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https://policyoptions.irpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Beckton-cover.jpg2000700Women entrepreneurs contribute billions of dollars to the Canadian economy and to the communities where they live. Our recent study Everywhere, Everyday Innovating: Women Entrepreneurs and Innovation (sponsored by BMO, Government of Canada, Carleton University and the Beacon Agency) examines how and where women are innovating in Canada. We crossed the country interviewing 146 entrepreneurs […]