The following are useful links worth bookmarking:

• Scotiabank’s site for small business, Get Growing for Business
• Businesswomen in Trade
• Canadian Association of Women Executives & Entrepreneurs
• www.wec.ca
• www.companyofwomen.ca
• RBC Royal Bank Women Entepreneurs





The Mentors Circle – Your Path to Business Growth
(Small Business   Mentors, 2006)
Over the years, business speaker and consultant Elizabeth Verwey recognized how much her clients taught her while she guided them through exceptional business challenges. This informative guide explains how to run effective business support groups – or Mentors Circles – providing ways to solve problems, brainstorm, gain new perspectives and take the action steps necessary to grow any business. Cost: $29.99. To order, visit www.mentorscircle.com.

You Don’t Have to Do It Alone (Berrett-Koehler, 2004)
Involving others to accomplish tasks can often seem like more trouble than it’s worth. Authors
Richard H. Axelrod, Emily M. Axelrod, Julie Beedon and Robert W. Jacobs lay out a straightforward, practical five-step process to involve others to help achieve your goals. Cost: $24

Be Your Own Mentor (Random House, 2001)
Sheila Wellington tells women to take charge of their own careers in the  absence of a mentor.
Wellington is President of Catalyst, a New York-based research group that tracks the advances of
women in the workplace. Readers will learn how to perfect the art of networking, how to juggle work
and family and how to seek out a helpful mentor. Cost: $25.70

Mentor: Guiding the Journey of Adult Learners (John Wiley & Sons, 1999)
Written by Laurent A. Daloz, this practical book explores mentoring and its power to transform learning.
It outlines the enduring principles that define the relationship between learners and mentor. The author, highly regarded for his work in mentoring, shares perspectives for understanding adult learners and
offers strategies. Cost: $38.99

Stepping Ahead
This annual Step Ahead newsletter includes profiles of mentors and protegees, growth tips culled from the program workshops as well as news and resources on mentoring.
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Businesswomen in International Trade
Published by Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada, SME Support & Services Division, this newsletter profiles Canadian women's successes in business, announces upcoming events in Canada
and throughout the world, offers information on government resources, and provides contact
information for women. Cost: free.
Visit www.international.gc.ca

Company
Published by Company of Women, this quarterly magazine offers great advice, informative articles,
and resources for women in business. Cost: $7.95 annually.
Visit www.companyofwomen.ca

Journeywoman Travel Tip Newsletter
Published monthly, Journeywoman is easy to scan, providing female-friendly travel information in magazine form. Cost: free.
Visit www.journeywoman.com

PROFIT W100: Canada's Top Women Entrepreneurs
Ranks the country's most successful female entrepreneurs based on company revenue. Winners are honoured in the November issue of PROFIT, Your Guide to Business Success and year-round on PROFITguide.com, and receive local and national publicity.
Visit www.canadianbusiness.com/profit_magazine

Womenable E3 News
An electronic newsletter containing information designed to educate, enlighten, and empower efforts
in women’s enterprise development. Cost: free.
Visit www.womenable.com

Canadian Woman Entrepreneur Awards 
Provides national recognition to Canada's women entrepreneurs, whose successful businesses and achievements contribute so much to the Canadian and global economies as well as to their communities. Visit: www.theawards.ca

Extraordinary Woman of the Year Award
Recognition for women who are unsung heroes accomplishing phenomenal results. The award was launched in 2002 by the Canadian Association of Women Executives & Entrepreneurs (CAWEE).
Visit: www.cawee.net

Sara Kirke Award for Women Entrepreneurs
Part of CATA's Women in Technology (WIT) Forum, this award is presented annually to the woman who has shown the most outstanding technological innovation and corporate leadership – leadership that
has significantly expanded the frontiers of Canada's advanced technology industry. The winner is announced at CATA's annual Innovation Awards Gala held in June.
Visit: www.catawit.ca/Mission_Vision/Sara_Kirk

The International Alliance of Women World of Difference 100 Award
These TIAW Awards recognize “unsung heroines”, women whose efforts have advanced the economic empowerment of women locally, regionally or worldwide.
Visit www.tiaw.org

JoAnna Townsend Award
An annual award from the Organization of Women in International Trade - Toronto (OWIT - Toronto) to recognize an outstanding woman in Ontario whose advocacy and activities assist women in expanding their business growth internationally. The award honours the memory of JoAnna Townsend, a champion of women exporters, who died after a courageous battle with cancer. The program has recently expanded to include two additional awards: Award for a Woman Exporter and the Award for a Student
of International Trade.
Visit www.owit-toronto.ca