Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is one of four pillars of our strategic framework of how we do business. It's a commitment we take seriously, and we recognize that we have a lot of work ahead of us. As we take this journey toward a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive business, we invite you to join us.
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
- Inclusive Growth
- Championing Women in Business
- Mentally Healthy Workplaces
- Accessibility in the Workplace
- Women's Advocacy
- Enhancing Business - Indigenous Engagement
The Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion provides resources for individuals, businesses, and organizations. With a wealth of tools available, here are just a few of the ones we're using that you might find helpful.
WeBC is a not-for-profit that has been supporting women business owners across the province for nearly three decades. Working with our regional partners, they have provided thousands of entrepreneurs with business loans and expertise, training, resources, and peer network support to help businesses grow and thrive.
Add or deepen your knowledge of the functional areas and skills required to run a successful business. From marketing to cash flow, operations to exporting, our interactive workshops and online learning are packed with information and designed by industry experts so every session is time well spent.
Business Training & Skills Development
Unsure where to start on creating employment and workplace policies? HR Covered has you covered.
- Document library: 1,000 HR documents & policies
- Compliant policy manual
- Extended coverage on core services (HR & Health & Safety)
- Education: free seminars
Kelowna Chamber members have FREE access to around 1,000 documents, forms, and policies ready to customize for your employee handbook. Need ad hoc HR services? There are special rates for those, too.
Members: log in to your member portal and learn more, and contact us to access the HR Covered Preferred Partnership Registration.
Doing business in the province of British Columbia means navigating Employment Standards. Having quick access to online resources can be helpful. We hope you and your employees find these links useful.
Whether it's using your email or managing an online store, there's risk to your business. We do all we can to assure the protection of your privacy, and we will never sell your information.
Many of us have received an email from seemingly legitimate companies (spoofing) asking us to update passwords, verify billing information, or click a link to confirm something (phishing).
The Kelowna Chamber will never ask you to do any of those things by email, nor will we endorse any specific advertising or marketing programs.
Our email always ends with @kelownachamber.org so look closely at the return email. When in doubt, call us.
For all things phishy, spoofy, or otherwise fraudulent, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security provides information and can help answer questions you might not know to ask. It's part of the Communications Security Establishment Canada, the single unified source of expert advice, guidance, services and support on cyber security for Canadians.
PreparedBC offers downloadable guides and fill-in-the-blank plans to help you prepare for emergencies, and offers a simple one-page document with scannable QR codes to take you directly to relevant resources.
Download the emergency document for your office, and visit the Emergency Preparedness resource site for more information.
More than 30,000 small to midsize businesses choose the Chambers Group Insurance Plan to protect their employees with comprehensive group benefits, including Health and Dental insurance, making it Canada’s #1 employee benefits plan for small business.
The Chambers Plan is the simple, stable, smart choice for business; combining accessibility, flexibility and the stability of pooled benefits. Firms choose the Chambers Plan year after year because it offers unsurpassed value and customer service.
- Employee Benefits
- Covers all industries including one-person firms, home business and farms
- Dental and Health options
- Guarantee Renewable Contract
- Fully pooled price stability
- Business Overhead Benefits
- RRSPs
- Insurance
Clear comfortable vision is an invaluable asset that supports quality of life, achieved potential, productivity and safety. Optimizing work, school and lifestyle activities, increasing confidence and extending independence are all benefits of healthy eyes and better vision.
Under the Iris Eyewear Benefit Program, members receive:
- $150 towards prescription eyeglasses and prescription sunglasses
- $50 towards fashion sunglasses or annual supply of contact lenses
- Many other valuable offers available
Constant Contact uses fully customizable templates for newsletter, announcements, events and surveys. It's a digital, email marketing and survey tool which allows you to track information about who is reading your newsletters, and what links are followed.
Business members receive a 20% discount for 6 months or 25% for 12 months.
The Kelowna Chamber's newest affinity program allows you to jumpstart your online presence. The Kelowna Chamber member exclusive package includes:
- 40% off a custom website
- Free logo design
- 1-year of secure web hosting
- Free domain name
- Dedicated account representative
The Esso Business Card programs give you exceptional fuel savings, and powerful yet easy-to-use fuel management tools. Eligible Kelowna Chamber of Commerce members and their employees receive up to 3.5 cents per litre discount (even better discounts for fleets!).
Pick the degree of control and reporting that's right for your business.
Canadian-owned, Payworks provides comprehensive, innovative, and integrated online Payroll, HR, and Employee Time Management solutions to businesses across Canada.
Kelowna Chamber members receive a benefit of 20% off Payworks integrated online solutions that increase payroll accuracy and reduce costly errors. These solutions are easy to use and backed by unparalleled client support with the goal to help you run your payroll as quickly and easily as possible while maintaining the highest levels of accuracy, reliability, and service.
Chamber members can take advantage of the UPS Members Benefit Program and save on a variety of UPS services.
- 50% off all small package shipments* including imports to Canada
- 30% off brokerage entry preparations fees
- at least 75% off freight shipments over 150 lb
Members also get FREE Automatic Daily Pickup and UPS On-Call Pickup®, so you can ship from the comfort of your office or home.
New and existing customers can enroll for free.
Freightcom is an all-in-one shipping solution for small-to-medium businesses. For eCommerce business, ClickShip helps to automate shipping integration with online stores and marketplaces. Users quote, compare, and book discounted shipments from national carriers. Shipping specialists optimize the process.
- Exclusive discounted rates & pickups from 50+ carriers, including UPS, FedEx, Canpar, and more
- eCommerce integrations with Shopify, WooCommerce, Amazon, eBay, Etsy, and others
- Streamline multichannel sales with automated labels & documentation
Member Benefits: Dedicated account executive, premier customer support, and access to business perks, promotions, and resources.
Through the Kelowna Chamber's membership with the British Columbia Chamber of Commerce, members can see following advantages when working with Kubera:
- Excellent payments hardware
- Fewer terminal and hardware issues
- Industry leading reporting capabilities
- Increased support from our BC based team of experts (augmenting 24-7-365 processor support)
- Increased profits through lower processing fees
