For over four years, Cecile has been the sole employee of the NAIT Mawji Centre, NAIT's entrepreneurship incubator. During that time, she has helped guide student businesses to launch.  She has been singularly dedicated to positively impacting students' lives through entrepreneurship. Since one person can't do it alone, Cecile is a master connector. She has lined up dozens of businesspeople to work with the students. As well, Cecile constantly brings in guest speakers to talk to the students. Not many people can match her address book. Cecile has also taken a leadership role in the post-secondary ecosystem. Cecile helps plan regular meetings and actively initiates school events for students for both groups. She is one of the driving forces of this collaboration.

Semi-annually, Startup TNT holds a summit to celebrate the Prairie startup community and invest in local entrepreneurs in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Startup TNT's Investment Summit IV brought together the community in a time where the community needed it the most. Not only did the team at Startup TNT host this pan provincial summit as an incredible virtual event, but it was through their ingenuity and risk taking that they were able to deliver the event in an engaging hybrid fashion, with watch parties across the prairies and live pitches. At the TNT Summit, a total of $1.25 million was raised for startups in Calgary, Edmonton, and Saskatchewan. This brings TNT to an aggregate total of over $5 million raised for companies since its inception in 2019.

Ruth is a new Edmonton company that is making sustainable period care easier than ever. Founded by two U of A female alumni, the startup has made waves locally and across Canada. Notably, they launched their sustainable pads on Kickstarter - reaching a fully funded campaign in under 48 hours. The crowdfunding campaign was 208% funded by the end, netting just over $14,500 from 249 supporters. Ruth is involved with local Edmonton investment events, including the StartupTNT Cleantech Summit and has participated in Innovate Edmonton programs such as the ERIN Coach program. The founders are mentored through the U of A Venture Mentoring Services and are actively involved with the U of A Health Innovation Hub.

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