For our (Social) Distance Learning last week, we were joined by two incredible female leaders. Adrienne Wong and Jasmine Konsorada took over our Instagram stories to answer your questions about finance.
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Kinia is an award-winning journalist turned entrepreneur, maternity leave strategist, and working mom whisperer. She helps brainy, perfectionist moms make leaps and bounds in their careers and family satisfaction, without them having to compromise family happiness or health.
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She is an award-winning, sustainability and ESG professional in the Canadian business community. She currently works with Suncor Energy to drive the integration and issues management of sustainability risk and opportunity across the organization and leads development of the company’s approach to the UN Sustainable Development Goals to align Suncor’s environmental and social efforts with the vision of the 2030 global sustainability agenda.
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Chantell's superpower is Creative Strategy. Tell her where you are and where you want to be, and she can chart a path in the most unexpected ways. Throughout Chantell's career and work on various boards, she has been a change agent, an instrument for transformation – always from a place of collaboration and community engagement.
Charlene is a board director, angel investor and avid volunteer who believes in giving back to the communities in which we live, work and play. She is currently on the Boards of the University of Alberta, the AB Mental Health Foundation, the Automobile Insurance Rate Board, and the Bow Valley Primary Care Network and volunteers in many ways. When not on Zoom, you will find Charlene enjoying the mountains in which she lives!
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Paulina is the CEO at The Forum, bestselling author of Canada 150 Women, Board Director, community leader, investor in women-led businesses. She is also a mama to two awesome little humans. Paulina's goal is to make women entrepreneurs to feel deeply supported, so that they can bring their visions to life and transform the systems and communities around us.
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Life and business are about the simple things for Shashi – the pleasure of seeking something new, learning from experts in their fields, and cheering on the people that are growing into their roles. She tries to do this with laughter, curiosity, and lots of questions.
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As the first Black president, and only the 10th woman to lead the Ontario Bar Association, Charlene Theodore is leading her profession in reinventing a traditional workplace culture into one that is more inclusive for women and people of colour.
Annie is a purpose driven entrepreneur, driven to support the creation of shared value between Indigenous and corporate communities.
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Mother, entrepreneur, and wellness advocate. Sophie is a mother to Liam (with another boy on the way) who lives in Vancouver with her husband. Sophie shares her recipes, lifestyle tips and even pilates workouts with the underlying mission to help others feel their best.
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In celebration of #internationalwomensday, we partnered up with Poppy Barley to feature some of our favourite leaders from across the country who are breaking the barriers of change and empowering more female participation in the boardroom.
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Lawyer turned entrepreneur. Advocate and community builder. Mom and wife. Chantel works to make complex things easy to understand and inclusive by listening to, learning from and connecting to other people.
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Sandra Muchekeza and Kathleen Elhatton-Lake are incredible female leaders who share their thoughts and strategies about increasing Diversity on Boards.
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“Being on a board is great for your career, it’s also a huge amount of work, and it’s a huge commitment, but I think by learning the structure, the governance and having old hands or old souls there to stand beside you that have a lot of experience you can definitely learn a lot and that’s when we’ll see the change happen”
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In our most recent instalment of Social Distance Learning Friday, we talked about being the female board chair of a not-for-for profit dedicated to battling toxic masculinity.
We're back with a fantastic line-up of not one, but TWO social distance learning Fridays to share with you this January. First up to help us kick off the new year: Meghan Huchkowsky who shared her experience and wisdom on being LGBTQ+ allied in business and on boards.
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In another edition of Social Distance Learning Friday, we were joined by Lana Cuthbertson, the CEO and Founder of @aretolabs, a social enterprise startup that builds technology to make digital communities more positive and inclusive/
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We are so excited to round out a month of inspiring conversations with women that are changing the landscape for women in politics with Minister Aheer.
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Janis Irwin was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and is currently the Official Opposition Deputy Whip and the Critic for Women and LGBTQ2S+ issues. Janis Irwin is an empowering leader with a passion for communities, education and social justice. Here are a few key takeaways from the discussion:
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