Black Business Emergency Relief Grant (BBERG)
Why BBERG Especially due to the impact of COVID-19 and historical systemic racism on small Black businesses across Canada, the BBPA has taken the lead in creating the Black Business Emergency [...]
Support for Black Community During COVID-19 Crisis
PRESS RELEASE STREAM HERE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE G98.7FM, the Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA) and Operation Black Vote Canada (OBVC) , Present an Online Town Hall Meeting to [...]
Virtual 1st Fridays – Friday, April 3rd, 2020
Topic: VIRTUAL First Fridays Launch – Friday, April 3rd, 2020 Time: Apr 3, 2020 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/4168829863 Meeting ID: 416 882 9863 [...]
PM announces support for small businesses affected by impacts of COVID-19
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced additional new measures to support small businesses currently facing the economic impacts of COVID-19. The announcement is a part of the federal [...]
COVID-19 and Commercial Leases: Crowdsourced advice for small businesses and landlords
Advice for small businesses and landlords from the Office of Brad Bradford (City Councillor, Beaches-East York, Ward #19) Since the COVID-19 pandemic started to affect daily life, I have [...]
BBPA’s Programs and Events Update
Due to recent developments in the spread of the COVID-19, the world’s leading health organizations, including the WHO and CDC, have advised against large, public gatherings and other events that [...]
It’s Time to Learn from Black Female Entrepreneurs
To quote entrepreneur Maggie Lena Walker, the first female bank president of any race to charter a bank in 1902, “To avoid the traps and snares of life, black women must band together, put their [...]