Research

HIGHLIGHTS

LIST OF KEY PROJECTS

Black African and Caribbean Leadership Training Program, a collaboration between the Black Business and Professional Association and the Diversity Institute
Capacity Building for Canadian SMES: Unleashing Learning Managements at Scale, a collaboration with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and the Diversity Institute
Capital Skills Project, a collaboration between the Black Business and Professional Association, CAMSC, CCAB, Mount Saint Vincent University, Centre for Women in Business and the Diversity Institute
Greening SMEs in Canada: A framework for Transportation, a collaboration between Coralus and the Diversity Institute
Northern Tourism Recovery Incubator Project, a collaboration between the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC) and the Diversity Institute
Northern We Project, a collaboration between the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC), Dr. Sonya Graci and the Diversity Institute
Mindframe Connect, Dalhousie University, with support from the Diversity Institute

PUBLICATIONS

2025

Cukier, W., Mo, G. Y. & Chavoushi, Z. H. (2025). The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada 2025. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/WEKH_The-State-of-Womens-Entrepreneurship-in-Canada-2025.pdf
Richard, A. & Thorvaldson, K. (2024). See it. Be it. a Showcase of Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH). https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/See-It-Be-It_A-Showcase-of-Indigenous-Women-Entrepreneurs.pdf

2024

Cukier, W., Mo, G. Y. & Chavoushi, Z. H. (2024). The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada 2024. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WEKH_The-State-of-Womens-Entrepreneurship-in-Canada-2024.pdf
Cukier, W., Chavoushi, Z. H., Rahman, S. M., Jacobson, D, & Leung, V. (2024). The Intersection of Motherhood & Entrepreneurship. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH). https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WEKH_The-Intersection-of-Motherhood-and-Entrepreneurship.pdf

2023

Banerjee, R., Lam, L., & Lamb, D. (2023). Temporary talent: Wage penalties among highly educated temporary workers in Canada. Journal of Industrial Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221856231151964

Cukier, W., Mo, G. Y., Chavoushi, Z. H., Rahman S. M. . (2023). The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada 2023. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH)

Cukier, W., Rahman, S. M., & Chavoushi, Z. H. (2023). Women and the venture capital industry. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH).

Cukier, W., Jacobson, D., Rahman, S. M. (2023). Motherhood and entrepreneurship. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH).

Cukier, W., Chavoushi, Z. H., & Rahman, S. M. (2023). Briefing note: Financing entrepreneurs from equity-deserving groups (Mini-report). Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH)

Cukier, W., Chavoushi, Z., & Mo, G. Y. (Forthcoming 2023). A critical ecological approach of social innovation to advance diversity and inclusion. Submitted to the Encyclopedia of Social Innovation

2022

Alam, M. R., Dalziel, M., & Cozzarin, B. P. (2022). Invented here but owned elsewhere: The widening gap between domestic and foreign patent ownership in Canada. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 175, 121367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121367
Augustin, T. J., Gagnon, S. M., & Cukier, W. (2022). Incubators and accelerators as illusionary leaders for equality in entrepreneurial ecosystems. Academy of Management Proceedings, 1, 14909. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.14909abstract
Cukier, W., Elmi, M., Rahman, S. (2022). Women Business Owners and Their Contributions to Sustainability. BMO and Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BMO_Celebrating_Women_Grant_Program_2021_Full_Report.pdf
Cukier, W., Gagnon, S., Dalziel, M., Grant, K., Laplume, A. O., Ozkazanc-Pan, B., & Saba, T. (2022). Advancing knowledge: Women entrepreneurship in Canada. Routledge.
Cukier, W., Gagnon, S., Dalziel, M., Grant, K., Laplume, A., Ozkazanc-Pan, B., & Saba, T. (2022). Women entrepreneurship: Towards an inclusive innovation ecosystem. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 34(5), 475-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2022.2066436
Cukier, W., Mo, G. Y., & Francis, J. A. (2022). Women’s entrepreneurship in the inclusive innovation ecosystem in Canada. In B. Iwalla, T. Vorley, & H. Lawton Smith (Eds.), Gender, diversity and innovation (pp. 223-238). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800377462.00022
Cukier, W., Saunders, V., Stewart, S., & Wright, E. (2022). Social entrepreneurship and addressing SDGs through women’s empowerment: A case study of She-EO. In A. Ward, & E. Steckler (Eds.), World scientific encyclopedia of business sustainability, ethics and entrepreneurship. Volume 2: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (pp. 83-111). https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811248870_0005
Cukier, W., Chavoushi, Z.H., Pestun, S., & Rahman, S.M., (2022). Financing Women Entrepreneurs in Canada. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH). https://wekh.ca/research/financing-women-entrepreneurs-in-canada/
Cukier, W., Mo, G. Y., Chavoushi, Z. H., Borova, B., Osten, V. (2022). The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada 2022. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/WEKH_State_of_Womens_Entrepreneurship_in_Canada_2022.pdf
Farrell, E. (2022). Girls and Women: The Venture Capital Conundrum. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH). https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Venture-Capital-Conundrum.pdf
Grandy, G., & Culham, A. (2022). Women-focused entrepreneurial support organizations: Creating change in entrepreneurial ecosystems through building gender capital? Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 34(5), 502-523. https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1981730
Hodson, J., & Lefevre, L. M. (2022). Corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis of social media data: Tools and techniques. In A. Quan-Haase, & L. Sloan (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of social media research methods. SAGE Publications.
Hodson, J., Reid, D., Veletsianos, G., Houlden, S., & Thompson, C. (2022). Heuristic responses to pandemic uncertainty: Practicable communication strategies of “reasoned transparency” to aid public reception of changing science. Public Understanding of Science, 32(4), 428-441. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625221135425
Hughes, K., & Saunders, C. (2022). Early Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH). https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Early-Impacts-of-the-COVID-19-Pandemic-on-Womens-Entrepreneurship-in-Canada.pdf
Jedwab, J. (2022). The majority of Canadians don’t know the meaning of colonization and settler colonialism: Does it matter?. Canadian Issues, 17-22. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2769300109/abstract/3B956664BF2A40C3PQ/6?accountid=13631
Mibel, K., Saba, T., Aïchatou, H., Beauger, N., Côté, I., De Marcellis-Warin, N., Hubert, A., Lassonde, M., Murray, A., & Proulx V. (2022). Propelling Women into STEM and Skilled and Non-Traditional Professions. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH). https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Propelling-Women-into-STEM-and-Skilled-and-Non-Traditional-Professions.pdf
Ng, E. S., & McGowan, R. A. (2022). Breaking the glass ceiling: Views of women from the second‐wave feminist movement. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences/Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l’Administration. https://doi.org/10.1002/cjas.1694
Ozkazanc-Pan, B. (2022). Rethinking social capital: Entrepreneurial ecosystems as contested communities. In R. N. Eberhart, M. Lounsbury, H. E. Aldrich (Eds.), Entrepreneurialism and society: Consequences and meanings, volume 82 (pp. 69-87). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20220000082004
Richard, A. & Thorvaldson, K. (2022). Resources for Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs: An analysis of the current supports available in the ecosystem. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH). https://wekh.ca/research/resources-for-indigenous-women-entrepreneurs/
Sui, S., Morgan, H. M., & Baum, M. (2022). Differences between women-and men-owned export businesses: Are women-owned export businesses more financially successful when they adopt an intensive export strategy?. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 34(5), 578-595. https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2022.2045169
Wall-Andrews, C., Wijesingha, R., Cukier, W., & Lightwala, O. (2022). The state of diversity among leadership roles within Canada’s largest arts and cultural institutions. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, 41(9), 30-46. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-02-2021-0054
Wall-Andrews, C., Wijesingha, R., Lightwala, O., & Cukier, W. (2022). Canadian arts and culture: Gender and race in leadership. Academy of Management Proceedings, 1, 10824. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.10824abstract
Williams, A., Kemp, A., & Reimer, A. (2022). Disrupting Capital Through the Crowd: A case study of innovation in rewards-based crowdfunding for women entrepreneurs. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH). https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Disrupting_Capital_Through_the_Crowd.pdf

2021

Banerjee, R. (2021). New Canadians working amidst a new normal: Recent immigrant wage penalties in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Black Business and Professional Association, Casa Foundation, de Sedulous Women Leaders, & Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. (2021). Rise up: A study of 700 Black women entrepreneurs. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/BBPA-Rise-Up.pdf
Croteau, M., Grant, K. A., Rojas, C., & Abdelhamid, H. (2021). The lost generation of entrepreneurs? The impact of COVID-19 on the availability of risk capital in Canada. Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, 13(4), 606-627. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEEE-07-2020-0273
Cukier, W., Elmi, M., Rahman, S., Illesinghe, V., & Osten, V. (2021). BMO Celebrating Women Grant Program 2021: Women business owners and their contributions to sustainability. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH). https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/BMO_Celebrating_Women_Grant_Program_2021_Report_ExecutiveSummary.pdf
Cukier, W., Atputharajah, A., & Latif, R. (2021). Diversity in leadership across Canada: Exploring barriers to inclusion. Academy of Management Proceedings, 1, 15016. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.15016abstract
Cisneros, L., Saba, T., Danthine, E., Chouchane, R., Registre, J.F.R., Cachat-Rosset, G., Guiliani, F., Leiva, F.B., & Marchand, R. (2021). Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Quebec: An entrepreneurial ecosystem that catalyzes or inhibits? Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, La base entrepreneuriale HEC Montréal, L’Institut d’entrepreneuriat Banque Nationale ⎜HEC Montréal, Réseau Mentorat, BMO Chair in Diversity and Governance. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Immigrant_Entrepreneurship_in_Quebec.pdf
Cukier, W., Mo, G. Y., Chavoushi, Z. H., Blanchette, S., Noshiravani, R. (2021). The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada 2021. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/WEKH_State_of_Womens_Entrepreneurship_in_Canada_2021.pdf
Dalziel, M., & Zhao, X. (2021). University-industry knowledge transfer: The case of the godfathers of artificial intelligence. Academy of Management Proceedings, 1, 10728. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.10728abstract
de Laat, K., Montague, A., & Grenaway, C. (2021). Growth untapped: Designing funding with an equity lens. Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship, Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Growth-Untapped.pdf
Grant, K., & Rahman, S. (2021). Assessing the participation and success of women entrepreneurs in unicorn startups. In F. Matos, A. Rosa, M. de Fatima Ferreiro, I. Salavisa (Eds.), 16th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE 2021), Vol 1 (p. 397-406). Academic Conferences and Publishing International Ltd. https://www.proceedings.com/content/061/061348webtoc.pdf
Hassannezhad Chavoushi, Z., Mo, G. Y., & Cukier, W. (2021). Social finance for women’s entrepreneurship in Canada. In T. Walker, J. McGaughey, S. Goubran & N. Wagdy (Eds.), Innovations in social finance: Transitioning beyond economic value (pp. 69-96). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72535-8_4
Hewlin, P., Chang, S., Wang, H., Rojas Vizarreta, F., & Hassannezhad Chavoushi, Z. (2021). Perceptions of Supplier Diversity: Media analysis and the experience of change agents. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH). https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/WEKH_Perceptions_of_Supplier_Diversity.pdf
Hewlin, P. F., Chang, S. Wang, H., Vizareta, F. & Chavoushi, Z.H. (2021). Perceptions of supplier diversity media analysis and the experience of change agents. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH). https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/WEKH_Perceptions_of_Supplier_Diversity.pdf
Hughes, K. D., Saunders, C., & Denier, L. (2021). Lockdowns, pivots & triple shifts: Assessing the early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for women entrepreneurs. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 34(5), 483-501. https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2022.2042657
Jedwab, J., & Holley, P. (2021). Who’s the north? The challenge that immigration and diversity present to the dominance of hockey in 21st century Canada. Canadian Ethnic Studies, 53(3), 163-181. https://doi.org/10.1353/ces.2021.0024
Lee, H., & Kaplan, S. (2021). Gender, Race, & Entrepreneurship: Current understandings and a future research agenda. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Gender_race_and_entrepreneurship.pdf
Lin, X., Akin, K., & Carsrud, C. (2021), Contextualizing entrepreneurial intentions: Economic dynamism and culture in multilayered relationships. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 26(4), 2150025. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1084946721500254
Morgan, H. M., Sui, S., & Malhotra, S. (2021). No place like home: The effect of exporting to the country of origin on the financial performance of immigrant-owned SMEs. Journal of International Business Studies, 52, 504-524. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-020-00360-8
Ozkazanc-Pan, B. (2021). Diversity and future of work: Inequality abound or opportunities for all?. Management Decision, 59(11), 2645-2659. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-02-2019-0244
Ozkazanc-Pan, B., & Muntean, S. C. (2021). Entrepreneurial ecosystems: A gender perspective. Cambridge University Press.
Ozkazanc‐Pan, B., & Pullen, A. (2021). Reimagining value: A feminist commentary in the midst of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Gender, Work, and Organization, 28(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12591
Saba, T., Blanchette, S., & Kronfli, C. (2021). Supporting entrepreneurship and SMEs: A post-pandemic skills and training agenda. Public Policy Forum, Diversity Institute, Future Skills Centre. https://ppforum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SupportingEntrepreneurshipAndSMEs-PPF-June2021-EN.pdf
Saba, T., Ozbilgin, M., Ng, E., & Cachat-Rosset, G. (2021). Guest editorial: Ineffectiveness of diversity management: Lack of knowledge, lack of interest or resistance?. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, 40(7), 765-769. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-09-2021-374
Vu, V., & Denney, S. (2021). Scale the Gap: Exploring gender ownership and growth experiences for Canadian firms. Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship, Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. https://brookfieldinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/Scale-the-Gap-English.pdf
Wall-Andrews, C., Walker, E., & Cukier, W. (2021). Support mechanisms for Canada’s cultural and creative sectors during COVID-19. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 14(12), 595. https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm14120595
Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, Black Business and Professional Association, Casa Foundation, & de Sedulous Women Leaders. (2020). Building Solidarity and Collaboration to Support African, Caribbean, and Black women Entrepreneurs during COVID-19: Virtual roundtable summary report. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Building_Solidarity_and_Collaboration_to_Support_African_Caribbean.pdf
Xiyan, Y., & Lin, X. (2021). Overcoming informal barriers to trade: Immigrant educational attainment vs. network competence. International Business Review, 31(1), 101918. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101918

2020

Beckton, C., & McDonald, J. (2020). Grow Global: Women entrepreneurs and export. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, Export Development Canada, Business Development Bank of Canada. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Grow_Global_Women_Entrepreneurs_and_Export.pdf
Byrne, A., Chadwick, I. C., & Hancock, A. J. (2021). Women leaders’ views on demand-side strategies. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 36(1), 31-50. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-03-2019-0155
Chadwick, I., & Dawson, A. (2020). Do I (want to) fit in? Women entrepreneurs’ journey from imposter fears to authenticity. Academy of Management Proceedings, 1, 10264. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.10264abstract
Chadwick, I. C., & Raver, J. L. (2020). Psychological resilience and its downstream effects for business survival in nascent entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 44(2), 233-255. https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258718801597
Cukier, W., & Hassannezhad Chavoushi, Z. (2020). Facilitating women entrepreneurship in Canada: The case of WEKH. Gender in Management, 35(3), 303-318. https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-11-2019-0204
Cukier, W., Itano-Boase, M., & Atputharajah, A. (2020). Supporting immigrant and newcomer entrepreneurs in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadian Diversity, 17(3), 23-27. https://acs-metropolis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/canadiandiversity-vol17-no3-2020-d3549.pdf
Cukier, W., Gagnon, S. & Latif, R. (2020). Changing the narrative: Shaping legislation to advance diversity on boards in Canada. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, 40(7), 770-800. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-03-2019-0090
Cukier, W., Gagnon, S., Blanchette, S., Hassannezhad, Z., Elmi, M., & Atputharajah, A. (2020). See It. Be It: Women entrepreneurs beyond the stereotypes. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, Brookfield Institute for Innovation. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/See_It_Be_It.pdf
Cukier, W., Gagnon, S., Hodson, J., Saba, T., Grandy, G., Morton, S., Elmi, M., Stolarick, K., & Chavoushi, Z.H. (2020). The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada: 2020. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/WEKH_State_of_Womens_Entrepreneurship_in_Canada_2020_EN-1.pdf
Cukier, W., Gagnon, S., Hodson, J., Saba, T., Grandy, G., Morton, S., Elmi, M., Stolarick, K., & Chavoushi, Z.H. (2020). The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada: 2020. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/WEKH_State_of_Womens_Entrepreneurship_in_Canada_2020_EN-1.pdf
Dalziel, M. (2020). The public support of radical innovation. In B. Perrin, K. E. Newcomer, & T. Tyrrell (Eds.), Changing Bureaucracies. Adapting to uncertainty, and how evaluation can help (pp. 77-94). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003100584
Dalziel, M. (2020). The public support of radical innovation. In B. Perrin, K. E. Newcomer, & T. Tyrrell (Eds.), Changing Bureaucracies. Adapting to uncertainty, and how evaluation can help (pp. 77-94). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003100584
de Laat, K., & Hellstern, M. (2020). Growing their own way: High-growth women entrepreneurs in Canada. Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship, Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GrowingTheirOwnWay-Report.pdf
de Lange, D., & Valliere, D. (2020). Investor preferences between the sharing economy and incumbent firms. Journal of Business Research, 116, 37-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.05.007
Dessanti, C. (2020). The She-Covery Project: Confronting the gendered economic impacts of COVID-19 in Ontario. Ontario Chamber of Commerce, Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, Diversity Institute. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The_She-covery_Project_EN.pdf
Fielding, S., & Malli, N. (2020). A Portrait of Creative Entrepreneurship and the Creative Economy in Canada. Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship, Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Portraits-of-Creative-Entrepreneurs.pdf
Femmessor. (2020). A Look at Québec Women Entrepreneurship During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of the survey conducted by Femmessor, April 2020. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, Femmessor. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/WEKH_A_Look_at_Quebec_Women_Entrepreneurship_During_the_COVID-19_Pandemic.pdf
Grandy, G. (2020). Guest editorial. Gender in Management, 35(3), 257-260. https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-05-2020-238
Fletcher, A., Newton, C., & Grandy, G. (2020). Boosting Economic Growth: A report on women ag entrepreneurship in Saskatchewan. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, Hill and Levene Schools of Business at the University of Regina. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SK-Ag-Report.pdf
Hughes, K. D., & Saunders, C. (2020). Trends in Canadian Women’s Entrepreneurship 2013-2019. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, The Centre for Innovation Studies, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Trends_in_Canadian_Womens_Entrepreneurship_2013%E2%80%932019.pdf
Hughes, K. D. & Saunders, C. (2020). Women’s entrepreneurship & entrepreneurial ecosystems in Canada. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, The Centre for Innovation Studies, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Womens_Entrepreneurship_and_Entrepreneurial_Ecosystems_in_Canada.pdf
Jakobsh, K., & Boskov, S. (2020). Breaking Barriers: A decade of Indigenous women’s entrepreneurship in Canada. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Breaking_Barriers.pdf
Menking, A., & Kaplan, S. (2020). Shattering the Second Glass Ceiling: Financing women’s entrepreneurial ventures. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, Institute for Gender and the Economy. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Shattering_the_Second_Glass_Ceiling.pdf
Menking, A., & Kaplan, S. (2020). The Rise of Femtech. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, Institute for Gender and the Economy. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/The_Rise_of_Femtech.pdf
Morton, S., Jakobsh, K., & Savic, K. (2020). Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs: Preliminary report. Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Indigenous_Women_Entrepreneurs_EN.pdf
Morgan, H. M. (2020). Underdog entrepreneurs: A framework of success for marginalized and minority innovators. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20408-2
Morgan, H. M., Sui, S., & Malhotra, S. (2020). The effect of exporting to country of origin on the financial performance of immigrant-owned SMEs. Academy of Management Proceedings, 1, 10060. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.57
Motoyama, Y., Muntean, S. C., Knowlton, K., & Ozkazanc-Pan, B. (2021). Causes of the gender divide within entrepreneurship ecosystems. Local Economy, 36(3), 187-204. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094221995783
Ng, E. S., & Gagnon, S. (2020). Employment gaps and underemployment for racialized groups and immigrants in Canada: Current findings and future directions. Public Policy Forum, Future Skills Centre, Diversity Institute. https://fsc-ccf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/EmploymentGaps-Immigrants-PPF-JAN2020-EN.pdf
Özkazanç-Pan, B. (2020). Feminist writing in a gendered transnational world: Women on the move?. In A. Pullen, J. Helin, & N. Harding (Eds.), Writing differently. Dialogues in critical management studies, volume 4 (pp. 13-24). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2046-607220200000004003
Özkazanç‐Pan, B., & Pullen, A. (2020). Gendered labour and work, even in pandemic times. Gender, Work, and Organization, 27(5), 675. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12516
Schmitz, N., Holley, P., Meng, X., Fish, L., & Jedwab, J. (2020). COVID-19 and depressive symptoms: A community-based study in Quebec, Canada. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 65(10), 733-735. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743720943812
Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, & The Evidence Network. (2020). The Role of Evaluation for Entrepreneur Support Programs. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The_Role_of_Evaluation_for_Entrepreneur_-Support_Programs-2.pdf
Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. (2020). The Impact of COVID-19 on Women Entrepreneurs. https://wekh.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/WEKH_The_Impact_of_COVID-19_on_Women_Entrepreneurs-6.pdf

2019

Basir, N., & Dalziel, M. (2019). Creating high potential entrepreneurs: The Waterloo story. Academy of Management Proceedings, 1, 18967. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.18967abstract
Chadwick, I. C., & Raver, J. L. (2019). Not for the faint of heart? A gendered perspective on psychological distress in entrepreneurship. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 24(6), 662-674. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000157
Cukier, W., Jackson, S., & Gagnon, S. (2019). The representation of women and racialized minorities as expert sources on-air in Canadian public affairs television. Canadian Journal of Communication, 44(1), 25-47. https://doi.org/10.22230/cjc.2019v44n1a3321

Research

The State of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Canada 2025

Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub

2025

See it. Be it. A Showcase of Indigenous Entrepreneurs

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Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub

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