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WBE Canada Receives Funding from Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (WES) Ecosystem Fund to Empower Women-Owned Businesses in Supply Chains across Canada
TORONTO, ON – April 11, 2023 – Fast-Track to Supply Chains: Women Business Enterprises Canada Council (WBE Canada), a national nonprofit organization connecting Canadian women-owned businesses to corporate and government…
Read MoreLeveraging Procurement to Advance Diverse Women Entrepreneurs
Originally published in the WBE Canada Magazine; Issue 5. Don’t miss our next issue on June 8, subscribe to our magazine HERE. By Dr. Wendy Cukier, Diversity Institute Founder, Academic…
Read MoreThe State of Supplier Diversity Programs in Canada
Paul D. Larson, Ph.D., CN Professor of SCM, University of Manitoba Jack D. Kulchitsky, Ph.D., Senior Instructor in Marketing, University of Calgary Silvia Pencak, M.A., President, WBE Canada In Fall…
Read MoreThe State of WBE Certification in Canada
Paul D. Larson, Ph.D., CN Professor of SCM, University of Manitoba Jack D. Kulchitsky, Ph.D., Senior Instructor in Marketing, University of Calgary Silvia Pencak, M.A., President, WBE Canada WBE Canada…
Read MoreThe Highs and Lows for Women Entrepreneurs: A Check in With WBEs
By Lisa Haydon “In 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, WBE Canada partnered with Lisa Haydon and Pivotal Coaching, a Certified WBE company to identify the strengths and weaknesses…
Read MoreCanada Needs a Feminist Small Business Procurement Strategy
Dr. Barbara Orser¹ Full Professor, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa The imperative of securing such goods as vaccines and PPE has placed Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)…
Read MoreGender-Smart Entrepreneurship Education & Training Plus Report
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced small business support organizations and educational institutions across the globe to re-think how they deliver entrepreneurship education and training. The unprecedented transition to online delivery…
Read MoreThe State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada 2020
The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada 2020, by Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH) synthesizes government, academic, and expert research to highlight some of the structural barriers facing diverse women entrepreneurs…
Read MoreOntario i2 Strategy
Orser, B., Elliott, C., Cukier, W., 2019. The Ontario Inclusive Innovation (i2) Action Strategy is a collaboration between the Telfer Centre for Executive Leadership at the University of Ottawa, and the Diversity Institute at Ryerson University.…
Read MoreBenchmarking SMEs as Suppliers to the Government of Canada
Riding, A., Orser, B., Liao D., 2018 Conducted in collaboration with Public Services and Procurement Canada This report provides evidence-based benchmarks to assist the Government of Canada in designing inclusive…
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