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Congratulations to the Winners!
The 2011 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award Winners are:
The Deloitte Start-Up Award
Jenny Munford - Creative Bube Tube
HKMB Hub Impact Award
Kim Rudd - Willis College - Cobourg
RBC Momentum Award
Dr. Munira Jivraj - Millennium Dental
Gloria Rajkumar - SIMAC Canada Inc.
TPH Sustainability Award
Susanna Carson - BSI Biodegradable Solutions
Bell Trailblazer Award
Gabrielle Chevalier - Solutions 2 GO Inc.
PROFIT Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Betty Anne Latrace-Henderson - Airline Hotels
Click here to view the winners photo in the Financial Post
Click here for the official Awards press release
Behind the scenes with the 2011 finalists. We asked, what advice do you have for entrepreneurs? WATCH VIDEO
Congratulations Finalists!
The 2011 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award Finalists are:
The Deloitte Start-Up Award
West: Tara Kelly, SPLICE Software Inc.
East: Melanie Lang - NAKAI Group
HKMB Hub Impact Award
West: Shannon Bowen-Smed - BOWEN Workforce Solutions Inc.
RBC Momentum Award
East: Michele Leduc - ZIP Communication
TPH Sustainability Award
Central: Kristen Ma & Jean Eng - Pure + Simple
East: Earlene Busch - Chantrelle Country Inn.
Bell Trailblazer Award
West: Diane Johnson - Descriptive Video Works Inc.
East: Christine Lagace - L2i Financial Solutions
PROFIT Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Central: Ellen Kral - Kenilworth Publishing & Kenilworth Media Inc.
East: Lisa Boudreau - Caper Gas
Celebrate these Extraordinary Entrepreneurs
The 2011 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards Gala will be held on:
Monday, November 28, 2011 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario.
Reception: 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Dinner and Awards Gala: 6:30pm - 10:00pm with Master of Ceremonies, Diane Francis, Editor-at-Large for the Financial Post
Dress: Formal Black Tie
About the Awards
It is vital to Canada's future economic development and prosperity that entrepreneurs, particularly women entrepreneurs, be encouraged and cultivated.
The Awards Program:
- To date, over 7,000 women ranging from their early 20s to their mid-eighties, from every sector of the economy, have been nominated for these awards.
- 98 Awards have been presented for outstanding entrepreneurial achievement in the area of Start-up, Innovation, Momentum, Trailblazer, Impact on the Local Economy, Export and Excellence.
- With revenues ranging from $250,000 to over $500 million we are also seeing an increase in the number of female entrepreneurs succeeding in 'non-traditional' industries such as finance, film, construction, oil and gas, and transportation
The Facts about Women Entrepreneurs:
- One of the fastest growing business segments in Canada
- Canadian firms run by women, create new jobs at four times the rate of the national average, collectively providing more jobs than the Canadian Top 100 companies combined
- Women are creating not just jobs, but entire companies, at double the rate of the national average
- The number of women with incorporated businesses more than doubled during the last decade
- There are 821,000 self employed women contributing $18 Billion to the Canadian economy
The Purpose of the Awards
The purpose of the Awards is to provide national recognition to Canada's women entrepreneurs, whose successful businesses and achievements contribute so much to the Canadian and global economies as well as to their communities.
By honouring these entrepreneurs, we hope to:
- Advance their business and personal networks;
- Provide significant profile and visibility for them and their businesses
- Create additional opportunities to actively participate on for-profit and non-profit boards, government committees and/or industry associations;
- And increase the number of role models and mentors for all entrepreneurs both male and female.
