We Thrive BC is a program designed to support women entrepreneurs across British Columbia — especially newcomers, racialized women, and equity-deserving groups — through gender-informed, culturally inclusive business training and peer support. We offer free workshops and personalized one-on-one consultations to help you start, strengthen, and grow your business. This program is funded by the Government of Canada’s Women Entrepreneurship Strategy, in partnership with WeBC.
Cohort 2 is now open for registration.
After a successful first cohort, We Thrive BC returns with a new lineup of facilitators, refreshed topics, and updated content shaped by what our participants told us they needed most. Whether this is your first session or you’re coming back from Cohort 1, you’ll gain practical tools you can use right away, insight from new expert voices, and a community of women building their businesses alongside you.
Cohort 1 alumni are warmly welcome — the content is new, and so are the connections waiting for you.
Cohort 2 Workshop Topics include:
• Put AI to work for you
• AI for your Marketing Content
• Financing options + business planning
• Legal & operations basics
• Sales strategies
• Set up your AI tools
• Tax & bookkeeping basics
• How companies participate in government-funded projects
• In-person gathering — Kelowna and Vernon
Who should attend:
Women or individuals who self-identify as women and are currently starting or running a business, particularly those located in the Okanagan region and other communities outside Metro Vancouver and Victoria.
Important Note:
Registered women entrepreneurs will receive exclusive online classroom access details for each session two weeks, one week, and three days in advance via email.
Coming Workshop
Session 2: AI for Content Marketing
Get your business in front of more people!
Oct 6th, 2026 | 6–8 PM PT | Zoom | Free
📅 Tuesday, October 6, 2026
⏰ 6:00–8:00 PM PT
💻 Online via Zoom
🎟 Free
You know marketing matters. The challenge is finding the time to actually create the content.
Between serving customers, managing orders, handling admin, and running your business, writing posts, emails, and short videos can easily fall to the bottom of the list.
That’s what our next free workshop is designed to help with.
You’ll learn how to:
• Build an AI marketing assistant that understands your style
• Turn one idea into multiple posts, emails, and short videos
• Tailor content for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and more
• Streamline scheduling and publishing
• Spend less time creating content and more time running your business
No coding or technical experience is required.
Bonus: If time allows, we’ll also cover website-building basics.
Spots are limited. Scan the QR code and register today.
We Thrive BC Free Workshops - Cohort 2
Session 1: Sept 29, 2026 | 6–8 PM PT | Zoom | Free
AI shouldn’t just answer questions. It should get work done.
From Chatbox to AI Employee
Learn how AI can become a practical part of your business—not just something you occasionally ask questions. In this live session and following sessions, the speaker will demonstrate real-world ways AI can help small businesses:
-Websites that win customers: Turn visitors into enquiries and bookings
-Content & video, made faster: One idea, drafted for every platform, and you approve it before it goes out
-Systems that run your business: Replies, documents, spreadsheets, bookings, and meeting notes
-Your own method, automated: no change
Led by Yao Song, Founder of NextAgent AI Solutions, with nearly 10 years of AI and technology experience and 10+ production AI systems deployed.
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