Named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2026 Ontario Award Winner
This past June, I shared how honoured I was to be named an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2026 Ontario Finalist. Today, I'm incredibly proud to share that I've been named the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2026 Ontario Award winner in the Health and Life Sciences category.
Why this means so much
Wellex was built on a simple belief: women's health deserves the same rigour, research and attention as every other area of health. To see that work recognized in Health and Life Sciences, alongside founders building in fields like quantum computing, manufacturing and sustainability, means more than I can easily put into words.
What makes this recognition especially meaningful is that EY understands entrepreneurship isn't measured by size alone. It's about growth, courage, purpose and impact.
Building in Canada, for women everywhere
At Wellex, we're building a Canadian women's health company with global ambitions. We're developing intellectual property here, investing in human clinical research here, creating Canadian jobs, and taking Canadian innovation to women around the world.
Our mission is simple: to help women feel well enough to fully participate in their lives, their families, their careers and their dreams.
Because women's health is not a niche issue.
I also believe healthcare has to include more than treating disease once it appears. There is an enormous opportunity in prevention, lifestyle, nutrition and evidence-based supportive care, alongside excellent conventional medicine, to help people stay well and live fully.
A moment to step back
This program gave me something founders don't always make enough time for: a chance to step back and really see what we've built, how far we've come, and the people who made it possible.
To my team at Wellex, this is yours as much as mine. Thank you for the care, curiosity and rigour you bring to this work every day.
To my family, friends, mentors and partners, thank you for believing in me and in this mission long before there was any recognition attached to it.
And to every entrepreneur reading this: whether or not your name is ever called on a stage, every day you take a risk, solve a problem and build something that didn't exist before, you're doing something extraordinary.
Grateful. Proud. And more excited than ever about what we're building next.
Dr. Elizabeth Goldspink, ND, Founder of Wellex
