ISANS’ Immigrant Women Entrepreneurship Network (IWEN) aims to amplify the voices of immigrant and refugee women entrepreneurs in Nova Scotia by giving them opportunities to develop and/or enhance their current entrepreneurial skills on the road to becoming independent business owners.

As a participant of the IWEN, you will receive:

• 10 weeks of focused and hands-on training on starting/running a business
• Foundational health and safety training as it applies to your business
• Ongoing, one-on-one business counselling with an ISANS Business Counsellor
• Free promotion on ISANS Business Hub and social media
• An opportunity to showcase and sell your products at local markets, at no or minimal cost
• Help applying for micro loans and financial resources
• Opportunities to network with experienced women entrepreneurs, mentors, and established business institutions

To join the IWEN, you must:

• Be an immigrant and refugee woman who is at least 19 years old (including: international students, closed and open work-permit holders, permanent residents, and citizens born outside Canada)
• Be an ISANS client
• Have a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level of 5 or higher