Innovating Canada
Supporting Small Business 2023
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Jenny Bird Shares Her Top Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Mediaplanet chatted with Jenny Bird, Founder and Creative Director of JENNY BIRD, to learn how she got started in the jewellery business, how she balances work and life, and her advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.
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Unleashing the Power of Small Biz: How One Organization’s Collaborative Model is Driving Innovation
Ninety-eight percent of businesses in Canada are small and medium-sized — and about half of them anticipate a labour shortage in the next three months. Their owners are passionate, but often isolated, as they navigate change, take on financial risks, and wear many hats trying to innovate. One Canadian organization is alleviating their burden by...
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The City of Vaughan Embraces Automotive and Smart Mobility Solutions
The City of Vaughan is a rapidly urbanizing city, and it’s taking bold approaches to harness the mobility solutions of the future. Vaughan is a prosperous community and one of Canada’s fastest-growing cities. “Home to nearly 345,000 people, Vaughan’s globally competitive economy includes more than 19,500 businesses, and has seen employment growth that exceeds that...
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How Purolator Supports Canada’s Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs
Purolator’s True North Small Business Grant Contest supports small- and medium-sized businesses in growing, thriving, and making ongoing positive impacts on Canadian communities. As recently reported by Statistics Canada, nearly 1.2 million small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) do business across the country. Together, they employ 8.2 million Canadians, representing 67.7 per cent of the total...
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Futurpreneur Is Leading the Way in Supporting Indigenous Entrepreneurs
Futurpreneur is dedicated to supporting young Indigenous entrepreneurs between 18 to 39 through financing, expert mentorship, and access to business resources. For over two decades, Futurpreneur has been a driving force behind Canada’s young entrepreneurs. As a national non-profit organization, their unique focus is on providing early-stage financing, mentorship, and invaluable resources to aspiring entrepreneurs aged...
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Startup Global Pitch Competition: Road to the 2023 Grand Finale
Startup Canada’s Startup Global Pitch Competition puts the spotlight on innovative, global-ready, early stage Canadian startups. We tend to associate the word “exporting” with international conglomerates and multi-million dollar deals. It’s this misconception that subconsciously fuels fear in many, inadvertently persuading early stage founders and their organizations to restrain all operations to their local markets....
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Pathways to Growth: Delivering the World to Canadian Small Business
It’s a big world out there. For over 35 years, Canadian businesses have relied on companies like FedEx to bring it to their doorstep. In Vancouver, a small practice immigration lawyer is expecting a package of documents from abroad that will allow her to finally reunite the family of her client. In Grand Prairie, Alberta,...
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Making It Easier for Small Businesses to Offer Employee Health Benefits
Small businesses employed more than 10 million Canadians last year.1 It’s no wonder they are often described as the backbone of the Canadian economy. But running a small business isn’t easy. Just finding and keeping good people can be a big challenge. It’s more important than ever for small businesses to have competitive health benefits...
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Why Health and Safety Is Good for [Small] Business
Ensuring workplaces are safe and workers are healthy should be a crucial priority in all workplaces. That’s why Ontario’s Public Services Health & Safety Association (PSHSA) is working with organizations, including small businesses, to reduce workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities. Everyone deserves to go home safe and healthy at the end of each working day....
