A Cree/Métis Mother of Two Young Adults Advocating for Collaborative Growth

The Story of Tiktoktraumadoc and Enhancing Workplace Psychological Safety

Pivoting is a skill every entrepreneur needs, and needs to be comfortable with. Just ask Alison Sunstrum. No stranger to reinventing herself, Sunstrum has built a career that started with an accounting certification and has taken her to manager of a multi-million dollar VC fund.

We are excited to share the following resource booklet empowered by the Edmonton Regional Innovation Network’s Community Initiatives Grant.

Read more about how to connect with our partners and access CWN’s resources for building a global network in the following resource booklet!

This series is not about the “how I built this” story. We started How I Raised because we don’t talk enough about the capital and the hard story. The hard story is fundraising. We’re giving you real examples of what not to do. And what to do. Where to draw the line. When it's okay to walk away -- when you need to walk away. And when you lean in.

Meet Loreen Wales, Founder, Revive Wellness and My Viva Plan. After 10 years in the public health sector working as a dietitian, Wales understood the frustrations patients felt as they struggled to manage complex chronic health conditions within a siloed care system.

Meet Natasha Kostenuk, Founder and CEO of Ayrton Energy, which is developing a new off-grid hydrogen powered electric vehicle charging and energy storage system.

As a leading nation in the food and agriculture industry, Canada plays a significant role in feeding the world, whether that’s through the efforts of family farms to larger growers, food processing and other agriculture technology product manufacturing, from machinery to fertilizer and beyond.

Kyla Bolden was always fascinated by tech and even taught herself how to code and build websites as a kid growing up in Bermuda. Now, her company Wiz kid learning is bringing remote STEM learning programs to kids around the world.

Meet Maudeleine Myrthil, Director of Entrepreneurship for Groupe 3737, a Montreal-based national incubator and accelerator focused on supporting diverse entrepreneurs to launch and grow their businesses through personalized coaching and a wide array of programming.

Meet Dr. Alexandra Greenhill, a physician leader whose decades in the medical sector gave her the motivation to launch a platform that can put more integrated care plans at the fingertips of millions.

Meet Jenny Lemieux, CEO & Co-Founder of VIVID MACHINES, Automating the understanding of the quantity and quality of the fruit on every plant to manage growth and predict yield.

“I remember this powerhouse of a woman in the UK who said if you’re going to do something, do it big - make it almost impossible.”

We spotlighted three founders in the startup space to hear about their journey and the lessons they’ve learned. Here are their stories!

Meet Amanda Hall, Founder, and CEO of Summit Nanotech. An award-winning startup based in Calgary, Alberta. Summit Nanotech develops core technologies to accelerate the global transition to clean energy.

Founder & Funder event, Cleantech

February 17th, 2022

Meet Claire Dixon, Co-Founder, and COO at Neuraura - a high precision neural sensing, and novel brain monitoring technology!

Meet Mila Banerjee, Founder, and CEO of PRONTI AI , a smart wardrobe assistant!

Executive Jennifer Hawkins, SVP, North American Personal & Business Banking at BMO Financial Group, shares her insights on how to cultivate and reap the benefits of sponsorship.

We recently hosted a Fireside Chat with Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, an incredibly successful Canadian tech executive and entrepreneur who now resides in Silicon Valley. Sukhinder is currently the Founder & Chairman of theBoardlist and Venture Partner at Acrew Capital.