The wisdom we’ve exchanged in a good way
Finding purpose, Sharing voice
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Shine Bootcamp is a professional speaking academy for women who want to level up their communication and become respected speakers in their industries.
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Natves in Teach Find their Purpose and put their gifts into code
Lifting up Indigenous People
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Role Model for Maori Entrepreneurs
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Role Model for Pacific Islanders and Australian First People’s in Digital Entrepreneurship
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Hosted the provincial dialogues on the adoption of the Unitied Nations Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia for Urban Indigenous Leaders
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VNFC.ca
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Speaker for Rise2025 designed to help 1 million women become entrepreneurs.
Social Impact Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing
Giving people the tools to share their gifts with the world and receive value in return
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Created the role for Global Indigenous Entrepreneurship at Shopify - connected Indigenous accerators across the world to co-create the conditions for Indigenous Entrepreneurs to thrive
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Beastmode a Business was a collaboration between Shopify and Marhawn Lynch to help Oakland youth launch businesses within 3 days and pitch a panel of industry experts.
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medicinal plant business development program for Northern Tutchone womxn and LGBTQ2s peoples rooted in sharing, caring, teaching, and respect.
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Sage Initiative Specifically designed to build wealth and prosperity for Indigenous womxn and communities by building the skills and capacity needed to make small to medium sized impact investments that have balanced social, environmental, and fiscal returns.
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Telfer School of Management OttawaU: ADM3313P Social Entrepreneurship Education 3rd Year Course Development and Instruction
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Indigenous LIFT Collective Business Development, Community Building, and Marketing for Indigenous Entrepreneurs
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Camosun College Summit Entrepreneurship Slide Lab Partner and Guest Lecturer
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Hosted the Final Pitch for the Fireweed Fellowship providing pitch prep training to 10 Indigenous womxn entrepreneurs
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EntrepreNorth Guest Speaker
Youth Inclusion in Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math
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Science Venture STEM Instructor Training Development and Delivery, Camp Coordinator
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Big Ideas is a week-long summer camp that teaches innovation and entrepreneurship. Based on Business Design curriculum developed at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, Big Ideas is a design-based approach to innovation for kids aged 10-13.
Big Ideas Camp is the product of a collaboration between the Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity (ICP) the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and Actua, Canada's leading national science, engineering, technology and mathematics outreach organization for youth, to design and deliver this new program. The program is funded with support from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern of Ontario, through its Youth STEM initiative.
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Google Codemakers Computer Science Education Training Program Development
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Canada 150 Youth Inclusion in the next 150 years of Innovation with the Perimeter Institute
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Right to Play and Jays Care Foundation First Nation’s Community Leader Training
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Indigenous Innovation Institute (temporary ED)
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Video Series produced to keep global employees informed and engaged. Series included: Merchant Obsessed, RnD Camp TV, RnD Tutorials, and the podcast: Campfire Stories
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Led the development and delivery of Actua’s Indigenous Youth in STEM Outreach Team Training in Yukon, NWT, NU with a focus on reconciliation, diversity and equity and inclusion training for staff.
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Designed RnD Camp - an onboarding experience for everyone in Research and Development Roles at Shopify to solve real problems for real merchants in their first week.
What People Are Saying about the Wisdom we’ve amplified
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Jace is an incredibly adept educator, science communicator, and passionate advocate for youth and learning. She has a unique ability to think above simple content delivery, and focus on creating authentic, skill-building opportunities for learners of all ages. Jace is creative, thoughtful, and a pleasure to work with.
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— Greg Dick, Perimeter Institute
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Jace is a highly creative and energetic person who is a real asset to collaborative work. Her ability to think outside the box as well as her ability to connect with others have always impressed me.
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— Sandra Corbeil, Director of Partnerships
Canadian Museums of Science and Innovation
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Jace is amazing. Full stop. Over the years we’ve worked with hundreds of speaker coaches and facilitators. Jace is the real deal.
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— Stef, Co-Founder Shine Bootcamp
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The workshop was incredibly insightful. I experienced many a-ha moments going through it and think I'm ready to implement everything that I learned on my projects. Thank you!
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— Brittney Oberfeld Head of Social Impact, Shopify