Le Conseil canado-américain pour l'avancement des femmes entrepreneures et chefs d'entreprises (le Conseil) a présenté des recommandations pour consolider le quatrième pilier de son initiative bilatérale, intitulé « Améliorer l'accès aux capitaux pour les femmes ». La présidente du conseil d'administration d'Investissement Québec, Monique F. Leroux, ainsi que la présidente-directrice générale de Schnitzer Steel, Tamara L. Lundgren, ont piloté le quatrième pilier qui formule des recommandations concrètes aux fournisseurs de capitaux, au gouvernement du Canada et à celui des États-Unis ainsi qu'aux femmes entrepreneures afin d'améliorer l'accès aux capitaux pour les femmes.
En savoir plusLes États-Unis et le Canada devraient lancer une campagne hautement médiatisée intitulée « Vous êtes prête » pour encourager l'entrepreneuriat féminin, affirme le Conseil canado-américain pour l'avancement des femmes entrepreneures et chefs d'entreprises.
En savoir plusLe Conseil canado-américain pour l’avancement des femmes entrepreneures et chefs d’entreprises (le Conseil) a annoncé ses recommandations relativement au premier pilier de son initiative bilatérale novatrice intitulé «Promouvoir les femmes dans le monde des affaires. » Elyse Allan, PDG de GE Canada et vice-présidente de GE, et Annette Verschuren, PDG de NRStor Inc., sont à la tête de cette initiative qui vise plus particulièrement à aider les femmes entrepreneures souhaitant faire grandir leur entreprise.
En savoir plusUn organisme canado-américain de femmes d'affaires, mis sur pied il y a près d'un an par Justin Trudeau et Donald Trump, a publié mercredi son premier rapport, qui réclame notamment une meilleure conciliation travail-famille.
En savoir plusThe United States and Canada want more women to succeed at work. The Canada-United States Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders, formed after President Donald Trump met Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last year, has released its first report. The Council consists of 10 top female business leaders from both countries, including Accenture North America CEO Julie Sweet, GM head Mary Barra and Linda Hasenfratz of Linamar, a major Canadian autoparts maker. It is tasked with providing recommendations on five “pillars,” including increasing the number of women in STEM and supporting women-owned businesses.
En savoir plusWASHINGTON — A Canada-U.S. women-in-business group created by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump released its first set of recommendations Wednesday, proposing more affordable child care and a new binational procurement initiative.
En savoir plusA cross-border women's business group launched from a meeting last year between Justin Trudeau and Ivanka Trump is urging the Canadian government to create a procurement policy with a target of allocating 5 per cent of federal contracts to small businesses owned by women.
En savoir plusWomen entrepreneurs in Canada and the U.S. face persistent barriers to expand their business and policymakers should take steps to “level the playing field,” according to a new report from a council launched by Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau.
En savoir plusChild-care benefits and other family policies need to be updated to help support women entrepreneurs grow their business, recommends the first report from the Canada-U.S. council on women in business.
En savoir plusPRESIDENT TRUMP: I'm honored to be here with Prime Minister Trudeau, whose father I knew and respected greatly. And he gave me a picture of myself and your father, and what a great picture. I will keep that in a very special place -- at the Waldorf Astoria, together.
En savoir plusNo two countries share deeper or broader relations than Canada and the United States. We are bound together by our history, our values, our economy, our environment, and our resolve to improve the lives of our citizens. Our close relationship and ongoing collaboration allow us to successfully meet any challenges we may face over the coming years, and to build a prosperous future for the people of both countries.
En savoir plusGrowing up to seeing her mom turn one Asian supermarket in Richmond mall into Canada’s giant Asian food retailer, it does not come as a surprise that Tina Lee who later on took over her mother’s business was named the Canada-US Council for the Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders this week.
En savoir plus“What I would say to women is start negotiating for your salaries,” says Dawn Farrell, BComm’83, MA’85, president and chief executive officer of TransAlta Corporation and a member of the Canada-U.S. Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders. TransAlta has processes to ensure women are hired and advanced. Farrell also reviews her employees’ salaries every two years for parity and will boost women’s salaries to be more in lines with men’s. “Quit being sorry for the fact that you should make more money,” she says. “The guys will not accept the money that you’ll accept. The reality is you have to negotiate for yourself.”
En savoir plusAccenture is hiring. This should make President Trump happy. He’s been pressuring business leaders to add more jobs to their payrolls. The giant global consulting firm just announced it is adding 15,000 jobs in the U.S. and opening 10 new innovation hubs over the next four years.
En savoir plusAnnette Verschuren, chair and CEO of NRStor, joins BNN to discuss her invitation by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to join a women's roundtable with U.S. President Trump and why both the Canada and U.S. administrations recognize the importance of providing capital to women entrepreneurs.
En savoir plusGE today announced goals of having 20,000 women to fill STEM roles at GE by 2020 and obtaining 50:50 representation for all our technical entry-level programs. The program will significantly increase the representation of women in its engineering, manufacturing, IT and product management roles - a strategy necessary to inject urgency into addressing ongoing gender imbalance in technical fields and fully transform into a digital industrial company.
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