EMPOWERING LOCAL WOMEN TO REACH FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE
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LET’S START UP PATHWAY
The registration period for the Fall cohort is launched!
Are you looking for a fresh start and eager to acquire key skills to achieve your professional or entrepreneurial ambitions and attain sustainable financial independence?
The Lise Watier Foundation offers you the Let’s Start Up Pathway!
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The annual 2025 Ball
October 16, 2025 | Windsor Station
The annual Lise Watier Foundation Ball returns for an exceptional 12ᵉ edition, in the prestigious setting of Windsor Station. For one evening, let yourself be transported into a captivating atmosphere, where golden sparkles, fiery reflections, and play of lights will illuminate this grand celebration of the strength, resilience, and ambition of the women we support.
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Watier and Jean Coutu join forces to support the cause
From May 1st, to June 11, 2025, $10 will be donated to the Foundation for every Rouge Gourmand lipstick sold, regardless of the shade chosen.*
A gesture for yourself, a gesture for them. Head to your nearest Jean Coutu store today, or shop online!
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The 2025 Cocktail
April 10, 2025 was the 4th edition of the Lise Watier Foundation Cocktail. Under the honorary co-presidency of Lucia Dzoara Mendoza (BMO), Julien Jauffret, Tristan Rocheleau (National Bank Financial_Team Guy Côté), the new generation of philanthropists gathered at New City Gas to support the financial independence of local women.
A helping hand for women
As an organization working for financial independence for women, the role of the Lise Watier Foundation is to offer 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
Programs that change lives
1380
women supported towards financial independence.
6
regions served
(Montreal, Quebec City, Laurentians, Montérégie, Sherbrooke, and Toronto).
171
businesses launched or propelled.
59
women have received or are receiving financial aid to pursue post-secondary education.
33 %
are in a better
financial situation after just one year.
