Laura Burget and Connie Lo’s vision for NIU BODY, a 100% natural, certified cruelty-free and vegan skincare company, arose out of frustration with the lack of affordable and natural beauty products on the market. The two best friends were eager to utilize their backgrounds in business and engineering to launch NIU BODY in March of 2017.
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Sophia Jacob, an award-winning event planner and founder of three networking organizations, is working to see more women of colour in leadership positions, on boards, and in the C-suite across Canada. That’s why her organization, the Canadian Women of Colour Leadership Network, is taking part in the Women Deliver 2019 Mobilization Canada campaign.
Gillian Riley was named President and CEO of Tangerine, a subsidiary of Scotiabank, in December, 2018. In just a few months she’s already made her mark, focusing not only on customer growth but also spearheading an initiative to help women-led businesses in Canada thrive.
Inspired by an old Barbra Streisand movie, Alyson first considered a career in the arts as a teenager, “something in my subconscious latched onto the fact that a woman made this picture happen and I thought, just maybe, I could do so as well.” Today, Alyson is a film and theatre producer, actor, and a writer.
Karen is not only CEO of MIMOSA Diagnostics, but she is also a single parent of an infant, a surgeon-scientist , an Assistant Professor of Surgery, and also sits on the Scientific Advisory Board of Diabetic Foot Canada.
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How Kimberly Fulton orchestrated her own six-month secondment to focus on her passion
How Gillian Riley became the head of Canada’s leading digital bank — and is using her influence to help women entrepreneurs
Why the founder of the Canadian Women of Colour Leadership Network is mobilizing for gender equality
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