BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20200623T170000Z DTEND:20200623T180000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Women of Whistler Webinar: National Support for Women Entrepreneurs DESCRIPTION:Are you a fempreneur running (or planning to start) your own business? Find out how to tap into the Women's Entrepreneurship Strategy support!\n\n\n\nThe COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected women entrepreneurs\, who typically operate smaller businesses and have less access to capital. Many female business owners also still bear a disproportionate share of domestic work\, caregiving and childcare. To address these realities\, and in keeping with the commitment to advance the economic empowerment of women\, our government is taking action. For our first virtual Women of Whistler event\, we will be joined by by Melanie Rupp from the Women's Enterprise Centre and Rachel Bendayan\, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business\, Export Promotion and International Trade who will discuss the support available to women such as the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (WES). We will also discuss PPE\, specific sectors and why it is important that we focus on women entrepreneurs at this time.\n\nYou'll have an opportunity to ask your questions to our guest through the Q&A feature in Zoom. \n\n\nEducation\, support\, and inspiration for everyone - pay what you can: Events and training revenue enable our Chamber to keep our team working for you. However\, we recognize COVID-19 means cash flow may be a hardship for your business at this time. To ensure our events and training remain available to everyone\, please select 1 of the 3 registration amounts\, ranging from FREE to full value.\n\nWomen Entrepreneur Knowledge Hub\n\nWomen's Enterprise Centre - Events and Workshops for BC Women Business Owners\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRachel Bendayan\, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business\, Export Promotion and International Trade\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Wendy Cukier\, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy\, and Founder of the Diversity Institute at Ryerson University\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMelanie Rupp\, Director\, Loans & Advisory Services\, Women's Enterprise Centre X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Are you a fempreneur running (or planning to start) your own business? Find out how to tap into the Women'\;s Entrepreneurship Strategy support!
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\nThe COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected women entrepreneurs\, who \;typically operate smaller businesses and have less access to capital. Many female business owners also still bear a disproportionate share of domestic work\, caregiving and childcare. To address these realities\, and in keeping with the commitment to advance the economic empowerment of women\, our government is taking action. For our first virtual Women of Whistler event\, we will be joined by \;by \;Melanie Rupp from the \;Women'\;s Enterprise Centre and Rachel Bendayan\, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business\, Export Promotion and International Trade \;who will discuss the support available to women such as the \;Women Entrepreneurship Strategy \;(WES). We will also discuss PPE\, specific sectors and why it is important that we focus on women entrepreneurs at this time.
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You&rsquo\;ll have an opportunity to ask your questions to our guest through the Q&\;A feature in Zoom. \; \;
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Education\, support\, and inspiration for everyone - pay what you can: Events and training revenue enable our Chamber to keep our team working for you. However\, we recognize COVID-19 means cash flow may be a hardship for your business at this time. To ensure our events and training remain available to everyone\, please select 1 of the 3 registration amounts\, ranging from FREE to full value.
\nWomen Entrepreneur Knowledge Hub
\nWomen'\;s Enterprise Centre - Events and Workshops for BC Women Business Owners

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\nRachel Bendayan\, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business\, Export Promotion and International Trade
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\nDr. Wendy Cukier\, \;Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy\, and Founder of the Diversity Institute at Ryerson University
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\nMelanie Rupp\, \;Director\, Loans &\; Advisory Services\, \;Women'\;s Enterprise Centre LOCATION: UID:e.2416.1659 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260503T100940Z URL:https://business.whistlerchamber.com/events/details/women-of-whistler-webinar-national-support-for-women-entrepreneurs-1659 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR