Today I mark a milestone 20 years of blogging the Miss604 Vancouver Blog with a reflective, and classic, blog post.

Celebrate this year’s Indigenous Business Award recipients at a gala in Vancouver on November 1, 2023 presented by BC Achievement Foundation

Nominations are open until May 31, 2023 for the BC Achievement Foundation’s 15th annual Indigenous Business Award program.

YWCA Metro Vancouver has announced the 78 nominees for the 40th Women of Distinction Awards, presented by Scotiabank. Tickets for the awards gala May 9th are now on sale.

Nominations are now open for the 20th anniversary of the Small Business BC Awards, British Columbia’s largest awards competition dedicated exclusively to small businesses. 

The Future Arts Network is launching its inaugural mentorship workshop for emerging writers and artists of colour. The free, low-barrier, and accessible program will be held online this month and applications for the program are now open through January 9th.

The BC Achievement Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2022 Indigenous Business Award as well as the Fulmer Award in First Nations Art and the Carter Wosk Applied Art + Design Award.

In honour of Small Business Week in BC (October 17-21) the YMCA of Greater Vancouver is launching a free self employment program.

YWCA Metro Vancouver has announced the 75 nominees for the Women of Distinction Awards, presented by Scotiabank, and they are pleased to return to an in-person awards gala this year on May 26, 2022.

Employ to Empower, whose mission is to reduce stigma in the community for Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside residents, hopes to support its 100th DTES resident through its Entrepreneurship Program this year.