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Canadian Jewellery Expos
Showcasing best in class, stimulating new jewellery design

CJ Expos - providing Canada's largest professional jewellery exhibitions for over 30 years. World class exhibitors will introduce the latest trends, fashions & exclusive discounts to retailers. Challenging educational seminars and novel networking opportunities - CJ Expos are a must to visit. North America's eminent and emerging artisans…. CJ Expos can be relied upon to present the unusual.

History
Western Canadian Jewellery Exhibitions (“WCJE”) commenced in Alberta and British Columbia as the venerable Alberta and British Columbia Jewellery Travellers Associations. Representatives marketed watches, gift ware, high fashion and costume jewellery, gold, silver and gems. For over half a century jewellery exhibitions were organized by these fraternal orders and they welcomed jewellery travellers from across North America. Student bursaries and scholarships, cherished jeweller awards, charitable endeavors were supported by these associations and their annual buying exhibitions. In 2007, these associations wound down and sold their exhibitions to Edmonton based jewellery veterans Russ Wickstrom and Larry Ulliac.

WCJE expanded operations to Toronto in 2012 and shortened our brand name to Canadian Jewellery Expos....CJ Expos for short. Canada’s largest annual fine jewellery expositions in Toronto and Edmonton occur on the second and third weekends in August. CJ Expos are managed by Toronto based industry veterans – Lilie Ford – Event Director and Garnet Irving- Operations Director. Geoff and Phil Payne are Edmonton based management and the CJ Expos owners. Our Canadian team counts some seventy years exhibition experience across three continents and can be counted on to deliver the new and unusual.