Women
International Women's Day 2025
A heartfelt thank you to all the incredible women who joined us for our International Women's Day Dinner and Celebration!
Your presence made the event unforgettable, and we’re especially grateful to those who shared their personal stories.
We would also like to extend our deepest gratitude to our keynote speaker Melanie Needham for her remarkable insights and inspiring words. Her message resonated with all of us and reminded us of the limitless potential we have as women in business.
Thank you to the Saugeen Economic Development Corporation for hosting the event, and to Harley’s Pub & Perk for the delicious meal. Here’s to celebrating women, supporting each other, and continuing to achieve even greater success together!
PARO ELEVATE BIZCamp – Ready Set Grow!
PARO’s ELEVATE program is designed to empower women business owners seeking to scale to $1,000,000 and beyond. If you have reached $250K in Sales and have 2 or more employees this program will show you how to break thru the glass ceiling and reach $1M in sales and beyond.
The 12 Week Year Strategy will guide you through strategic and leadership development, geared to provide stronger alignment of daily actions with goals, build high-performing teams and eliminate the thinking that holds you back. Ready to break the ceiling, the ELEVATE application is now open.
The Elevate BIZCamp is for women entrepreneurs across Canada.
Advancing Women Economically (AWE) Loan
The Saugeen Connects/SEDC Advancing Women Economically (AWE) loan product was developed to assist women entrepreneurs that face the following barriers: are older, that are clients of social services, are disabled or indigenous. This loan product was designed to address the needs of this targeted segment of women.
It is our hope that through this product we can provide women in the Saugeen Connects catchment area with help assessing and acquiring the skills required to build and sustain a successful business, develop more confidence and be provided with support to overcome a good portion of the barriers they face. Saugeen Connects strives to support women in business and the AWE Loan product can be used to achieve this.
Advancing Women Economically (AWE)
Webinar Series
*APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED*
The 2025 AWE Program has successfully concluded, marking another impactful year of innovation, learning, and connection. We extend our sincere thanks to all participants, partners, and supporters who contributed to making this year's program a success. Be sure to check back for updates and details about the 2026 AWE Program, we can't wait to share what's next!
Application now closed.
An AWEsome Program for Women
By: Anna Proctor
Women in the Saugeen area are shining a little brighter these days, thanks to an AWEsome webinar series called AWE (Advancing Women Economically), the brainchild of Saugeen Connects.