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Source:Canadian Women’s Foundation

First and largest ever national market study of Black Women founders in Canada – Using market research and analytical insights to enable growth in Black Women owned organizations and businesses.
FoundHers is the first and largest open national market study of Black women founders in the Canadian business sector.
Pitch Better is about bridging the gap between female-led start-ups and their means to acquiring capital through grants and investments.
Authors: The report was produced by Pitch Better Inc. with the support of Canadian Women’s Foundation, The Investment Readiness Program with the Government of Canada, the Business Development bank of Canada (BDC) and Brock University.

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Source: Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH)

Rise Up: A Study of 700 Black Women Entrepreneurs

Authors: Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, Black Business and Professional Association, Casa Foundation, de Sedulous Women Leaders

Date Published: APRIL 15, 2021

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Source: Canadian Cooperatives Association (CCA)

The Canadian Co-operative Association (CC A) is a national association for co-operatives in Canada, representing more than nine million co-operative and credit union members from over 2,000 organizations. CCA members come from many sectors of the economy, including finance, insurance, agri-food and supply, wholesale and retail, housing, health and the service sector. CCA provides leadership to promote, develop, and unite cooperatives and credit unions for the benefit of people in Canada and around the world.

Ethno-cultural and immigrant Cooperatives in Canada.
Authors: Project co-ordinator – Lynne Markell, Writer/Researcher – Patti Giovannini, Researcher – Katherine Kitching, Editors – John Anderson, Donna Balkan, and Lynne Markell, Layout & Design – Debbie Steeves, deb productions.

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The Black Social Economy in the Americas
This pioneering book explores the meaning of the term “Black Social Economy,” a self-help sector that remains autonomous from the state and business sectors.
With the Western Hemisphere’s ignoble history of enslavement and violence towards African peoples, and the strong anti-black racism that still pervades society, the African diaspora in the Americas has turned to alternative practices of socio-economic organization. Conscientious and collective organizing is thus a means of creating meaningful livelihoods.
In this volume, fourteen scholars explore the concept of the “Black Social Economy,” bringing together innovative research on the lived experience of Afro-descendants in business and society in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, and the United States.

A Black Perspective on Canada’s Third Sector: Case Studies on Women Leaders in the Social Economy by Caroline Shenaz Hossein.
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Report – Fringe Banking in Canada: A Study of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs) in Toronto’s Inner Suburbs By Caroline Shenaz Hossein [York University].
“ROSCAs have been incubating within the Canadian diaspora for the past 70 years as a way to counteract the business exclusion. For the social economy in Canada to be reflective of society, the research and theories that drive the sector must reflect a cultural awareness.”

“Rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs) are regarded as a time-honoured tradition practiced by many people around the world. African Canadians value ROSCAs because of how they have helped people adjust to Canadian life. This study examines ROSCAs and the role that African Canadians have played in Canada’s social economy. It includes interviews with 77 people, 46 of whom are “Banker Ladies” —African Canadian women who create community-driven financial cooperatives in Canada’s largest financial centre, Toronto.”

Report in the Works – Mapping Black Women-owned Businesses in York Region
(Projected Launch Date: December 2023)

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