March 29, 2022 Newsletter

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March 29, 2022

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MARCH 29, 2022

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NEWS

On my mind this week:

1.

The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada 2022

was released today by the

. You can find the full report

, but below are a few slides from the presentation today I thought were interesting.

2.

Shivani wins another award! 

One of the most engaging guests we've had on the podcast,

Shivani Dhamija of Shivani's Kitchen,

was

 

named one the most inspiring immigrants in Atlantic Canada, presented by EastCoast Experience Media.

.

Shivani also has her own podcast called

. You can listen

.

Congratulations Shivani!

 3.

Mom and daughters team creates one of a kind leather fanny pack from scraps

"The fanny packs are crafted from locally sourced upcycled remnants, so each one is unique — and often has its own backstory. 'For instance, your fanny pack might include swatches from a local furniture store that was about to discard boxes of them,'(Image and story source: Peterborough Examiner)

4. Does your city council do a regular 'business walk"? Enderby, British Columbia

 does and is joined by the local the

office, so that resources are readily available.

“The City of Enderby and

both have valuable services and resources which we can offer our local businesses, so having those direct face-to-face conversations with businesses allows us an opportunity to link them to those services and resources.”

(

)

5

. A pulp and paper company in Western Canada is leading the way respecting the calls to action of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission

"This commitment is a business philosophy Paper Excellence has adopted and includes acknowledgment of Indigenous rights, respect of the calls to action of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, creation of an Indigenous relations policy as well as the formation of partnerships with First Nations in the territories in which the company does business." (Source: Alberni Valley News)

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