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**TERMS AND CONDITIONS
-Any 19+ aged woman entrepreneur, founder, executive, creator, or community leader residing and working in Canada is eligible to enter.
-Entrants' submission business must be a for-profit and lawfully operational concept in Canada.
-Entrant's submission business must be located in a province or territory of Canada.
-Entrant must not have received a grant from any previous programs
- Prizes carry no cash value. No prizing substitutions are available. Prizing is non-transferrable.
-Prizes expire Nov 30, 2027.
-Winner will be selected by panel of prize-sponsoring, industry expert judges by Oct 10, 2026. Winner will be selected from entrants who complete all required contest entry components.
-Winner will be contacted by Oct 15, 2026 by email. If winner does not claim their prize by Oct 30, 2026 a new winner will be selected by the judges panel.
-Prizing will be provided through virtual meetings and email correspondence with the listed prize sponsor panel of companies, excluding photography session with Paula Wilson Photography which is detailed here++. All prize activation timing will be at the full and forever discretion of the sponsoring prize companies, who will do their best to accommodate the desired timing requests of the winner wherever possible.
-++Photography session with Paula Wilson Photography must take place in person within 120km of Toronto, Ontario. It is the responsibility of the winner to either be present for this photoshoot and provide all products or service props, or to ship and arrange all delivery and set up logibstics of their photographable products or services props to Paula Wilson Photography for the studio session as well as the same-day return coordination of all items.
-Strategy House Agency reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion at any time, to require proof of identity and/or eligibility (in a form acceptable to Strategy House Agency) for the purposes of verifying eligibility to participate in the Program. Failure to provide such proof to the complete satisfaction of Strategy House Agency within the timeline specified may result in disqualification in the sole and absolute discretion of Strategy House Agency.
-Strategy Houe Agency reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion at any time, to disqualify any Applicant and/or Eligible Small Business if Strategy House Agency determines that allowing such Applicant and/or Eligible Small Business to participate in (or continue to participate in) the Program could bring Strategy House Agency into public disrepute or in any way impact the good standing or reputation of Strategy House Agency in the eyes of the general public. Strategy House Agency's decisions on all matters arising in this regard shall be final and binding without right of appeal.
-There is a limit of one (1) Application per person.
-If it is discovered by Strategy House Agency that any individual and/or entity has attempted to use any means not in keeping with Strategy House Agency's interpretation of the contest Terms to enter or otherwise participate in or to disrupt the Program; then such individual and/or entity may be disqualified from participating in the Program in the sole and absolute discretion of Strategy House Agency
-By participating in the Program, each Applicant (on their own behalf and on behalf of their future Eligible Small Business) hereby: (i) grants to Strategy House Agency and it judging partners, in perpetuity, a nonexclusive license to publish, display, reproduce, modify, edit or otherwise use all submitted Materials, in whole or in part, for advertising or promoting the Program or for any other reason (including, but not limited to, sharing anonymized information from Applications with external research partners as part of a research study to understand growth and sustainability strategies of women-owned businesses); (ii) waives all moral rights in and to the submitted Materials in favour of Strategy House Agency (and anyone authorized by Strategy House Agency to use such Materials); and (iii) agrees to release and hold harmless Strategy House Agency and the other Released Parties from and against any and all claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses arising from use of the submitted Materials, including, without limitation, any claim based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy, copyright infringement, trade-mark infringement or any other intellectual property related or other cause of action whatsoever.
-Strategy House Agency reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to cancel, amend or suspend the Program, or to amend these Terms, in any way without prior notice or obligation, in the event of any accident, printing, administrative, or other error of any kind, or for any other reason whatsoever.
-Strategy House Agency reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to adjust any of the dates, timeframes and/or other mechanics stipulated in these Terms, to the extent deemed necessary by Strategy House Agency, for purposes of verifying compliance by any participant, Materials and/or other information with these Terms, or as a result of any technical or other problems, or in light of any other circumstances which, in the opinion of Strategy House Agency, in its sole and absolute discretion, affect the proper administration of the Program as contemplated in these Terms, or for any other reason.
-By participating in the Program, each Applicant (on their own behalf and on behalf of their submitted future Eligible Small Business) hereby waives all moral rights in and to the submitted Materials in favour of Strategy House Agency and all judge partners and agrees to release and hold harmless Strategy House Agency and the other Released Parties from and against any and all claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses arising from their future business activities including, without limitation, any claim based on publicity rights, defamation, invasion of privacy, copyright infringement, trade-mark infringement or any other related or other cause of action whatsoever.
-BY PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM, THE APPLICANT AGREES (ON THEIR OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR FUTURE ELIGIBLE BUSINESS) THAT ANY AND ALL MATERIALS SUBMITTED IN RELATION TO THIS PROGRAM COMPLY WITH ALL CONDITIONS STATED IN THESE TERMS. STRATEGY HOUSS AGENCY AND THE OTHER RELEASED PARTIES WILL BEAR NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER REGARDING: (I) THE USE OF ANY MATERIALS SUBMITTED IN RELATION TO THIS PROGRAM; AND/OR (II) ANY USE, COLLECTION, STORAGE AND DISCLOSURE OF ANY SUCH MATERIALS AND/OR ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION. STRATEGY HOUSE AGENCY AND THE OTHER RELEASED PARTIES SHALL BE HELD HARMLESS BY THE APPLICANT AND THEIR ELIGIBLE SMALL BUSINESS IN THE EVENT IT IS DISCOVERED THAT THE APPLICANT AND/OR THEIR SMALL BUSINESS DEPARTED FROM OR NOT OTHERWISE FULLY COMPLIED WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS. THIS RELEASE AND INDEMNITY SHALL CONTINUE IN FORCE FOLLOWING THE TERMINATION OF THE PROGRAM AND/OR AWARDING OF ANY GRANTS.