Afflatus Hijab is women’s clothing brand that is designed in house locally. Afflatus started in 2014 out of a need for modest but yet fashionable clothing, which was something that was missing from the market. As a Muslim woman I could not find anything that was modest but also fashionable so I decided to create a clothing line. While having that in mind I wanted to have a social platform as well, our primary focus is women empowerment and de-stigmatizing mental illnesses.

Every collection that comes out has a specific campaign attached to it such as: Indigenous women, women dealing with a mental illness, refugees, single mothers, teachers, entrepreneurs, and mothers who have a child with a disability just to name a few. We then pick women who correspond with the specific campaign and name a piece after them while telling their story. When you are buying a piece from Afflatus you are actually buying someone’s story, which in return has helped many people. The reason we name them after specific women and tell their story is because we want to bridge gaps in the community, let other women know they are not alone, get the help they may need, and lastly we want to give women a platform, where in most cases they wouldn’t have that opportunity.

We are located at 5509 130 Ave. in Edmonton, Alberta. Learn more: afflatushijab.com

CHRC is a coffee company and lifestyle brand based out of Calgary, AB. Our mission as a company is “Fuelling your outdoor pursuits to conserve our wild places.” We currently have one iconic/heritage coffee shop located in Ramsay and a newly minted roasting facility located just outside of Calgary in Rocky View County. We have successfully been in business for 7 years as of November 2, 2022 and strive to keep the train rolling on for years to come.

Our company has three key team members alongside eight incredibly talented employees. Our goal is to fuel your passion while giving back to our wild places. We create products that enhance peoples experience and interaction in the outdoors. Initially we started with a Calgary focused whole bean roasted coffee. We would roast and package coffees with natural tasting notes of chocolate, caramel, smoke, and toffee. We believe everything tastes better in the outdoors and we wanted to be a coffee brand synonymous with camping. We have since created a national focused SKU line and offering named Canadian Heritage Roasting Co which collaborate credited art of a Grizzly, Bison, Salmon Run, and Burnt Timber on the bags designed by a local artist Michael Sydoryk (Wildform Art).

We sell our coffee nationally and internationally giving exposure to Canada’s beauty, Mikes art, and our tasty coffee. We also sell “Flash Fuel” – a first to market craft instant coffee that we produce in house. We wanted to create a craft instant coffee that actually tasted good using only high quality coffee and launched our Flash Fuel in December of 2021 with a distinct matchbox look containing 10 individual servings of instant coffee. In addition, we developed an outdoors-inspires clothing brand built for the harshness of our Northern Climate. We design, and locally build down filled wax canvas vests right here in Calgary along with other unique garments. We have built all of these products in an endeavour to fuel our customers outdoor pursuits. Learn more: calgaryheritageroastingco.com

Educating AMY (AMY stands for All Me and You) specializes in Montessori/Waldorf/Reggio-inspired and stage-based interactive Quiet Books for Children aged 0-7 years. The product is curated using the latest science in Brain Development. A Social Entrepreneurship with a vision to create the greatest value for humanity, which it believes is through education. We focus on the first years of a person’s life because the full Brain Architecture is developed in them. Hence, Educating AMY focuses on providing means for little children and parents to be effectively educated (product and free content) and bring education to girls in impoverished communities (India) who do not have the chance to get a formal education. Educating AMY provides a positive social impact, taking into account the unwanted negative consequences of the typical one-for-one models by tackling a root cause of poverty, lack of education for girls. Enabling these girls would allow a large population to contribute and create value for society. Books are also manufactured in India by a woman-led team of Artisans.

Educating AMY has been in operation since January 2021 and is a Calgary, Alberta based company. Educating AMY was founded by Holly Lear who is a science nerd with degrees in Medical Sciences from University of Aberdeen and University of Edinburgh. Originally from Scotland, her goals are education and women empowerment. The core business is E-Commerce, wholesale and retail based. Educating AMY is active in the Calgary Local Market scene and had pop-ups in CF Market Mall and CF Chinook Mall. Learn more: educatingamy.com

The Painworth app helps people, lawyers, and insurance professionals easily calculate, manage, and settle personal injury cases in a quick, accurate way. This lets all the parties involved (especially claimants & insurers) avoid the stress, time delays, and unnecessary expenses typically associated with taking things to court.

Painworth allows Canadians to make informed decisions as to whether or not they want to or need to retain a lawyer or if they would like to try represent themselves instead. PainWorth even gives claimants some of the tools they need to represent themselves.

Building from aeroponic systems pioneered by NASA, AerOrganic is the most advanced indoor vertical farming technology on the market. Advance Harvest’s AerOrganic system grows plants on an engineered vertical wall using advanced LED lighting technology and a patented low-pressure emitter that creates a nano-cloud (very fine mist) of water and nutrients that is applied automatically to the root and leaf zones at specified intervals. The nano-cloud penetrates the roots and leaves, providing unparalleled nutrition to the plant.

Clinical Trial Hero is an Alberta-born mobile app and web offering that helps people find clinical trials near them. The app is among the first of its kind in the world, with the potential to disrupt clinical trial recruitment. COVID-19 has hampered clinical research as many clinics have shut down or operated at reduced capacity for months. As a result, clinical trials have suffered. The Clinical Trial Hero app has flourished, empowering patients with a digital solution, removing the necessity for personal contact during clinical trial patient recruitment. Patients have access to Clinical Trial Hero for free, an inclusive innovation that aims to help patients no matter their gender, race, or financial status.

Curiocity is an Alberta-founded, digital-only publication providing hyper-local news, things to do and bookable experiences and adventures to its growing audience of nearly three million people across Canada.

Recognizing the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic had on mental and emotional health, Curiocity shifted its ‘Local’ content verticals to be focused on uncovering positive stories about businesses, people and communities across the country. Curiocity also offered and continues to offer businesses free advertising on their platform, to help relieve some of the marketing challenges posed by the pandemic.