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certified through WEConnect Canada because I hope to increase the visibility and profile of my 20-person company to a group of corporations that a business of my size would normally not have access to. WEConnect Canada is important to woman entrepreneurs in Canada because we are growing businesses at four times the rate of men and increasing employment opportunities. |
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Michele Bailey, President & CEO, Blazing Design Inc., Oakville, ON
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| I am seeking to become certified through WEConnect Canada to give my business an opportunity to grow internationally. The
certification will open doors and give me a chance to capitalize in the market. It will provide me with the opportunity to meet buyers face to face and to demonstrate my products. I think it's the greatest opportunity women entrepreneurs in Canada could hope for - it gives us the chance to compete fairly and to demonstrate our abilities as business leaders on a level playing field. |
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Brenda vanDuinkerken, President, Duinkerken Foods Inc., Charlottetown, PE
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| SoSen has reached a point in its development where it is ready to expand to other countries. We believe that
WEConnect Canada, with its strategic alliances with other sister country organizations, can help us make this step by linking us to potential distributors and international governmental agencies.
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Nicole Senecal, President/CEO, SoSen Inc., Montreal, QC
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| We think that
WEConnect Canada can help InGenius to make business connections with leading-edge organizations that value diversity in the workplace,
both as a means of promoting equality and also of gaining access to great brains and great people, especially as the baby boomers continue to
retire. I also hope to raise awareness among young girls still in school that high-tech is a super career choice for women. |
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Dale Gantous, CEO, InGenious, Ottawa, ON
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| This initiative has the potential to take women business owners in Canada to a whole new level by opening doors to large contracts. And
that's good not only for women, but for corporations and governments that can now easily source untapped and innovative new
vendors all of which will be a fresh boost for the Canadian economy. By getting
certified through WEConnect Canada, I will tap into new market opportunities to grow my business, expand my contacts through the global affiliations and reach, and quite frankly be part of an exciting and significant first for Canadian women. |
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Susan Baka, President, Bay Communications & Marketing Inc., Toronto, ON
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| WEConnect Canada is an exciting opportunity for women owned businesses in Canada. It will help women owned companies like mine - 401 Bay Centre - to raise our visibility in the marketplace and gain access to new potential customers. In addition, I look forward to enhancing my company by applying best practices gained through relationships with the WEConnnect network of certified companies and corporate members. |
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Marnie Walker, President, 401 Bay Centre, Toronto, ON"
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| I am certifying because I have seen the impact that the affiliate organizations in the US and UK have had on my contemporaries and am excited to get involved. This is a powerful mechanism to help women owned/led businesses. I believe WEConnect Canada will be able to take the best practices from Britain and the US and make a significant difference in the way women operate in business by providing them with leadership, financial
counseling and peer assistance, whether doing a small start up or shifting their organizations into the big leagues.
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Leslie Meingast President & CEO, The Personnel Department & Galt Group of Companies,Vancouver, BC
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