{"id":7886,"date":"2020-12-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/event\/application-deadline-black-career-conference-pitch-competition-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-09-09T18:30:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T18:30:56","slug":"application-deadline-black-career-conference-pitch-competition-2021","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/event\/application-deadline-black-career-conference-pitch-competition-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Application Deadline: Black Career Conference Pitch Competition 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-block-group--pattern-hero has-white-color has-dark-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n            <div class=\"breadcrumb breadcrumb--center\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/event\/\" class=\"breadcrumb__link\">event<\/a>        <\/div>\n    \n    <h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-post-title\">Application Deadline: Black Career Conference Pitch Competition 2021<\/h2>\n\n            <div class=\"wp-block-ob-blocks-graphic-pattern\">\n            <div class=\"featured-pattern\">\n                    <div class=\"featured-pattern__shape shape--square\" style=\"background-color: #008572\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"featured-pattern__triangle\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"featured-pattern__pattern\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-educationwp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/ute-4x4pattern-circles-hash4tri.svg\" \/><\/div>\n                <\/div>        <\/div>\n    \n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns wp-block-columns--standard-sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n    \n    <div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n         Black Career Conference (BCC) is the largest conference of its kind in Canada, attracting over 250 Black attendees in 2020 to connect with industry professionals. 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