Everyday Politics with Laura Mae Lindo

Understanding Our Finances During Precarious Times (Part 2)

A conversation with Dr. Trevor Charles about entrepreneurship and the Lanterna Black Innovation Hub.

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Lanterna Black Innovation Hub - Homepage:
- https://lbih.ca
Article: Provincial government invests $2 million in entrepreneurship program (Gary Archibald, August 26, 2025)
- https://www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/article/provincial-government-invests-2-million-in-entrepreneurship-program/
Article: Canadian bilingual workforce investment exceeds $1M to strengthen Francophone entrepreneurship in Southern Ontario (Eivy Joy Quioto, ImmigCanada, Immigration Consulting Team, November 26, 2025)
- https://immigcanada.com/canada-bilingual-workforce-investment-exceeds-1m-to-strengthen-francophone-entrepreneurship/
Business Development Bank of Canada [BDC]: “We are the bank for Canadian entrepreneurs”
- https://www.bdc.ca/en
- Includes statistics about entrepreneurship in Canada
Article: Canada expands funding to empower Black entrepreneurs across Southern Ontario (Eivy Joy Quioto, ImmigCanada, Immigration Consulting Team, ImmigCanada, October 24, 2025)
- https://immigcanada.com/empower-black-entrepreneurs-across-southern-ontario/
Article: Centre opens in downtown Sudbury to help Black entrepreneurs excel (Molly Frommer, CTV News - Northen Ontario, July 20, 2022)
- https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/article/centre-opens-in-downtown-sudbury-to-help-black-entrepreneurs-excel/
Article: New settlement program aims to attract Black entrepreneurs to Northern Ontario. (Faith Greco, CBC News, August 29, 2025)
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/new-settlement-program-aims-to-attract-black-entrepreneurs-to-northern-ontario-1.7620177
Article: Government of Canada invests in Black entrepreneurship in Alberta. (Prairies Economic Development Canada, February 16, 2022)
- https://www.canada.ca/en/prairies-economic-development/news/2022/02/government-of-canada-invests-in-black-entrepreneurship-in-alberta.html
Article: Ontario helping more women build skills and get jobs(Children, Community and Social Services, Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity, Ontario Newsroom, January 13, 2025)
- https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1005563/ontario-helping-more-women-build-skills-and-get-jobs

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Laura Mae Lindo

Dr. Laura Mae Lindo (she/her/elle) is a respected activist, educator, and former politician who holds both a Masters and PhD in Education. Dr. Lindo is a knowledgeable advocate for the rights of womxn and girls, a respected ally to vulnerable communities, and, most importantly, a courageous public speaker, ready, willing, and able to speak to issues often left unaddressed. Dr. Lindo has worked at Toronto Metropolitan University in the Diversity Institute as well as lectured at St. Francis Xavier University (Antigonish, Nova Scotia), the University of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island), York University (Toronto, Ontario), and Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, Ontario). A former Member of Provincial Parliament for Kitchener Centre and Ontario’s Official Opposition Critic for Anti-Racism and Equity as well as Colleges and Universities and Citizenship and Immigration, Dr. Lindo was the inaugural Chair of Ontario’s first Black Caucus. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario) and Founder and Director of the e(RACE)r Institute where she continues to put anti-racist theory into practice.