The federal government on Monday announced grants totalling $4 million to support the work of two Atlantic Canadian organizations that promote entrepreneurship by women.
The government said it would give $2.1 million to the Centre for Women in Business, which is based at Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax, and $1.9 million to the St. John’s-based Newfoundland and Labrador Organization of Women Entrepreneurs, or NLOWE.
The government is making the donations through its Women Entrepreneurship Strategy, which includes a $2 billion fund and aims to double the number of women-owned