100 York Region entrepreneurs can take free online course from Aurora Chamber, Schulich School of Business

Program will help business leaders gear up for the post-pandemic economic recovery

Yorkregion.com
Jan. 17, 2022
Lisa Queen

Entrepreneurs from across York Region have a chance to access a free program to help their businesses thrive after the pandemic, thanks to an innovative program from the Aurora Chamber of Commerce.

The program offers free access to the Schulich Executive Education Centre’s Certificate in Business Essentials course.

The program is supported by the provincial government, York Region, Town of Aurora, and the York Region chambers of commerce.

It is open to the first 100 eligible applicants until March 31.

The 20-hour online certificate program will help business leaders gear up for the post-pandemic economic recovery and sharpen their skills to succeed in the future.

“These courses will support business owners as they develop the business skills needed to thrive in an ever-changing economic climate that has been made more difficult over the past two years by the pandemic,” chamber president, Sandra Ferri, said.

The initiative grew out of a project by the Aurora Chamber of Commerce to create the Accelerate Business Recovery Virtual Hub, a learning resource centre with content developed by the Schulich Executive Education Centre (SEEC) in the Schulich School of Business at York University.

The free tuition SEEC online course was added thanks to $463,000 in funding from the provincial government.

“Being able to include the entrepreneurs of York Region in our training program with the support of the provincial government is further proof of the power of partnerships to respond to the needs of our private sector with leading-edge executive education,” SEEC executive director, Rami Mayer, said.

“We are proud to work alongside the Aurora Chamber of Commerce in this initiative and the Accelerate Business Recovery Virtual Hub project.”

The program features sessions taught by faculty from Canada’s number one business school and subject experts from the private sector.

The virtual hub’s online resources include a 12-part video series developed by SEEC that cover areas such as digital marketing, strategic entrepreneurial management, and financial management.

Eligible participants can enrol at seec.schulich.yorku.ca/program/business-essentials.

For more information, visit acceleratebusinessrecovery.ca.

For more information on the Schulich Executive Education Centre, visit seec.schulich.yorku.ca.