AV Marketing CEO, Aashima Verma, is committed to creating job opportunities for skilled and talented newcomers to Canada and other underrepresented groups. This is a full-service organization, with experience in social media, graphic design and ad copy.

Servicing Quebec’s food industry, Bo | Reusable Packaging provide restaurants with QR branded packaging. After their use, consumers return these containers at drop-off locations. The Bo team then collects, sanitizes and returns them back into the system.

Thao Nguyen founded Bonbon Collections with the belief that everyone deserves to enjoy gourmet desserts and sweets that excite the senses – all their offerings are vegan, gluten-free and free from the top ten major allergens, no one is left out.

Cooks Who Feed is a kitchen textiles company that revolves around the “give-back” model. Each product sold provides meals to alleviate hunger in underserved communities and safe, fair-trade work for marginalized craftswomen.

Helius Originals uses materials destined for landfills and makes original, luxury products. By diverting waste and upcycling it, Bilqees Grant and her co-founder, are reducing the “garbage” that contributes to ill-health within neighbouring communities.

The Live Your Potential (LYP) Program empowers and educates women from across multiple intersections. The goal of the program’s founders is to enhance leadership capabilities, advance professional skills and bolster strong networks.

With the express purpose of reducing plastic consumption and household waste, Nature Bee has become a full-blown eco-friendly home goods business, adding cleaning detergents and dishcloths to their original line-up of reusable beeswax wraps.

Sparkle & Sheen is more than just a “cleaning service”. It’s a company committed to producing and using biodegradable, ecologically safe cleaners for her team, thereby reducing the amount of harmful chemicals entering the environment.

Liz Cripps launched WACADS Group to ensure that technology would never hold back a small enterprise from competing with larger organizations. WACADS Group offers AI-driven products and tailored digital services to help businesses reach the next level.

We’re proud that our BMO Celebrating Women Grant also supports women-owned businesses in the U.S. Learn more about these 15 inspiring innovators who are making a difference in their communities!