🇦🇺 Australia

• Mikaela Jade of Indigital spoke to Spark Lab NZ about her company’s insights for New Zealand. “Working with people is really the only way to achieve great outcomes for both the business and the community.”
• Mikaela Jade of Indigital was selected as Australia’s lead entrant into the international Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Science (CAETS) Communication Prize. The Indigital video showcases the way they are using digital technologies to learn Indigenous heritage, and the use of First Nations culture to teach digital skills.
• The United Nations 68th Commission on the Status of Women chose the theme Count Her In for this year’s International Women’s Day. Women Love Tech has assembled messages from a diverse group of women including Trenna Probert of Super Fierce.
• Sarah Gun of **GOGO Events** and the GOGO Foundation wrote a piece for INDaily highlighting how for some women, the celebrations of International Women’s Day mean little as they struggle with little or no financial security, a punitive welfare system and trauma.

🇨🇦 Canada

• RainStick Shower was included in a list of 5 sustainable home design and decor options.
• Technologies Ecofixe was one of four companies selected for a loan from the Government of Canada. The $200,000 repayable contribution from CED will enable the Blainville SME to, among other things, acquire equipment and launch a marketing strategy in the U.S.
• Cheekbone Beauty was included in a list of “15 Women-Owned Vegan Beauty Brands to Know”.
• Bold Helmets was selected as a recipient of Visa Canada’s She’s Next Grant Program. Aiming to uplift women-owned small businesses, the program awards 10 winners a $10,000 CAD grant and access to an accelerated mentorship program through York University’s YSpace.
• Jodi Huettner of Helga Wear was included in a list of 2024's Top Women in Safety.
• Elle featured a list of Canadian entrepreneurs including Teara Fraser of Iskwew Air and Erin Brillon of Totem Design House and asked what International Women's Day means to them.
• CANN Forecast has joined a coalition of ten water technology start-ups from five countries as part of the 2024 cohort of The Water Council’s BREW 2.0 Post-Accelerator.
• Cheekbone Beauty was included in a list of “10 women-owned brands we love” by National Post.
• The Zoe Report published a list of women-owned beauty brands that make giving back a priority, and included Cheekbone Beauty.
• Aunalee Boyd-Good of Ay Lelum spoke to CBC Radio about the business of making art on the island.
• Sheena Russell of Made With Local spoke to This Commerce Life podcast about creating positive social and environmental change.
• RainStick Shower was selected as a finalist for the fifth annual BC Cleantech Awards. Representing sectors and regions from across the province, these innovators, industry leaders, government officials, investors, and academics are the cream of the BC cleantech crop.
• Nita Tandon of Dalcini Stainless joined the Export Impact podcast from EDC to share her company’s captivating journey to global success with host Joe Mimran.
• Aurea Technologies received $391,545 in repayable contributions from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) to support sales, marketing, and production of its portable wind turbine, Shine.