STAPLES Business Depot

Founded in Toronto in 1991, The Business Depot Ltd. is Canada's largest supplier of office supplies, business machines, office furniture and business services for the small business and home office customer. The company is an everyday low price retailer, operating stores in every province across Canada under the banners STAPLES^® Business Depot™ and Bureau en Gros^MC. The company employs over 13,500 associates serving customers through more than 280 office superstores, catalogue, and e-commerce. STAPLES^® Business Depot™/Bureau en Gros^MC is committed to making shopping easy by offering customers three ways to shop: online, by catalogue and in-store. More information is available at www.staples.ca.

community@work

Through its new corporate giving program – community@work – STAPLES Business Depot is proud to partner with local community leaders to identify and support programs and initiatives focusing on three core areas: environment, education and entrepreneurship. For more information, please visit www.staplesinthecommunity.ca.

WEC is proud to encourage women entrepreneurs across Canada to attend FREE seminars in STAPLES^® Business Depot™ stores across Canada. For more information, please visit: http://www.bizlaunch.ca/

WEC Corporate Community Partners

This is a listing of businesses (large or small) who actively support women in business, and who are engaged in activities such as:
a. running events
b. provide "value add" content for women entrepreneurs
c. have active marketing programs aimed at women in business
d. publicly support and sponsor activities and events that support women entrepreneurs

Accerta
AstraZeneca
Cake
Canadian Unity Travel Club
Continuum Media Inc.
Company of Women
Direct Energy
Edmontonians
Brand-ed Communications
Esteem Magazine
Imagine 121
Market Yourself Smarter
Microsoft Small Business Plus
Nash and Nash
Nightwood Theatre
NUVO Magazine
Parcel Design
Potential Group
Power Within for Women
Réseau des femmes d'affaires du Québec (Quebec Business Women's Network Inc.)
Royal Bank of Canada- Champions Program
RBC Dominion Securities
Soberman Chartered Accountants
Silver Lining
Sutton Place Hotel- Edmonton
WestJet
Verity