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Women Empowerment Awards 

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Businesswoman of the

Year Award

The world of business is full of talented, innovative leaders and entrepreneurs who run successful ventures. This award recognizes an individual who has shown dedication in achieving phenomenal success in business and continues to drive her business forward while fostering and encouraging female entrepreneurship.

Leadership Award

Leaders create leaders.  This award recognizes an individual who is seen as an instrumental and influential leader in business or their community, demonstrating how their personal leadership has led to business growth and development, or how they have impacted the quality of life in their community.

Diversity, Equality & Inclusivity Award

Celebrating the diversity of ethnicities in the workplace, supporting colleagues with physical or mental health challenges, and for inclusion of the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ community, this award recognizes an individual with a continuous and long-term commitment to Diversity, Equality & Inclusion (DE&I) within the workplace and community.

Rogers Communications Entrepreneur of the Year Grant Award

Exemplifying the ideals of entrepreneurship by running a successful start-up or being the driving force of a successful business (1-3 years).  This award includes a generous  $10,000 grant and recognizes an individual with a strong focus on vision, passion, and strategic direction.

Mentorship Award

Inspiring and providing guidance to others, this award recognizes mentors that go above and beyond, empowering other women to accomplish their goals and fostering the next generation of leaders.

Innovator Award

Impacting the way they do business, working with others in product and service development, this award recognizes an individual who demonstrates significant innovations within the scope of business, which includes quality, sustainability, efficiency, cost effectiveness or creativity.

Global Impact Award

Impacting and inspiring women beyond our Canadian boundaries, this award recognizes the leadership, contributions, and actions taken to reach and impact women globally, making a difference within communities in developing nations. 

Mantella Corporation Entrepreneur BIPOC Grant Award

This award includes a generous  $10,000 grant and recognizes successful BIPOC business leaders who have overcome greater challenges, breaking through roadblocks to gain credibility and establish themselves in their industry.

Lifetime Achievement Award

The Lifetime Achievement Award is given in recognition to an individual who has made a significant impact on a large number of individuals or organizations during a distinguished career.  Documented achievement must have taken place over a minimum of 10 years through individually designed or implemented high-impact programs or projects, the development of influential initiatives, publications, and community or business mentorships.

Rising Star Award

With recognizing young individuals whose examples serve to inspire our next generation through entrepreneurship, advocacy, community involvement or global change, this award is presented to an individual who is seen to be an inspiration to our younger generation.  (This Award is only open to those aged between 14–24 years.)

Please fill in the nomination form of the woman you wish to nominate for one of our awards.  Please note that the candidate must be a Canadian resident and meet each award criteria.  All nominations will be carefully considered.

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2024 NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED

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