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Websites for Canadian Women in Business

Sites for Canadian Women in Business - National Focus
Sites for Canadian Women in Business - Regional Focus

Ontario & Quebec
Central Canada (MB, SK)
Western Canada (AB, BC)
The Territories
Interational Sites for Business Women on the Web

Sites for Canadian Women in Business - National Focus

Canadian Women's Business Network
A site that provides information, mailing lists, and a directory open to Canadian women. Of particular interest to women who still do not have websites is that you can list your company in the directory on this site for free, even if you do not have a company website.
www.cdnbizwomen.com/

CareerPlace- Investing in Aboriginal Women
"CareerPlace is the largest demographic database of qualified Aboriginal women seeking employment in Canada." The site includes two main links, one with information about the programs from the perspective of aboriginal women, and the other with information about the program from the perspective of employers.
www.careerplace.com/

Centre for Women in Business
"The Centre for Women in Business is a not-for-profit organization designed to help women start their own business." The site is a subset of the Mount Saint Vincent University website, and contains a variety of information on the centre.
www.msvu.ca/cwb/

Status of Women Canada
Not much emphasis on business women, but an important enough site to be mentioned here. The resources do include business related links.
www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/

Women Entrepreneurs of Canada (WEC)
A resource, support, and opportunity network for established women entrepreneurs. Strives to provide the best person-to-person networking environment for women entrepreneurs, reinforced with on-line networking options. Promotes the vital role of women entrepreneurs in Canada.
www.wec.ca

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Sites for Canadian Women in Business - Regional Focus

Ontario & Quebec

Women Who Excel
"Promoting Women in the Hamilton-Wentworth and Halton Regions to get More Business." The site lists events and activities, and includes membership information.
http://www.womenwhoexcel.com/index.php

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Central Canada (MB, SK)
Women Business Owners of Manitoba
A nice site with membership and registration information, a member's directory, special events, and information on the organization.
www.wbom.mb.ca

Women's Enterprise Centre
"The Women's Enterprise Centre is one of Manitoba's only non-profit organizations dedicated to helping entrepreneurial women address the unique challenges facing them as they build their businesses in Manitoba." The site includes basic information on the centre and links to information on their loan program and the centre's business counselling services.
www.wecm.ca

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Western Canada (AB, BC)

Alberta Women's Enterprise Initiative Association
Not the most intuitive navigation, but there are good links on their link lists, and valuable information on the Alberta Women's Enterprise Initiative Association (AWEIA).
www.aweia.ab.ca

Women's Enterprise Centre
Women’s Enterprise Centre is the go-to place for BC women business owners for business loans, skills training, business advisory services, resources, publications and referrals. With offices and business advisors throughout the province, we provide essential resources and services designed to build business capacity and fuel success. Visit our website at womensenterprise.ca for more information and to learn more about our workshops and events.
www.womensenterprise.ca

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The Territories
Yukon's Women Directorate
Information on the Directorate, their publications, advisory groups, women's groups, the issue of gender equality, and more.
www.womensdirectorate.gov.yk.ca

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International Sites for Business Women on the Web

Advancing Women
An International business, professional, employment network for women in the workplace.
www.advancingwomen.com

Biz Women
This is a site for women in business with contributions coming primarily from participants of the BizWomen mailing list.
www.getasite.com/bizwomen/bizwomen.htm

Digital Women
This site for women online includes some business information.
www.digital-women.com

National [US] Women's History Project
"History looks different when the contributions of women are included." This site celebrates those contributions – this is not specifically, but is worthy of inclusion in this list, as women throughout history have always had a significant role not only in the economy but also in innovation.
www.nwhp.org

Women at Work
Provides some articles and information on the (US based) organization that hosts the site, the National Association for Female Executives.
www.nafe.com

Women.com
"The smart network for women's content and community, includes Women's Wire, Beatrice's Web Guide, Prevention's Healthy Ideas, Stork Site, and MoneyMode, plus community forums where our visitors take center stage."
www.women.com

Women's ECommerce Association, International
A not-for-profit, professional organization for individuals with an interest in doing business on the WEB. WECAI.org is dedicated to the advancement of women in business, industry, education and science.
http://www.wecai.org

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