WBE Canada Welcomes Colliers Project Leaders as a Corporate Member

January 5, 2022

Women Business Enterprises Canada Council (WBE Canada) is excited to announce that Colliers Project Leaders has become its newest corporate member. Colliers Project Leaders joins a growing number of top Canadian corporations looking to WBE Canada to help expand their Supplier Diversity program.

“Colliers Project Leaders is proud to join WBE Canada as a Corporate Member. This is a perfect next step for us to build on our commitment to improve diversity and inclusion in our industry. As a procurement agent and advisor for thousands of projects across Canada, we are uniquely positioned to drive meaningful change through our client supply chains,” said Bonita Craig, Colliers Project Leaders’ Managing Director, Infrastructure Advisory, and Diversity and Inclusion champion. “We are excited to work with WBE Canada to help open doors for Canadian women owned businesses.”

“We are thrilled to have Colliers Project Leaders join our rapidly growing Corporate Membership” said Silvia Pencak, President and CEO, WBE Canada. “The many opportunities in so many varied sectors that Colliers Project Leaders will be able to offer to our certified women-owned businesses is exciting news and such a positive step forward as we work together to move the needle on growing Canada’s economy through supplier diversity. We look forward to helping Colliers Project Leaders expand the diversity of their and their clients’ supplier program and include more women owned businesses in their supply chain.”

ABOUT COLLIERS PROJECT LEADERS

Colliers Project Leaders is a leading Canadian building and infrastructure project delivery solution provider. Together with parent company Colliers, we provide diversified and strategic solutions for program and project leadership via a family of integrated professional services.

With 30 offices across Canada, our multidisciplinary team of project management and advisory professionals offers unparalleled depth and expertise to capital projects. Colliers Project Leaders has completed more than 15,000 projects to date, deploying our proprietary tools and techniques to ensure success for our clients.

For more information about Colliers Project Leaders and their services, please visit https://www.colliersprojectleaders.com

ABOUT WBE CANADA

Women Business Enterprises Canada Council (WBE Canada) is a Canadian non-profit organization working closely with corporations and government organizations advocating for inclusion of Canadian Women Business Enterprises (WBEs) in supply chains across Canada and abroad. To ensure diversity in supply chains WBE Canada works closely with its Corporate and Government members to provide necessary training and support to help establish and develop supplier diversity initiatives. Explore our Corporate/Government membership here.

Media inquiries: Michelle De Guia, Marketing Manager, mdeguia@wbecanada.ca

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