Senators urge better, affordable child-care programs The entrance to the Senate building in Ottawa (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
Today, we add our voice to the many women, mothers, economists, academics, and early-childhood experts calling for the creation of affordable and high-quality early-learning and child-care programs throughout the country.
The pandemic has driven more than 16,000 women out of the workforce, while the male workforce has grown by 91,000. We need to make sure that the road to recovery considers the critical needs of families with young children, so that mothers can participate in the labour force with the confidence that their children are learning and receiving the care they need before they go to school.
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Jae Anthony has experienced first-hand how raising capital can be an inequitable process for Black Canadians.
When drumming up financial support for new Caribbean restaurant ventures, some potential investors lost interest because they didn't even know what that kind of cuisine entailed.
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OTTAWA, ON, May 10, 2021 /CNW/ -
Payments Canada is welcoming a high-profile roster of global payments, fintech, technology and business leaders to this year's annual payments conference,
Taking place virtually from May 31 to June 4, The SUMMIT will open with an interview featuring two of Canada's prominent female leaders in the finance sector - Tracey Black, President & CEO of Payments Canada, and Rania Llewellyn, President & CEO of Laurentian Bank of Canada and the first woman to lead a major Canadian financial institution.
"The global payments landscape has been evolving at an unprecedented pace. The COVID-19 pandemic has acted as an accelerator, driving a dramatic end user shift to digital payments. Add to that a global dialogue focused on fast, secure, convenient digital payment experiences, and there is much to explore at this year's SUMMIT," said Tracey Black, President and CEO of Payments Canada. "We are excited to host over 250 speakers, and to provide an opportunity for those in the payments community to learn from peers, discuss the dynamics in the marketplace and identify opportunities for innovation and collaboration across the ecosystem."
NCFA Reveals Speakers and Agenda for Online FFCON21: Fintech and Financing Conference
The Fintech & Financing Conference and Expo (#FFCON21), Canada’s premier Fintech conference organized by The National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association (NCFA), Toronto Finance International (TFI), and partners has announced its agenda and speaker line-up for its seventh annual event taking place online from May 11-13.
Building on the success of previous conferences will bring together an international community of leading voices in fintech, digital banking, payments, tokenization, blockchain, CBDCs, digital identity, AI, capital markets innovation and finance – all in an immersive and interactive platform. The FFCON21 audience is composed of 500 global Fintechs, financial institutions, investors, tech providers, government, and media.
National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association of Canada: NCFA Reveals Speakers and Agenda for Online FFCON21: Fintech and Financing Conference
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Fintech & Financing Conference and Expo (FFCON21), Canada's premier Fintech conference organized by The National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association (NCFA), Toronto Finance International (TFI), and partners has announced its agenda and speaker line-up for its seventh annual event taking place online from May 11-13.
Building on the success of previous conferences will bring together an international community of leading voices in fintech, digital banking, payments, tokenization, blockchain, CBDCs, digital identity, AI, capital markets innovation and finance - all in an immersive and interactive platform. The FFCON21 audience is composed of 500 global Fintechs, financial institutions, investors, tech providers, government, and media.
NCFA Reveals Speakers and Agenda for Online FFCON21: Fintech and Financing Conference
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Conference to explore accelerated Blockchain - Fintech trends and innovations paving the way to mass adoption and scale
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / May
6, 2020 / The
Fintech & Financing Conference and Expo (#FFCON21), Canada's premier Fintech conference organized by The National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association (NCFA), Toronto Finance International (TFI), and partners has announced its agenda and speaker line-up for its seventh annual event taking place online from May 11-13.
Building on the success of previous conferences will bring together an international community of leading voices in fintech, digital banking, payments, tokenization, blockchain, CBDCs, digital identity, AI, capital markets innovation and finance - all in an immersive and interactive platform. The FFCON21 audience is composed of 500 global Fintechs, financial institutions, investors, tech providers, government, and media.
HALIFAX -- The moment the man responsible for Canada’s worst mass killing was shot and killed at a gas station in Enfield, N.S. on April 19, 2020, his rampage of terror ended – but a year of grief and questions began. Here are some of the key moments that have taken place since that day.
Sunday, April 19, 2020 Nova Scotia RCMP hold its first news conference on the tragedy at its headquarters in Dartmouth Sunday evening. “Today is a devastating day for Nova Scotia and it will remain etched in the minds of many for years to come,” said commanding RCMP officer Lee Bergerman.