Alberta
Economic Development Grants

Momentum, Women’s Venture Accelerator Program
Calgary
2009-2014: $365,000 over five years
The Women’s Venture Accelerator Program provides training and support to women as they manage and grow their own business. With an emphasis on stabilizing and increasing women’s incomes, participants attend intensive business workshops which provide marketing and sales training, coaching and one-on-one mentoring.

Approximately 90 women will participate in this program over the next five years.

Women Building Futures
Edmonton
2009-2014: $365,000 over five years
Women Building Futures trains women who are interested in pursuing careers in construction trades. Participants receive assessment, training, job placement, mentoring, funding for job-related equipment like tools and clothing, and retention support (which ensures that women can maintain long, thriving careers in the trades). Women Building Futures also works with employers to create supportive workplaces for women.

Funding from CWF will allow Women Building Futures to hire an advisor to develop relationships with employers and help program graduates (in rural north-eastern and central Alberta) to find stable employment in the communities where they live.

Approximately 110 women will be trained and linked to sustainable employment through this program over the next five years.

Momentum, Calgary: $270,200 (2003-2008)
The Women's Venture Progam is a self-employment training program for low-income women. Participants learn how to develop a small business as a means to increase their assets and achieve a sustainable livelihood for themselves and their families.