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The Canada-United States Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders (the Council) has announced recommendations for the fourth pillar of the Council's bilateral initiative, titled, "Increasing Women's Access to Capital." Investissement Québec Board Chair Monique F. Leroux and Schnitzer Steel Industries President and CEO Tamara L. Lundgren are leading this effort, which lays out concrete recommendations for capital providers, the U.S. and Canadian governments, and female entrepreneurs to improve women entrepreneurs' access to capital.
Read MoreThe U.S. and Canada should launch a high-profile You Are Ready campaign to encourage women-led entrepreneurship, says the Canada-U.S. Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders.
Read MoreThe Canada-U.S. Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders (the Council) has announced recommendations for the second pillar of their groundbreaking bilateral initiative. Linamar Corporation CEO Linda Hasenfratz and General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra are leading this effort, which aims to expand the number of women and girls studying and pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and math, collectively known as STEM.
Read MoreThe Canada-US Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders (the Council) has announced recommendations for the first pillar of their groundbreaking bilateral initiative, “Advancing Women in Business.” GE Canada President & CEO, GE Vice President Elyse Allan and NRStor Inc. Chair & CEO Annette Verschuren are leading this pillar, which specifically aims to help growth-minded women entrepreneurs scale up their businesses.
Read MoreThe federal government should introduce a lower business tax rate for companies controlled by women to spur more female entrepreneurship, a cross-border women’s business group has recommended.
Read MoreCanada needs a national women’s business council with a mandate to help develop more female entrepreneurs running larger companies, according to a new report from a cross-border women’s business group.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreWASHINGTON — 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreWomen 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.
Read MoreChild-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.
Read MorePRESIDENT 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.
Read MoreNo 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.
Read More1- Access to education is a key pillar for an inclusive society; Canada needs to do more to ensure everyone has access to all levels of education. Creating an enabling environment for innovation is also crucial. 2- The Canadian private sector should target at least 30% female representation in senior management roles in order to build momentum for gender equality at the top. 3- Young entrepreneurial Canadian women should develop skills in the STEM fields, develop scale in their business proposals and seize the opportunity to be change makers.
Read MoreAs CEO of Accenture North America, Julie Sweet wants to accomplish what most other executives at major companies have not: Making sure men and women are represented equally in the company's ranks.
Read MoreT&T Supermarket CEO Tina Lee named Executive of the Year. Tina Lee, the Chief Executive Officer of T&T Supermarket, was among five individuals recognized for their personal dedication, career achievement, and contributions to the community at the 5th Annual Ascend Canada Leadership Awards.
Read MoreDrawing on recommendations by the Canada-United States Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders, Canada's Women Entrepreneurship Strategy, which was announced in Budget 2018, will address barriers facing female entrepreneurs and will empower women to take an equal place on the global entrepreneurship stage. The Honourable Bardish Chagger, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of Small Business and Tourism, has wrapped up a successful visit to Washington, D.C., focused on enhancing Canada-U.S. cooperation on women's economic empowerment.
Read MoreGrowing 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.
Read More“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.”
Read MoreAccenture 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.
Read MoreAnnette 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.
Read MoreGE 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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