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22 lut 2024 · The funding will support the project Changing the Narrative – Unleashing the Full Potential of Women-owned Enterprises, which aims to foster innovation, enhance workforce diversity, and tackle systemic barriers experienced by women entrepreneurs, with a focus on Black and official language minority communities.
In Canada, several grants and funding programs specifically support minority-owned businesses to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within the economic landscape: Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) – Indigenous Entrepreneur Loan: Offers financing solutions to Indigenous entrepreneurs to start or expand their businesses.
As of 2022, CanExport funding may be used to cover annual supplier diversity certification costs for women-owned, Indigenous-owned, visible minority-owned and 2SLGBTQI+-owned companies when submitting a project within a market that recognizes certification (for example, the U.S.).
19 cze 2024 · Business Development Bank of Canada is committing $250-million in financing, training and investment funding for companies led by Black, Indigenous and female entrepreneurs.
As of 2022, CanExport funding may be used to cover annual supplier diversity certification costs for women-owned, Indigenous-owned, visible minority-owned and 2SLGBTQI+-owned companies when submitting a project within a market that recognizes certification (for example, the U.S.).
13 sie 2024 · Today, the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, announced $530,000 for Pitch Better Inc. to improve economic and leadership opportunities for Black and equality-seeking women entrepreneurs.
The Women's Entrepreneurship Loan Fund ("WE Loan Fund") will seek to provide affordable financing in smaller amounts for women entrepreneurs, particularly for start-ups, underrepresented groups or sole proprietorships which may experience more difficulty in accessing financing.
