Category: Events
Celebrating Young Women Entrepreneurs
October 25, 2022
Starting a business can be intimidating, but budding entrepreneurs can step out of their comfort zone and build their dream business with the right tools, resources, and guidance. On October […]
Categories: Events, Women Entrepreneurs
Looking Forward: Women’s Mental Health & The Future of Work
October 7, 2022
Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of women entrepreneurs is a key component of the rebuilding, healing, and growth of Canada’s economy in a post-pandemic world. A candid discussion featuring […]
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ICYMI: WES Ecosystem Fund Information Session
August 30, 2022
On July 28, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, announced a new call for proposals for projects under the Women Entrepreneurship […]
Categories: Events, Women Entrepreneurs
Advancing Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs in Alberta
August 15, 2022
A unique event convening Alberta’s Indigenous women entrepreneurs and the ecosystem that supports them. Celebrate. Connect. Learn. Indigenous women are, and always have been at the very heart of our […]
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Women’s Entrepreneurship Forum
June 27, 2022
Women entrepreneurs face systemic barriers to starting and growing their businesses. To share information on organizations that help women entrepreneurs succeed and share success stories from women who have accessed […]
Categories: Events, Women Entrepreneurs
Demystifying Procurement & Diversifying the Supply Chain
May 4, 2022
Procurement is often not well understood nor on the radars of diverse women entrepreneurs. Yet procurement offers women entrepreneurs valuable opportunities for business growth and development, especially as efforts to […]
Categories: Announcement, Events
Supplier Diversity: The Experience of Change Agents
May 2, 2022
Governments and private sector organizations are increasingly establishing equity, diversity and inclusion strategies and more and more are including supplier diversity targets. However, moving from good intentions to actions requires […]
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ICYMI: Canada Digital Adoption Program Info Session
April 5, 2022
In Budget 2021, the Government of Canada announced the Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) to support Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). CDAP will help SMEs boost their e-commerce presence […]
The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada 2022
April 1, 2022
What are the barriers to success for women entrepreneurs in Canada, and what is being done at different levels in the ecosystem to advance inclusion? And, how does the Women […]
The Power of Difference
March 14, 2022
The economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have been direct and immediate for women in Ontario. The past two years have been especially challenging for intersectional groups, including racialized women, […]
Categories: Events, Women Entrepreneurs