Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH) receives almost $4 million from Government of Canada - Celebrates Women's Entrepreneurship Day at TSX Market Open
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"Shannon Pestun, Founder, Finance Caf\xe9 and Senior Adviser, Business and Finance, WEKH, spoke about the importance of collecting aggregate data about women entrepreneurs, echoing a previous statement from Wendy Cukier, Founder and Academic Director of WEKH and the Diversity Institute at Toronto Metropolitan University, that "what gets measured, gets done." "Co-hosts of the event, had several volunteers in attendance and Milena Radakovic, Canada Ambassador, WEDO Canada, explained the importance of Womens Entrepreneurship Day, which is held annually on November 19 and is the worlds largest grassroots movement dedicated to educating, supporting and empowering women entrepreneurs. "Weve gathered here in the iconic platform of the Toronto Stock Exchange to celebrate entrepreneurship daya momentous occasion. She closed the event by honouring the entrepreneurship ecosystem partners and entrepreneurs in the room by saying, "The work done by everyone here today is so important. To achieve true gender equality and to pave a path for the next generation to also reach their full potential not only for their own benefit, but also for the welfare and success of the broader community."