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$861,980 in funding on Friday on behalf of Dan Vandal, Minister for PrairiesCan. The Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association is receiving $375,630 to launch a business incubator program, while Movement51 is receiving $486,350 to deliver financial literacy workshops and coaching to women investors.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
“I think it gives individuals financial acumen, but gives the participants confidence and it gives them a know-how of where they begin,” said Shivji. “Ultimately, it’s all for the broader economic growth of, we’ll say, Calgary, the prairies, Canada,” said Shivji. “That’s what we’re aiming for. It’s focused on that economic growth and we’re here to like, enable and support and enhance and grow that.”
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