The Students Stock Exchange is a registered non-profit educational organization that fosters the entrepreneurial spirit amongst our youth. Since 1995, the program has been helping students transform theory into practice by taking a hands-on approach. Students are expected to develop an innovative idea/product, form a company, and ultimately sell their product to the public, i.e. the general student body.

What is it ?

The project nurtures entrepreneurial skills, as students, working in teams of 6 to 10, literally must bring their product to market. Each team designates a position for each of its board members including CEO, accountant, company lawyer, and directors of marketing and purchasing, etc.

Among their many responsibilities, the team have to :

• Define a mission statement and an ethics charter for their company
• Budget and raise capital
• Provide for accounting and accountability procedures
• Conduct surveys
• Market and advertise
• Review legal obligations
• Promote and sell
• Establish a charitable giving policy (this is in addition to donating to the school’s bursary fund)

Discussing, negotiating, being diplomatic and accommodating are all parts of the conflict resolution situations that they face.

The MES EE (Entrepreneurial Education) team has been mentoring and volunteering in the SSX program for many years.

For more information about the program, visit www.ssx.ca

If you wish to participate, please contact Dina Amatoury.