WBE Certification
Tips and Strategies From Both Sides of the Supplier Diversity Aisle
On building a Tier 1 Supplier Diversity Program and on being a Tier 1 Supplier JOHN CASTELHANO Associate VP, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement – North America BGIS At BGIS, we…
Read MoreFocused! Conversations with Canadian WBEs
WBE Certification connects Canadian women-owned enterprises to corporate and government supply chains. How you, as a certified diverse supplier, succeed in gaining entry to the supply chain depends on how…
Read MoreWBE Canada Announces 2021 Excellence Awards Winners
Awards Sponsors: Cotton Candy, IBM, Pivotal Growth, TD, TELUS, Toyota, Sun Life Women Business Enterprises Canada Council ( WBE Canada) is excited to announce the winners of this year’s Excellence…
Read MoreDetermined! Conversations with Canadian WBEs
WBE Canada’s certified WBE community has grown more than 20% over the past year – a year that has experienced incredible upheaval, hardship as well as triumph and head turning…
Read MoreCanadian Women-Owned Business Evaluate Supplier Diversity (Research Study)
For Immediate Release | Toronto, ON WBE Canada and experts from the Universities of Manitoba and Calgary conducted a national survey on the status of supplier diversity in Canada. This…
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 MoreWBE Certification – Expectations Vs. Reality
Women Business Enterprises Canada Council (WBE Canada) verifies eligibility of Canadian women-owned businesses for corporate and government supplier diversity programs. We certify businesses that are majority owned, managed and controlled…
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 MoreBeyond the Accolades: Advice from WBE Canada’s 2020 Award Winners
At WBE Canada’s 2020 Annual Conference, we had the privilege of showcasing and celebrating outstanding achievements in supplier diversity amongst our certified WBE community and our corporate and government member…
Read MoreBuying With Purpose: How You Can Support Women-Owned Businesses
Women-owned businesses in Canada are growing at a rapid pace and are becoming increasingly prominent, with a 30% increase in women-owned businesses in the last ten years¹, and statistics clearly…
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