Nominations for the Women's Executive Network's (WXN) Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards Close in Two Weeks

TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - May 15, 2014) - The Top 100 Awards celebrates the professional achievements of remarkable female leaders across the country in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Since 2003, WXN has honoured 728 inspiring women, inducting 93 of these women into the Top 100 Hall of Fame. These strong, brilliant women are accomplished, tenacious, driven, groundbreaking, agents of change, and remind us that nothing is impossible.

"As we seek to inspire the future generation of female leaders, we must recognize the importance of having female role models for young women. It is for this reason that the Top 100 Awards are so important; they highlight the remarkable women of today, so that we can propel the future leaders of tomorrow into greatness," said WXN Founder, Pamela Jeffery.

Nominations are open to the public and each Top 100 Award Winner is selected by an independent Advisory Board. This is a great opportunity for Canadian organizations and individuals to shine a spotlight on outstanding women in one of nine Awards categories: Arts & Communications, RBC Champions, Accenture Corporate Directors, Scotiabank Corporate Executives, CIBC Entrepreneurs, TELUS Future Leaders, KPMG Professionals, Public Sector Leaders, Sun Life Financial Trailblazers & Trendsetters.

The deadline for the 2014 Nominations is Friday, May 30^th at 5:00 pm EDT. For more information and to submit a Nomination today, please visit: https://www.wxnetwork.com/top-100/nominations/.

About Women's Executive Network (WXN)

At WXN, we inspire smart women to lead. Founded in 1997, the Women's Executive Network (WXN) is Canada's leading organization dedicated to the advancement and recognition of women in management, executive, professional and board roles. WXN creates and delivers innovative networking, mentoring, professional and personal development to inform, inspire, connect and recognize our community of 19,000 smart women and their organizations in the pursuit of excellence.

WXN enables our Partners and Corporate Members to become and to be recognized as employers of choice and leaders in the advancement of women. It is through this ongoing support that we are able to continue to inspire smart women to lead.

For more information, visit wxnetwork.com.

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