2019 Awards Nominees Revealed
Twenty-eight days and counting! In less than one month we’ll gather at the Toronto Congress Centre for our Annual Conference and celebrate our 10th Anniversary of supporting women-owned businesses and leadership in Supplier Diversity. The conference website is being updated daily – if you haven’t checked it out lately – do so – entire agenda is now finalized to help you pre-select your workshops and panels and start preparing your questions.
Of course, the big celebration happens Thursday November 14th beginning at 6:30pm and our first ever Awards Gala with keynote speaker Manjit Minhas, founder of Minhas Breweries and co-star of CBC’s Dragon’s Den. These awards recognize significant achievements of Canadian women-owned businesses, corporate and government leaders, acknowledging their success, their initiatives and their leadership.
Who will be this year’s winners? You’ll find out at the Gala but in anticipation – here are the WBE Canada 2019 Awards finalists by category and in alphabetical order. Be sure you lend everyone your support and encouragement.

2019 Top Corporation in Supplier Diversity: Finalists
- BGIS
- TD Bank
- Toyota

2019 Supplier Diversity Leader: Finalists
- Kiruba Sankar, RBC
- Marc Mallais, ABC Group Technologies
- Michael Pacholok, City of Toronto

2019 Most Improved Supplier Diversity Program: Finalists
- BDC
- BMO
- City of Toronto

2019 WBE Supplier: Finalists
- AceTronic Industrial Controls
- Cargo Partners International Inc.
- Emterra

2019 WBE Rising Star: Finalists
- Infrastructure Interior Design
- NimiNimi Designs
- Robinson Global Management Inc.

2019 WBE Stars: Winners To Be Announced at the Gala – Categories
- WBE Star – East
- WBE Star – Quebec
- WBE Star – Ontario
- WBE Star – West

2019 WBE Canada Champion: Finalists
- Alexandra Mutinelli-Djukic, City of Toronto
- Catherine Grosz, BMO
- Kiruba Sankar, RBC

2019 President’s Award: To Be Announced at the Gala
Best of luck to all of WBE Canada 2019 Awards finalists!
Gala tickets are included in all VIP ticket packages and are also available separately. Join us to celebrate the achievements in supplier diversity in 2019. For all ticket information
We’ll be looking forward to celebrating with you!
WBE Canada Team
PS: Click here to see 2018 winners.