This episode of Hear This From Her was originally released on October 6, 2020. Our host Michelle talks to Ashley Wang from the Women of Ontario Social Enterprise Network about change management in organizations and small businesses.
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Ethics trending now. Claire Theaker-Brown is a leader in the world of ethical, sustainable and profitable fashion. Unfortunately, the fashion industry is not known for its considerate treatment of employees. So, Unbelts has taken action to create predictable living wage incomes for their employees. In this episode, Claire speaks about what it means to be a certified B corporation and why ethical standards in fashion need to be a global issue.
This episode was produced with the support of Mount Royal University Journalism's students and faculty as part of the Community Podcast Initiative.
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Situated in Inglewood, right in the heart of Calgary, “Ninth and Brick” is all about community and shopping locally. Owner of Ninth and Brick, Gerri Macdougall has faced some challenges being a Black female entrepreneur in Alberta; but she has remained focused on giving back to the community and supporting the livelihood of local creatives.
This episode was produced with the support of Mount Royal University Journalism's students and faculty as part of the Community Podcast Initiative.
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After her kitchen lash business grew into a fully staffed studio, Marley Westbrook saw how it had transformed her life and decided she wanted to use her success to give back to her community. She did this by taking her lash studio and using its space and assets to create an education program. A program that focused on creating opportunities and careers in the lash industry for other women. When the studio was made to close because of Covid and some personal matters, Marley took the opportunity to refocus on the education side of the business, offering an even more robust training course that has started taking on clients from different industries.
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Christine Channer is an entrepreneur with a passion for health and wellness. Christine started the Channer group in December 2019 and her business is dedicated to supporting marginalized groups through consulting and training with a focus on continuing education and support for entrepreneurs.
This episode was produced with the support of Mount Royal University Journalism's students and faculty as part of the Community Podcast Initiative.
To learn more about women's economic futures in Canada, you can find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram or online at https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/
Womb-Tang Clan has a mission: to inspire the male-dominated skiing industry and its culture to be more inclusive. In this episode, CEO Tori Anderson discusses how the organization creates a space for women who ski to embrace their femininity and be the best version of themselves.
This episode was produced with the support of Mount Royal University Journalism's students and faculty as part of the Community Podcast Initiative.
To learn more about women's economic futures in Canada, you can find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram or online at https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/
This episode of Hear This From Her was originally released on October 6, 2020. Our host Michelle talks to Ashley Wang from the Women of Ontario Social Enterprise Network about change management in organizations and small businesses.
To learn more about women's economic futures in Canada, you can find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram or online at https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/
Third installment of Founding Sisters episode
How did the Women’s Economic Council get started? Plus: what is the meaning behind women’s centred CED? Melanie Conn and Rosalind Lockyer unpack the founding history of WEC with our hosts Gurleen Aujla and Alyson Soriano.
To learn more about women's economic futures in Canada, you can find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram or online at https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/
Second installment of Founding Sisters:
How did the Women’s Economic Council get started? Plus: what is the meaning behind women’s centred CED? Melanie Conn and Rosalind Lockyer unpack the founding history of WEC with our hosts Gurleen Aujla and Alyson Soriano.
To learn more about women's economic futures in Canada, you can find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram or online at https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/
How did the Women’s Economic Council get started? Plus: what is the meaning behind women’s centred CED? Melanie Conn and Rosalind Lockyer unpack the founding history of WEC with our hosts Gurleen Aujla and Alyson Soriano.
To learn more about women's economic futures in Canada, you can find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram or online at https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/
What does it mean to celebrate Canada’s Women's History Month when living on unceded Indigenous territory? Whose histories and which women do we celebrate? In this lively conversation, Indigenous professor Cora Voyageur tackles these questions head on, debunks myths about Indigenous economies and highlights Indigenous women to celebrate! Cora Voyageur is a professor in the Sociology department at the University of Calgary, where she has taught for 25 years, a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation from Fort Chipewyan and is a residential school survivor.
To learn more about women's economic futures in Canada, you can find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram or online at https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/
This episode led by students from the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies at the University of Ottawa discusses the relationship between intersectional feminism and sustainable economies. This episode includes a guest speaker: Skw’akw’as (Sunshine) Dunstan-Moore -- a Community Climate Justice Coordinator for TLKemchEEn (Lytton) and VIDEA Sunshine; a member of the Youth Advisory Group with the Canadian Commission for UNESCO; and a Generation Power Intern with Indigenous Clean Energy. Another guest speaker is Kat Cadungog -- ED of the Foundation for Environmental Stewardship who has collaborated with youth across Canada in over 50 Action Projects in remote, rural, and Indigenous communities.
Tune in to this episode to learn more about the intersections between sustainability, climate justice, feminism, and the economy.
To learn more about women's economic futures in Canada, you can find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram or online at https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/
A group of University of Ottawa students come together in this episode to talk about the inclusion of trans, non-binary and queer people in women's safe spaces and organizations. This episode is guided by an intersectional framework that seeks to incorporate ethnic identities with gender identities. Racial inequality shouldn't be separated from discrimination based on race, class, sexuality, or immigrant status. People are often subject to all of these discriminations -- not just one.
Tune in to this episode to learn more! To learn more about women's economic futures in Canada, you can find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram or online at https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/
Her Own Boss is an inclusive community based action research project that involves collaboration among various researchers, NPOs and community members. Hear from Monika Imeri and Nisreen Rashid about the impact of social capital on the acquisition of business knowledge. To learn more about women's economic futures in Canada, you can find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram or online at https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/
This podcast was created at the University of Ottawa's Institute of Feminist and Gender studies, specifically for the FEM1100 course "Introduction to Women, Gender, and Feminism." "In the last hundred years, the Women's Rights Movement has made many advances but it's not until we are all equal, in all domains, that the fight for gender equality is over." This episode includes a guest speaker: the Honourable Pamela L. Hebner with whom they discuss topics related to women in the field of law and her own experience navigating this challenging and male-dominated field. Tune in to this episode! To learn more about women's economic futures in Canada, you can find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram or online at https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/
Her Own Boss is an inclusive community based action research project that involves collaboration among various researchers, NPOs and community members. Hear from Monika Imeri and Nisreen Rashid about how language acquisition and level of competence aggravated business challenges among Arab focus group participants. To learn more about women's economic futures in Canada, you can find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram or online at https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/
Listen to stories from women in Her Own Boss project who share their experiences in entrepreneurship in Ottawa
This first episode of the WECONOMIE Podcast by the Women’s Economic Council talks about Change Management in organizations and small businesses. Their guest is Ashley Wang from the Women of Ontario Social Enterprise Network.
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Ce premier épisode de la baladodiffusion WECONOMIE par le Conseil Économique des femmes discute la gestion du changement dans les organismes et les petites entreprises. Leur invitée est Ashley Wang, de Women of Ontario Social Enterprise Network.