ALBERTA CENTRE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DISABILITIES

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ALBERTA CENTRE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND
DISABILITIES

• KAREN MCDERMOTT
• Managing Director
• 650, 839 5th Avenue SW
• Calgary, Alberta T2P 3C8
• Phone [phone] Fax [phone]
• aced _at_ ucalgary.ca

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ALBERTA CENTRE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND
DISABILITIES

• Alberta Team Introductions
• Patti Anderson Gordon Purches
• Eric Pedersen Trina Burge
• Lila McLean Dwayne Martyn
• Robert Long Rick Goodfellow

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ALBERTA CENTRE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND
DISABILITIES

• CLIENT SERVICES
• A) One on one counselling still poplar.
• B) New workshops being developed in partnership
  with ACED and
• Community Futures
• Hire-A-Student
• Champions
• Opportunity Works

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ALBERTA CENTRE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND
DISABILITIES

• CLIENT SERVICES Continued
• C) After care programs for loan recipients are
  vital.
• D) Joint loans with Alberta Opportunity Company
  (AOC) and Alberta Womens Enterprise Initiative
  Association (AWEIA)

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ALBERTA CENTRE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND
DISABILITIES

• PARTNERING IS KEY
• A) Champions
• B) Royal Bank
• C) Community Futures

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ALBERTA CENTRE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND
DISABILITIES

• FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR UNIQUE SITUATIONS
• Calgary Alternative Employment Services
• The Developmental Disabilities Resource
  Centre

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ALBERTA CENTRE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND
DISABILITIES

• LESSONS
• A) Loan fund is an essential element
• 5 year commitments.
• B) Concept of partnering is crucial to agency
  continuation, funding non-duplication of
  services.