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February 18, 2000
(Development and Rural Renewal)

 

The following is being distributed at the request of the Nova Scotia Department of Education, Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development:

Young Entrepreneur nomination deadline extended

In follow-up to the Atlantic Canada�s Young Entrepreneur�s Award release from the Nova Scotia Department of Education, issued on Thursday, February 3, this is to advise a new nomination deadline of Monday, February 28.

The Planet Entrepreneur Awards will be presented on Friday, May 5, at the Spirit of Entrepreneurship 2000 conference being in Halifax, from May 2 to 6. Spirit of Entrepreneurship, the largest conference of its kind in Canada, is expected to attract more than 1,000 young entrepreneurs, their educators and supporters.

Award categories include CBC-TV's New Media, Film and the Arts award, Entrepreneurship and Technology, Innovation, Supporter of Young Entrepreneurs, Service Excellence, Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year, Student Entrepreneur of the Year, YES Entrepreneur of the Year, and an overall Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Nominations are encouraged from all the Atlantic provinces. Official nomination forms are available online at www.planetentrepreneur.com , or by calling 1-800-590-8481.

The nomination deadline is now 4:30 p.m. (ADT), Monday, February 28.

Media contact: Mary Jane Fumerton, Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development,

(902) 424-8758, E-mail: fumertmj@ednet.ns.ca

2000 02 18                                                     2:40 p.m.


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