Importance of made in Canada goods

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About Kathy Cheng

Kathy Cheng is the President of WS & Co., one of Canada’s leading full-service apparelmanufacturers. She is also the founder of WS & Co.’s in-stock apparel line, Redwood ClassicsApparel, which provides promotional and retail distributors with trending garments that arehandcrafted in North America.

Kathy was honoured with the WBE Accelerator Award in 2017, was a recipient of MBEMagazine’s “MBEs Who Rock” Awards in 2016 and honoured by CAMSC as the 2015 Supplier ofthe Year. In 2016, Advertising Specialty Institute® (ASI) presented Kathy with the prestigiousCounselor Supplier Woman of Distinction Award for her positive mark in the industry throughher business acumen and leadership abilities. In 2014, Kathy was also one of three Canadiansinducted into The EY Entrepreneurial Winning WomenTM program, a North Americancompetition and executive leadership program. In 2013, she won a position on the Women’sExecutive Network’s list of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada.

As a diverse certified supplier of CAMSC (Canadian Aboriginal Minority Supplier Council), WBECanada (Women’s Business Enterprises Canada) and WE Connect International, Kathy is on theBoard of Directors for CAMSC, is a WBE Canada Supplier Advisory Council Member, and anAmbassador for CGLCC (Canadian Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce).