Toronto, November 7, 2017– The Canadian Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC) has given its Chair’s Award to Debra Quade, Manager of Supplier Diversity at Kellogg Company.

The Chair’s Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to the LGBT+ business movement in Canada and/or globally.  This year’s recipient has demonstrated a strong commitment to increasing opportunities for LGBT-owned businesses in Canada through her ongoing support of the CGLCC Supplier Diversity Program. 

Toronto, November 7, 2017 – The Canadian Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC) has awarded its Business Leader of the Year Award to Maura Lawless, Executive Director of Toronto’s The 519.

The CGLCC Business Leader of the Year Award celebrates an individual who has made a significant contribution to the LGBT+ community in Canada.  

Toronto, November 7, 2017 – The Canadian Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC) has given its National Corporation of the Year Award for 2017 to the TD Bank Group.

The award is given to a company of 1,000 or more employees operating in at least three provinces or territories that has shown commitment to the LGBT community. It has done this by providing programs and/or services specific to the LGBT+ community (including its own employees) and by helping LGBT+ businesses to grow and prosper.

November 7, 2017 (Toronto, ON) - The Canadian Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC) announced Freshco as the 2017 CGLCC LGBT+ Business of the Year Award recipient at the organization’s Black & White Gala. "As part of the CGLCC’s mission to contribute to a thriving and inclusive Canadian economy, this award honours a company that is owned, operated, and controlled by an LGBT+ individual that has made a significant contribution to the LGBT+ community in Canada. Nominations for this award were accepted from a broad call throughout the community," said CGLCC Co-Founder and Board Chair Bruce McDonald. 

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Toronto – June 16, 2017: The Canadian Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC), with support from the Province of Ontario through the Ontario150 program, and in collaboration with partners across the province, launched the Ontario LGBTQ Youth Entrepreneur Program – #OUTForBusiness – at the 5th Annual LGBT Summit of the Americas in Toronto.

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NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN CHAMER OF COMMERCE GLOBAL LGBT SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
TORONTO JUNE 14-16, 2017

WHAT: Top LGBT entrepreneurs and business owners will come together to share best practices, meet with corporate leaders interested in diverse suppliers, and identify barriers to growth and overall success when    the CGLCC (Canadian Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce), hosts the NGLCC (National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce) Global 5th Annual LGBT Summit of the Americas. 

Toronto - April 3, 2017 - The Canadian Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC), in partnership with the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) of the United States, will host the NGLCC Global 5th Annual LGBT Summit of the Americas in Toronto, Canada June 14-16, 2017 at the InterContinental Yorkville hotel.
 
This year’s Summit brings together leaders and experts from government, corporations, entrepreneurship, academia, and global economic development.  Through educational programming and networking, the Summit will strengthen the ecosystem that supports the advancement of economic and social development of LGBT entrepreneurs and the LGBT community at large, here in Canada, the Americas, and globally.

Toronto, Ontario – January 20, 2017 – Almost 30% of LGBT employees report experiencing discrimination in the workplace*. While protecting employees from discrimination is both a legal and ethical responsibility for employers, and is generally spelled out in anti-harassment policies, there is often a disconnect between policy and practice. The Canadian Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC) believes that the topic of LGBT inclusion needs to be integrated into employee training programs.  The CGLCC, in collaboration with LGBT-certified consultant Annemarie Shrouder, has dedicated resources to the development of LGBT Diversity and Inclusion Training Online, an educational initiative to help employers meet this need.

Toronto, December 12, 2016 – The Canadian Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC) has awarded Paul Skippen, a partner at Deloitte LLP, with its first-ever business leader of the year award.  

The Business Leader of the Year Award recognizes an individual that has shown leadership in business, and who has made a significant contribution to the LGBT+ community in Canada.  The contribution may be through business or volunteer activities with a corporation, educational institution, association, or non-profit agency.

Toronto, December 12, 2016 – The Canadian Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC) has awarded its first-ever corporation of the year award to Royal Bank of Canada.

The corporation of the year award recognizes an organization operating in three or more provinces and having more than one-thousand employees in Canada that has made a significant contribution to the LGBT+ business movement in Canada through internal and external programs and policies.