The Honourable Christopher Mitchelmore, Minister of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation, will join Nick Whalen, Member of Parliament for St. John’s East, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, for a funding announcement tomorrow (Thursday, August 22).

The event will take place at FounderSpace, Third Floor (EN-3075) of the S.J. Carew Building, Memorial University, St. John’s, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

Minister Mitchelmore and MP Whalen will be joined the Honourable Bernard Davis, Minister of Advanced Education, Skill and Labour, as well as Sarah Stoodley, Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation, and Florian Villaumé, Director of the Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship.

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