{"id":36979,"date":"2026-02-05T16:45:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/?p=36979"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:50:17","slug":"commercialization-training-for-indigenous-technology-entrepreneurs-mar-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/2026\/02\/05\/commercialization-training-for-indigenous-technology-entrepreneurs-mar-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercialization Training for Indigenous Technology Entrepreneurs &#8212; Mar 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail alignleft wp-image-36980\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/files\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-04-085032-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/files\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-04-085032-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/files\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-04-085032-45x45.png 45w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/files\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-04-085032-65x65.png 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Commercialization Training for Indigenous Technology Entrepreneurs is a four-day, in-person workshop delivered by the Esposito Family Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship EFCIE in partnership with St\u00f3:l\u014d Community Futures supported by the National invention to Innovation (i2I) Network.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will learn how to evaluate product-market fit, analyze competitors and regulatory environments, explore business models and revenue generation, and assess startup costs and financial viability.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible participants: Indigenous technology entrepreneurs or Indigenous students with a clear, technology-related idea who are seeking commercialization training, mentoring, and networking.<\/p>\n<p>Stipend: $1,000 upon completion of the four-day in-person workshop.<\/p>\n<p>Registration required. Apply via the link below-<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/ykr3hTzKek\">https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/ykr3hTzKek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Registration required. After submitting the application form, selected applicants will receive a confirmation e-mail with additional details about the workshop.<\/p>\n<p>March 3-6 (Tues-Fri)<br \/>\n9 am-4:30 pm<br \/>\nSt\u00f3:l\u014d Nation Building 5A \u2013 First Floor 7201 Vedder Road, Chilliwack, BC V24 RG5<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/ykr3hTzKek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/ykr3hTzKek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Jon Thomas at <a href=\"mailto:jon.thomas@ufv.ca\">jon.thomas@ufv.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #fff;\">03\/02\/2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commercialization Training for Indigenous Technology Entrepreneurs is a four-day, in-person workshop delivered by the Esposito Family Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship EFCIE in partnership with St\u00f3:l\u014d Community Futures supported by the National invention to Innovation (i2I) Network. Participants will learn how to evaluate product-market fit, analyze competitors and regulatory environments, explore business models and revenue &#8230; <a title=\"Commercialization Training for Indigenous Technology Entrepreneurs &#8212; Mar 3\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/2026\/02\/05\/commercialization-training-for-indigenous-technology-entrepreneurs-mar-3\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":36980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,12,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","category-myufv","category-calendar","category-ufv-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36979"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37015,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36979\/revisions\/37015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}