Meet Robin Swicord : Oscar Nominated Screenwriter

Robin Swicord was born in South Carolina and raised in rural Florida and Georgia. She is a screenwriter and director known for her screenplay adaptations of Little Women, Matilda, and Memoirs of a Geisha. We caught up with her to discuss her career journey ahead of her Books on Film talk in Toronto, where she will discussing the process of adapting a book for film.

Meet Tina Brown: The Visionary Who Reinvented Vanity Fair & The New Yorker

Join us for an inspiring afternoon with award-winning journalist, editor, author, and event producer, Tina Brown. As editor-in-chief of Tatler, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker, she reinvigorated 3 ailing media brands; authored 2 best-sellers; launched online news outlet The Daily Beast; and founded the Women in the World summits.

Why the CEO of YWCA Greater Metro Vancouver is Mobilizing for Gender Equality

As CEO of YWCA Metro Vancouver, Deb Bryant is working to bring economic independence and wellness to vulnerable women. She’s also dreaming big about a better future through a global vision for change. That’s why Deb and the YWCA are taking part in the Women Deliver 2019 Mobilization Canada campaign — joining their voices with those of other Canadian organizations to bring about positive change.

Eight entrepreneurs reveal the tech challenges they are tackling now — and how it will make their business better

Technology can have an impact on an organization’s success — and these eight entrepreneurs know it. As participants in the Cisco Women Entrepreneurs’ Circle, they’ve been paired with engineering interns with the goal of using technology to better their businesses. They’re sharing the challenges they’re solving with technology this year — could it help your company, too?

Five minutes with Labour Minister Patty Hajdu on offering free menstrual products in the workplace

On May 3, Labour Minister Patty Hajdu published a notice of intent, initiating a regulatory process to make free menstrual products available in federally regulated workplaces. There’s now a 60-day consultation period to determine how to best implement the proposal, and the impact it will have on businesses —and about 480,000 women employees in the federal labour force.

Meet Nathalie Pambrun: the first ever Indigenous woman to serve as President of the Canadian Association of Midwives

Nathalie is a Franco-Manitoban Métis midwife who has practiced in urban, rural and remote communities across Canada and the world. Recently, she was appointed President of the Canadian Association of Midwives and is the first ever Indigenous midwife to serve as President of the organization. Nathalie is a mother of three children and currently lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Tina : A life in Glossy

Tina Brown is an award-winning journalist, editor, author, and event producer. She turned around Tatler, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker as Editor-in-Chief. She wrote a bestselling biography of Princess Diana. She launched The Daily Beast news site and Women in the World summits. And she’s our Women of Influence Luncheon speaker.

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