Entrepreneurship Redefined: Women Doing Business Differently is an initiative led by SADC Shawinigan from 2018 to 2021. It aimed to support women entrepreneurs, especially those running part-time entrepreneurial activities — a phenomenon that remains underrecognized and underdocumented in Quebec.
RESULTS
Learn more about the outcomes and lessons learned from this project through testimonials from women entrepreneurs and partner organizations involved in the initiative.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
Objective 1: Collaborate with organizations and government ministries offering entrepreneurship support programs to identify effective solutions for removing institutional barriers faced by women engaged in part-time entrepreneurial activities.
Objective 2: Adapt existing support programs and tools to better respond to the realities and challenges faced by part-time women entrepreneurs.
Execution Committee Members
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
- Chantier de l’économie sociale
- Quebec Regional Development Cooperative
- Desjardins
- Canada Economic Development
- Entrepreneuriat Québec
- Femmessor Québec
- Fonds de développement économique LaPrade St-Maurice
- MicroEntreprendre Québec
- Futurpreneur Canada
- Quebec SADC + CAE Network
- Compagnie F
- Public Services and Procurement Canada
- Women’s Movement Roundtable of the Mauricie region
Research Report
- Overview of Part-Time Women’s Entrepreneurship in Quebec and Its Potential as a Tool for Women’s Economic Empowerment
or The Many Faces of Part-Time Women Entrepreneurs - Research Highlights
This project was funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada.
