois wants to provide a community space for like-minded individuals to meet, network and build community. The barn on unceded Atikamekw territory (300 km North of Montreal) will host artistic and therapeutic events and be a place for activist reunions. All events with sustainable values on the agenda.

Laurie Bourgeois, studies International Business and Sustainability Studies at Concordia

MEXC Vegan

Samantha Becerra, a Concordia Economics student, wants to create a business that upcycles food after witnessing Canada’s food waste. Originally from Mexico, Sam wishes to bring some of her favourite Mexican dishes with a vegan twist to Canada! The business will focus on snacks and granola for now. 

Samantha Becerra, studies at Economics at Concordia

Mental Health App

Educator Amanda Tanner wanted to tackle mental health issues within her field. After attending the National Summit for Youth Mental Health Advocacy in March 2021, she decided to build an app that connects teachers facing similar challenges and directs them towards appropriate resources. Her team has been expanding and has about 20 interns Canada-wide, and 8 core team members now.

Amanda Tanner is currently completing a Psychology Specialization at Concordia University.

Rak-Shea Solutions

Rak-Shea Solutions is a start-up with the team split into two countries, one in Montreal and one in South Sudan. Its mission is to empower women in South Sudan by setting up a crushing facility for shea oil and cold pressing of oil treatment centres there, creating work opportunities. The Montreal team, consisting of two young Concordia entrepreneur students, plan to set up the supply chain between the south sudanese women’s chia oil and retailers. 

Left to right: Zoe Paes, studies Finance and International Business at Concordia University; Deborah Awut, studies Commerce from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa; Heloïse Pellegrin, studies Marketing at Concordia University.

The Youth Social Entrepreneurship Project could not have been possible without our partners offering excellent business training to our young entrepreneurs. Thank you to YES Montreal, SEIZE, Front Row Ventures and CPA Canada.

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