Innovating Canada
ISSUE: Women’s Leadership (2021)
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Teamwork and Success Go Hand in Hand
Eva Wong has become one of Canada’s greatest inspirations for entrepreneurs. Read her take on succeeding in the tech and entrepreneurial sectors. As part of the co-founding team of Borrowell, the fintech company that started in 2014 and offers free credit scores, Eva Wong has become one of Canada’s greatest inspirations for entrepreneurs. What led...
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Why Gender Equality Is About More Than Gender
Six years ago, the Oxford English Dictionary officially added the term “intersectionality” to its lexicon, and in 2017, Merriam Webster followed suit — because, as it explained, “Lately, the word seems to be popping up everywhere.” Intersectionality was actually coined back in 1989 by Kimberlé Crenshaw. A civil rights activist and legal scholar, Crenshaw wrote...
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Let the Women Speak — It’s Good for Business
In early February, Yoshirō Mori — President of the Organizing Committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games — complained that meetings tended to drag on because the “competitive” women in attendance “talked too much.” Public backlash to his comments caused him to resign shortly after. Mori’s remarks are evidence of the lack of value and...
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Advancing Women’s Leadership
The Advancing Women’s Leadership campaign celebrates women across Canada who are paving the way for others and taking leadership of their lives.
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Resilience in Entrepreneurship
Serial entrepreneur Laurie Clark has started and sold three companies prior to founding three new fintech companies: Canchek, SmartDirect, and Onyen. She shares her perspective on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on entrepreneurs and women in fintech. How have entrepreneurs had to adapt to the new normal? Nothing about being an entrepreneur is ever...
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Working Together to Help Canadian Women Find Their Voices
Over the last few decades, and with the help of charities like Plan International Canada, women and girls have progressed toward equality and empowerment.
