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The Queen's Partnerships and Innovation (QPI) team supports the strategic goal to build community partnerships and fully embed Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s in the community. With support from external funding, the QPI team offers numerous services, resources, and programs to support entrepreneurs, including those from Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s, and to accelerate the growth of startups and small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within Kingston and Eastern Ontario.

Starting an entire YouTube platform was not exactly what Michelle McDonald had in mind during a visit to the local library with her daughter in 2017. As a child protection social worker, Michelle knew that the children she worked with didn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t necessarily have the same access to resources such as story time at the local library.

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What was missing in the market was easy access to storytelling services for kids who might not be able to visit a library, as well as to stories that include people from diverse communities.

That카지노 게임 컬렉션�s why she chose YouTube as the platform to share unique and diverse stories with her audience. She knew that her young son was able to access content on YouTube fairly easily with the touch of a few screen prompts.

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Since its inception in 2019, Michelle has created almost 200 videos and attracted over 900 subscribers to , a platform aimed at providing a unique library story time experience, book reviews and educational content for children from Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities.

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Over the spring and summer of 2022, McDonald completed the Wings Acceleration Program, a program designed for early-stage companies with the tools and guidance to validate their business idea, develop their value proposition, and enter the market with a solid foundation.

Before agreeing to be part of the Wings Cohort, McDonald was concerned about her fit into the program. She met with Rick Boswell, Assistant Director of Programs and Operations with QPI to better understand the program and how Ruthy카지노 게임 컬렉션�s would fit in. Since Ruthy카지노 게임 컬렉션�s was an early-stage tech-based company and had an important role to play for young children, Rick encouraged her to join the cohort.

McDonald had to make some important choices about where she wanted to take her business.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�At the start of the program, I was feeling pulled in so many directions and feeling like I wasn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t doing any part of it really well,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�But the Wings program helped me to focus on one direction for the future of the business, which has helped me implement some key goals.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

카지노 게임 컬렉션�I was so glad that Michelle joined the program 카지노 게임 컬렉션� I could see what she was getting out of it, and it was clear at the end of the program that it helped her to crystalize her options to go forward and make sound business decisions based on her new-found knowledge,카지노 게임 컬렉션� said Rick.

McDonald has also been an active member of the WE-CAN Project, which helps to address gaps and provide support for women entrepreneurs in the Eastern Ontario ecosystem. She completed the FUSION Coaching Program, and the Growth Plan Challenge, and has attended many WE-CAN workshops and virtual cafes.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Michelle is an enthusiastic WE-CAN participant. Her community-focused YouTube channel has dedicated fans all over the world! Her efforts to amplify the voices of Black authors and promote greater representation among young readers and their families play an important role in today카지노 게임 컬렉션�s digital landscape,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Kerry Ramsay, WE-CAN Project Manager with QPI.

And all that applicable learning is paying off. Since launching Ruthy카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Reading Room on YouTube, other opportunities have been pouring in. She now provides Ruthy카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Reviews and Recommendations for the Kingston Frontenac Public Library as well as the Lennox and Addington libraries from the books available in their collections and she has a regular spot on Amherst Island Radio on Saturday mornings at 9 am, where she is reaching a new audience of listeners.

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The Wings Acceleration program and Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Startup Runway are offered through the , an initiative led by Invest Ottawa in Eastern Ontario and in which Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s is a regional partner. The Scale-Up Platform Project is supported by the . The WE-CAN Project is enabled with funding from the which is administered by FedDev Ontario.