AFIA Launch Event: Toronto Program

Time Activity Details
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Reception Food and wine service along with a signature non-alcoholic cocktail created by Zero Bar Cocktail plus viewing of Arta Gallery exhibition
Time Activity Details
6:00 pm - 6:05 pm Welcome & Opening Remarks Zuraidah Alman | Anchor and Reporter | CTV News Anchor and Reporter
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6:05 pm - 6:15 pm Meet AFIA Paulina Cameron | CEO | The Forum
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6:15 pm -6:30 pm Panel: Funding Diverse Women Entrepreneurs Panelists: Tiffany Callender | Co-Founder & CEO | Federation of African Canadian Economics (FACE) Magnolia Perron | Indigenous Women and Youth Program Officer | National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA) Moderator: Gretchen Ferguson | The Forum
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6:30 pm - 6:45 pm Panel: My Funding Story Local women founders, Gail Lynch, CEO & Founder of Zero Cocktail Bar and Rhowena Adolfo-Patel Founder and CEO of Healing Mama Co. share their funding stories. Moderator: Kathryn Ashby | The Forum
Time Activity Details
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm Closing Remarks Zuraidah Alman | Anchor and Reporter | CTV News Anchor and Reporter
Time Activity Details
6:50 pm - 7:30 pm Reception Food and wine service

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Messages:

  • AFIA DEI Index  is a nation-wide initiative developed by The Forum  to address the barriers experienced by women entrepreneurs in accessing the financial capital they need to succeed, especially  BIPOC  women and  2SLGBTQ+  individuals.
  • AFIA DEI Index  offers Canadian funders a dynamic package of resources and services to advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) and Reconciliation in business funding.
  • AFIA DEI Index is engaging funders to accelerate financial inclusion.
  • First of Its Kind nationwide initiative to help Canadian funders Activate Financial Inclusion and Access (AFIA) for women entrepreneurs in all their diversity.

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