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Government of Canada Announces $9 Million in Funding for Research on Women Entrepreneurship
Monday, December 10, 2018
The Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub will support knowledge, data and best practices for women entrepreneurs
Vancouver, BC, December 10, 2018--(T-Net)--The Government of Canada announced this week that it is investing in the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH) to increase women's entrepreneurship and advance their economic participation
The WEKH, which is part of the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy, will advance research, gather important data and disseminate information related to the advancement of women's entrepreneurship in Canada.
The WEKH will also deliver a report on the progress of women entrepreneurs in Canada.
The government says in its release that fewer than 16% of Canadian small and medium-sized businesses are currently women-owned, and it hopes to help increase this through this funding grant.
Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, announced the chosen consortium will receive nearly $9 million over three years to deliver the WEKH.
The chosen consortium will be led by Ryerson University, and it includes eight regional hubs, ten partners and thirty-seven supporters, drawing on the subject matter expertise needed to ensure the representation of women across regions, throughout linguistic communities and in under-represented groups.
The eight regional hubs include representatives from VentureLabs (Vancouver, British Columbia), Mount Royal University(Calgary, Alberta), the University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Manitoba), the PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise (Thunder Bay, Ontario), Carleton University (Ottawa, Ontario), Université de Montréal (Montréal, Quebec), OCAD University (Toronto, Ontario) and Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia).
In creating this one-stop source of knowledge, data and best practices for women entrepreneurs, the Government of Canada is ensuring that women entrepreneurs and the organizations that support them will have the information they need to increase the participation of women in the economy from coast to coast to coast.
"Our government believes in making evidence-based decisions that will help grow Canada's economy and create middle-class jobs. To advance the economic empowerment of women, we are investing in the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub to ensure that women entrepreneurs, the organizations that support them, government bodies and the private sector are equipped with the necessary information to better understand and assist women entrepreneurs in their efforts to start up, scale up and access new markets." said The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion.
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For further information:
Mallory Clyne, Director of Communications, Office of the Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, 343-291-3553, mallory.clyne@canada.ca; Media Relations, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, 343-291-1777, ic.mediarelations-mediasrelations.ic@canada.ca
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