TORONTO, ON – September 18, 2025 – The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, Canada’s leading independent organization focused on Canada-Asia relations, is pleased to announce it is hosting its 10th Canadian Women-only Business Mission, Securing our Futures, in the Philippines and Singapore from February 5-11, 2026.
Securing our Futures: The Canadian Women-only Business Mission to the Philippines and Singapore is part of APF Canada’s 2019-2026 Women’s Business Mission to Asia Series. Applications are now open for the mission, which will bring together Canadian women and gender diverse entrepreneurs with their counterparts and businesses in the Philippines and Singapore with a focus on food and energy security, infrastructure development, and digital solutions.
This mission coincides with APF Canada’s Canada-in-Asia Conference 2026 (CIAC2026) and Canadian Women’s International Network’s (CanWIN’s) invite-only investor forum in Singapore in February, 2026.
Securing our Futures will promote inclusive economic growth in the Philippines and Singapore by advancing women’s and gender diverse entrepreneurs’ economic ties to Asia, exploring bilaterial and regional trade opportunities, catalyzing international business partnerships, and tapping into APF Canada’s Indo-Pacific networks through CIAC2026.
APF Canada invites interested applicants to apply.
Application Deadline: October 24, 2025, 11:59 p.m. ET, or until delegation spots are filled.
The Canadian Women-only Business Mission to the Philippines and Singapore is generously supported by the Government of Canada’s Women Entrepreneurship Strategy Ecosystem Fund and CanWIN’s Official Airline Partner, Air Canada.
Contacts:
Information:
A.W. Lee, Ph.D., Director, Inclusive International Trade,
Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
a.w.lee@asiapacific.ca
Media:
Michael Roberts, Communications Director
Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
michael.roberts@asiapacific.ca
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