November 20, 2019 | For Immediate Release Women Business Enterprises Canada (WBE Canada) celebrated a decade of leadership in supplier diversity at its 10th Anniversary Conference & Gala November 14-15, 2019 held at the Toronto Congress Centre. Supported by corporate & government partners from across North America, this year’s event was made possible thanks to organizations like BMO, Accenture, EDC,… Read More

Toronto November 18, 2019 – For immediate release It is with great pleasure that WBE Canada announces the winners of its 2019 Awards celebrating Supplier Diversity.  As part of its 10th Annual Conference, the “Supplier Diversity Awards” were handed out November 14, 2019 during the “Celebrating Success” Gala sponsored by GM, BMO, IBM, RBC, SHI Canada and Cotton Candy. Highlighting… Read More

Toronto, October 24, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Women Business Enterprises Canada Council (WBE Canada) is excited to announce that SHI Canada has joined us as a new Corporate Member.  SHI is a leader in delivering exceptional value and experience to help customers select, deploy and manage technology.  From software and hardware procurement to deployment planning, configuration, data center optimization, IT… Read More

For Immediate Release Women Business Enterprises Canada Council (WBE Canada) is happy to announce a historic session at its 10th Anniversary Conference & Gala as 4 major Canadian banks and 2 government organizations partner together to bring much needed financial information, tools and resources to Canadian women-owned businesses.  “Financing Solutions for Canadian WBEs session during our upcoming 10th Anniversary Conference… Read More

On Thursday October 17, 2019 WBE Canada hosted an interactive workshop “High Pressure Communication for Business” with renowned speaker and communications consultant, Dr. Shawne Duperon. Dr. Shawne educates corporations, universities, governments and entrepreneurs, on how to effectively communicate resulting in transformed workplace cultures, increasing engagement, retention and loyalty. Her popular and progressive conversations on forgiveness as a leadership tool, amplify… Read More

WBE Canada (Women Business Enterprises Canada Council), CLGCC and IWCSS together with our regional partners RFAQ, Femmessor and Quebec Veterans Foundation, brought Supplier Diversity Day to Montreal on September 24, 2019. This full day event brought together corporate & government professionals in their efforts to diversify their supply chains as well as facilitate introductions between buyers and diverse suppliers. The… Read More

On September 19th, WBE Canada (Women Business Enterprises Canada Council) held its first Breakfast with BrandsTM: Tech Industry event, bringing together certified women-owned businesses and buyers from WBE Canada corporate members and industry leaders in the Technology & Telecommunications Industry.  Sponsored by BDC, BELL, CTDI and ROGERS, this event connected more than 40 certified suppliers from Ontario, Quebec and Nova… Read More

Congratulations to Irene Zhang, CEO & Founder of Everest Clinical Research and her team on their successful receipt of funding from Women’s Entrepreneurship Fund from Government of Canada! Thank you for sharing this important milestone with us. About Everest Clinical Research Everest Clinical Research was founded in 2004 and has been WBE Canada certified since 2012. Their organization works with… Read More

Toronto, July 15, 2019 WBE Canada (Women Business Enterprise Canada Council) partnered with Centre for Women in Business, Supplier Diversity Alliance Canada (SDAC) and other partner organizations to bring Supplier Diversity Day to Halifax on July 9th 2019.   The first half of the day was dedicated to corporate buyers as councils facilitated conversation around the  business case for supplier diversity,… Read More

Women Business Enterprises Canada Council (WBE Canada) partnered with Business Women In Trade (BWIT), branch of Global Affairs Canada and other women organizations on a recent Trade Mission to Baltimore. The Trade Mission was organized around WBENC’s (Women Business Enterprise National Council)  Annual Conference, the largest event for women owned businesses connecting them to corporate buyers globally.  As part of… Read More