When: Thursday, March 4, 2021 from 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Where: via Zoom (you will receive a link via Eventbrite at 9:30am on Thursday, March 4, 2021. For those who register after 9:30am, your link will be included in your confirmation email )

Event Details:

Canada is home to more than 28,000 LGBT+ entrepreneurs. Collectively, they generate $22-billion in economic activity and employ more than 435,000 people – or the population of Halifax. In other words, LGBT+ business is big business.

When these innovative entrepreneurs are connected with corporations looking to advance corporate social responsibility by diversifying their supply chains – we are collectively reducing barriers, advancing LGBT+ entrepreneurship, and creating a truly inclusive economy, one connection at a time.

Join Ryan Nearing, Membership and Supplier Diversity Manager with Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce, a national not-for-profit organization representing LGBT+ entrepreneurs, business owners, and allies, for a workshop on the Power of Supplier Diversity.

In this hour-long session, we’ll discuss the state of LGBT+ entrepreneurship in Canada. We’ll learn about supplier diversity – the concept of diverse-owned businesses getting certified as certified suppliers, and corporations internally championing diverse procurement processes.

Lastly, you’ll hear about Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce’s work supporting LGBT+ entrepreneurs, business owners, and their allies – including educational programming on the LGBT+ tourism market, support for young entrepreneurs, and international business development opportunities.

Event Overview:

Presentation from Ryan Nearing, Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce covering:

• Information about Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce
• LGBT+ entrepreneurship in Canada
• The business case for supplier diversity
• Information on getting certified
• Success stories of LGBT+ certified suppliers.

Fireside chat with Rémi Lefebvre, President of the Dartmouth-based eSourceEvent.com and an LGBT+ Certified Supplier.

Question Period

Facilitator:

Ryan is the Membership and Supplier Diversity Manager with Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce. In that position, he fosters community economic development and business growth in the queer entrepreneurship community by overseeing and expanding the Chamber’s membership base, as well as coordinating all programming. He also manages the Chamber’s Supplier Diversity Program, which actively promotes the economic empowerment of LGBTQ + owned businesses, and Global Program, which grows international LGBTQ+ business activities.

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