EMPOWERING WOMEN TO REACH FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE
Entrepreneurship Employment Education
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The Électrique Glam Ball of the Lise Watier Foundation
It is with great pleasure that we are inviting you to the 10th edition of the Lise Watier Foundation’s Ball. Inspired by the theme of “Électrique Glam”, the event will take place on Thursday, October 12, 2023, at Windsor Station in Montreal, under the honorary presidency of Ms. Marie-Claude Dumas, President and CEO, WSP Canada.
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The registration period for the fall cohort is launched!
Are you looking for a fresh start and want to undertake a transformative professional project?
The Lise Watier Foundation offers the Let’s Start Up program to women who wish to carry out a professional project related to entrepreneurship, the pursuit of post-secondary studies or the search for a more fulfilling job.
Who we are
A helping hand for women
The mission of the Lise Watier Foundation is to help women living in a situation of economic, social or professional vulnerability reclaim confidence in their own abilities and take the initiative to act towards financial independence.
The Foundation offers women resources, training, support and access to a network to enable them to develop their self-confidence and their full professional potential.
Our intervention pillars
OUR IMPACT
A program that changes lives
The issue : In Canada, 39 % of working women earn less than $20,000 per year1
738
women supported towards financial independence.
98 %
of participants have a better level of confidence in
their skills.
98 %
acquired new knowledge and developed
their skills.
33 %
are in a better
financial situation after just one year.
94 %
say the program is still having a positive impact on their lives one year after completing it.
