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Women's contribution to innovation

Did you know that:

• Four out of five businesses are started by women.
• Women's entrepreneurship has tripled over the last 20 years.
• There are more than 821,000 women entrepreneurs in Canada, who annually contribute in excess of $18 billion to Canada's economy.
• One-third of self-employed Canadians are women.
• The average age of woman business owners is 45. Almost 80 percent are married and over half have children.
• Women-owned and women-led businesses provide 1.7 million jobs, compared to 1.5 million jobs provided by Canada's top 100 companies.
• The number of women business owners in manufacturing, construction, transportation and communications is growing rapidly.

Source: alive #285, July 2006

The theme of celebrating women's contribution to innovation was the focus of our 2006 World Intellectual Property Day awareness campaign.

We encourage you to read the articles posted in our forum, and let's continue to highlight together their achievements.

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• Women's History Month 2006
• Celebrating women's achievements
• A Day in the Life of an Industrial Design Examiner
• Critical Decisions in Mapping the Route to Market
• It Starts With an Idea — So Make CIPO's Client Service Centre Your First Stop
• Profit from Your Ingenuity! — Young Inventors International
• Got a cool idea?
  Here's how to turn it into the next must-have thing
• Alexandra Larochelle
• A Day in the Life of a Trade-marks Examiner
• Women: Breathing New Life Into Innovation
• Female Creativity Rocks by Annie Wood, President Inventive Women
• Contributing to a strong IP regime in Canada

Women's History Month 2006

Date: 2006-07-16

Did you know that October is Women's History Month in Canada? The Government of Canada established this special month in 1992. It provides an opportunity to learn more about women's history and their contributions to Canadian society. More »

Celebrating women's achievements

Date: 2006-06-07

From the telephone and insulin to the light bulb and birth control pills, Canadian inventions have revolutionized the way we live, work and play. Those inventions, and others around the world, are known as intellectual property. More »

A Day in the Life of an Industrial Design Examiner

Date: 2006-04-27

Typically, industrial design examiners organize their workload anew each day, taking into account established service levels and monthly quotas for the different activities. More »

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Critical Decisions in Mapping the Route to Market

Date: 2006-04-26

The process of bringing a technology to market is hardly simple and rarely straightforward. More »

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It Starts With an Idea — So Make CIPO's Client Service Centre Your First Stop

Date: 2006-04-21

The Client Service Centre (CSC) is the central point of entry for CIPO's general enquiries. It plays a critical role in disseminating intellectual property (IP) information to clients. More »

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Profit from Your Ingenuity! - Young Inventors International

Date: 2006-04-21

Before investing thousands of dollars on the commercialization of your innovation – be it an idea or a product – you need to ask yourself whether the idea is feasible in three respects: More »

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Got a cool idea?
Here's how to turn it into the next must-have thing

Date: 2006-04-20

"Finally!" says Caroline Lai. Her invention, Plug Alive, is ready to hit the big time. More »

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Alexandra Larochelle

Date: 2006-04-20

Born on May 5, 1993, Alexandra Larochelle is one of a kind. Her passion for writing emerged when she was only five years old.

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A Day in the Life of a Trade-marks Examiner

Date: 2006-04-18

When I was finishing up my training a number of years ago, we trainees were privileged to be able to have a look at some of the first volumes of the register for trade-marks. Apparently this country was founded on trade in tobacco and whisky. More »

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Women: Breathing New Life Into Innovation

Date: 2006-04-18

Lorraine Mignault's journey of innovation began in 1987 when she launched Positive Living Inc. More »

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Female Creativity Rocks by Annie Wood, President Inventive Women

Date: 2006-04-11

Try to imagine a world in which the numerous inventions and innovations by women simply didn't happen. What would it look like? More »

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Contributing to a strong IP regime in Canada

Date: 2006-04-10

Canadian businesses need to innovate in order to create new products and services that will top the competition, and to develop commercializing and marketing strategies that will complement their innovations. More »

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