Celebrating Women
Through the only bank-owned recognition program for women in North America – BMO Celebrating Women – BMO celebrates successful women who have given back to their communities or achieved success in business. Since 2012, BMO Celebrating Women has honoured more than 200 women in communities across Canada and the United States.
2024 BMO Celebrating Women Grant Program
BMO, in collaboration with Deloitte, is pleased to present the 2024 BMO Celebrating Women Grant Program. There will be $100,000 in grants awarded. 10 women-owned businesses will each be awarded $10,000. We are dedicated to women entrepreneurs leading with a purpose,...
12 recipients of the 2022 BMO Celebrating Women Grant Program!
As part of our purpose commitment to Boldly Grow the Good in Business and in Life, BMO invited women business owners across Canada to apply for one of 12 grants by sharing their high-level business growth plans.
2024 BMO Celebrating Women Grant Program
BMO, in collaboration with Deloitte, is pleased to present the 2024 BMO Celebrating Women Grant Program. There will be $100,000 in grants awarded. 10 women-owned businesses will each be awarded $10,000. We are dedicated to women entrepreneurs leading with a purpose,...
Bold(h)er: Inspired to Invent
When you think of an inventor, what comes to mind? Well, now think of a 19-year-old woman in first-year biomedical engineering at University. Lianna Genovese is an award-winning inventor. As she tells Lisa Bragg, she’s inspired by the people she’s helping. ...
BMO Celebrating Women Grant Program 2021 Recipients
-Video Message to 2021 Grant Recipients from Erminia (Ernie) Johannson, BMO’s Group Head of North American Personal Banking and U.S. Business Banking In July 2021 the BMO Celebrating Women Grant Program was announced in collaboration with Deloitte. Women...
2021 Advisory Panel
Canada Lise Birikundavyi Oana Branzei Magali Depras Dr. Dionne Laslo-Baker Leah Nguyen Usha Sthankiya Michael Torrance John Uhren Vittoria Varalli U.S. Wendy Baumann Bridget Brennan Stacey Pitts Caldwell Marc Khouzami Thelma Sias Jennifer So Canada...
BMO Celebrating Women Grant Program 2020 Recipients
In July 2020 the BMO Celebrating Women Grant Program was announced in collaboration with Deloitte. Over 1000 women business owners across Canada applied for the grant to receive one of ten $10,000 grants to celebrate their innovation and resilience with...
Meet Danae Davis
We have honoured over 180 women with our Celebrating Women program. As part of Black History Month we asked our past honourees a few questions to learn more about them. Danae Davis is currently the Executive Director of Milwaukee Succeeds, a citywide partnership...