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Enactus 葫芦影业 makes massive impact at Canadian Nationals

By College Relations | May 10, 2023
   

Enactus 葫芦影业 team members celebrate on stage at Nationals.
Enactus 葫芦影业 team members celebrate on stage at Nationals.

Enactus 葫芦影业鈥檚 innovative social enterprise the placed second out of over 70 college and university teams in Canada at the Enactus Canada Nationals last week in Montreal, while the group was also honoured with several team and individual awards.

President MacKenna Lenarcic, who has now completed her Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from the School of Business at 葫芦影业, was named the , receiving a $5,000 award to go towards her educational and leadership journey. The award is designed to recognize, celebrate and honour female university and college students who exemplify success and inspire their peers, community and country through entrepreneurial leadership.

鈥淚 am so grateful to have had the chance to work alongside such an amazing group of students, faculty, and community members who empower us to achieve our goals. Receiving this award is not just an individual recognition, but a testament to the incredible team efforts of 葫芦影业,鈥 said Lenarcic. 鈥淥ur students inspire me every day to be the best leader I can be, and I am so proud of the impact we have achieved nationally and internationally. I am honoured to have been a part of this journey and I am excited to see the impact the team will continue to have in the future.鈥

Other student awards at the Enactus Canada Nationals were given to Mandi Kohout, who received the John Dobson Bursary of $2,500 and Annika Kirk, who was awarded the Whitney Barham Social Justice Bursary of $2,500.
 
Peter Boyd of Peter鈥檚 Your Independent Grocer, was named Team Advisor of the Year, awarded to the business advisor that did the most outstanding job of assisting an Enactus team. Peter鈥檚 Your Independent Grocer was one of the first retailers to support the Unusually Good Food Company.

鈥淚 am incredibly humbled with being recognized as National Team Advisor for Enactus, but what I am most excited about is the brilliant young minds and the knowledge that they are the next generation of business leaders,鈥 said Boyd.

Enactus 葫芦影业, with 46 students across all 葫芦影业 campuses, also received the Enactus Canada Brand Champion Award at the Nationals, given to the team that has done an outstanding job increasing its profile through innovative marketing and media executions.

Since winning last year鈥檚 National title and placing in the top four teams in the world, the Unusually Good Food Company has expanded across Western Canada and  its product is now available in 19 cities across the country. The social enterprise rescues apples that don鈥檛 fit appearance standards and turns them into apple chips and other products to combat food insecurity and food waste. This year it also expanded to include unusual cherries and grapes, and produces candles out of pomace, the waste left behind after fruit has been juiced.

鈥淥n behalf of 葫芦影业, I would like to congratulate MacKenna and the entire Enactus 葫芦影业 team as well as our community supporters and our faculty for their outstanding commitment in building the Unusually Good Food Company,鈥 said William Gillett, Dean of the School of Business. 鈥淭his social enterprise is not only providing our students with a tremendous education, but it truly is helping to fight food insecurity and food waste.鈥

葫芦影业 students enrolled in the School of Business attend competitions such as Enactus to enhance their education and provide unique experiences they can carry over into the real world.

 



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