As entrepreneurs from minority groups continue to be under-represented in the Atlantic Canadian startup community, Ryerson University’s DMZ accelerator is ramping up a new program aimed at supporting Black founders in Ontario.
The Black Innovation Fellowship, or BIF, launched in May and gives participants mentorship and other support as they work their way through the DMZ’s more generalized program offerings. Its strategy may offer an example of how a similar initiative could be implemented in Atlantic Canada.
BIF’s original goal was to support 10 black entrepreneurs a year for five years,
