IWSCC’s 2025 Recap
Catch up with IWSCC and some of our biggest announcements and favourite moments of 2025. We can’t wait to bring even more value and support to Canada’s Veteran-Owned and Disabled-Owned Businesses in the new year!
Welcoming New Allies
IWSCC’s Corporate Members are committed to working with Canadian Veteran-Owned and Disabled-Owned businesses, and we’re proud to welcome new members each year.
In 2025, we were proud to welcome Air Canada, PwC (Price Waterhouse Cooper), and CBC / Radio Canada to the IWSCC Community.
Accelerating Canadian Accessibility
The Canadian Accessibility Marketplace is a nation-wide web directory of Certified Suppliers and their peers who make Canada a more accessible place.
Launching officially in Spring 2026, you can access a preview on our website now!
More Ways to Connect and Save
IWSCC has more than one way to join our community and share experience! Our Community Contributor program provides our members with platforms like blog articles, webinars, workshops, resource building, and referral bonuses!
Whether you’re helping us grow, welcoming peers, or sharing knowledge, IWSCC wants to magnify your voice and save you some dollars, too. Learn more about becoming a contributor today!
Celebrating Our Community
2026 marked the third year for IWSCC’s National Entrepreneurship Forums, Reach and Evolve. This year for the first time ever we recognized members of our community with three all-new IWSCC Awards.
In May during National AccessAbility Week IWSCC hosts Reach: The National Forum for Disabled Entrepreneurship. Our first-ever winners of the Community Impact, Corporate Member of the Year, and Certified Supplier of the Year Awards each make contributions to the success of Canadian Disabled-Owned businesses worth celebrating.
Community Impact Award
Jonathan Marriott
Corporate Member
of the Year
The City of Toronto
Certified Supplier
of the Year
LearnAbility Educational Solutions
At the end of November (not long before publishing this article) IWSCC hosts Evolve: The National Forum for Veteran Entrepreneurship. Our best Evolve Forum yet wouldn’t be complete without recognizing members of the IWSCC Community who lift up Canada’s Veteran-Owned businesses.
Community Impact Award
Canadian Veteran Marketplace
Corporate Member
of the Year
BMO
Certified Supplier
of the Year
F.A.S.T. Rescue
Special Thanks This Year
Along with all our community members, our speakers and resource partners who celebrate with us at Reach and Evolve, and our allies across Canada, IWSCC has a few more special shout-outs this year.
Based out of Coleman Alberta, Crow Works is an IWSCC Certified Supplier and helped elevate our first-ever Reach and Evolve Awards by supplying classy and professional custom-engraved trophies for our winners.
Thank you to Crow Works Engraving & Signs for helping us celebrate our community in style!
Founded in British Columbia, Maple Communications is an IWSCC Certified Supplier who supports deaf and hard-of-hearing Canadians and their allies with Video Remote Interpreting (VRI), in-person American Sign Language and Langue Signes du Quebec (LSQ) across Canada.
As our 2025 ASL supplier for all IWSCC events, Maple helped us reach more Canadians and provide an inclusive and accessible space.
Thank you to Bell for going above and beyond your role as an IWSCC Corporate Member by becoming a Supporting Sponsor for the 2025 Reach and Evolve Forums. Your sponsorship helped us bring dynamic speakers, resource providers, and allies together at our largest and most successful gatherings yet.
RBC has supported IWSCC since the beginning as one of our Founding Corporate Members.
They also help us provide accessible and inclusive spaces for our community and beyond as our 2025 Accessibility Partner. Thank you from the IWSCC team!
And of course, our biggest thank-you is to YOU! Thank you to our community members, and to allies of Veteran-Owned and Disabled-Owned businesses across Canada. We can’t wait to see you in the new year, and to celebrate and support Canada’s Veteran-Owned and Disabled-Owned businesses together. Happy holiday season from the IWSCC team.
