With a degree in Biology from the University of Prince Edward Island, and a strong family history in farming, Emily Mutch, Tissue Culture Lab Manager at FIGR, is passionate about pursuing a career in botany. She is making her mark as a woman in two industries typically dominated by men: science and cannabis. Here’s how she did it.
At just 10 years old, Madison was selected to perform at the Havelock Country Jamboree, a music festival drawing an audience of 30,000 people. Madison’s passion for music eventually led her to Nashville, where she has since worked diligently to hone her craft. We caught up with her recently to talk about her professional journey and the inspiration behind her latest single ‘First Last Name’.
Self-identity has an important role in shaping each of our lives, it’s a process that develops over a lifetime. For Scotiabank Program Manager, Jessica McKenzie, an instrumental moment in her journey to self-discovery was finding out about her First Nations heritage. Jessica shares how understanding who she is made her a more confident person and she sends a heartwarming message to young Indigenous women seeking to build their careers.
Nouhaila Chelkhaoui is the founder of Scale Without Borders one-stop-shop for newcomer tech entrepreneurs in Canada. As an immigrant in tech, her mission is to build a strong and bright community of newcomer tech entrepreneurs and make Canada the #1 startup destination in the world.
The idea of predicting the future might sound like a sci-fi plot but Keren Moynihan, Co-founder and CEO of Boss Insights, is helping private companies predict performance in real-time using AI. She is an advocate for data privacy, creating AI that unites rather than divides society and collaborative approaches to democratizing access to capital.
During our recent trip to Singapore for the Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network Summit, we caught up with Angela Fox, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Dell Australia & New Zealand. Angela has a passion for people management and is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion. She is also a promoter of mentoring, advocacy and sponsorship, having experienced first‐hand the success these relationships manifest.
Pride month might be over but LGBT+ visibility is needed all year round. Meet LGBT Ally Maddy Falle, in 2015 she was a producer on the viral short film Gay Mean Girls, that earned over 3.5 million hits on YouTube. After the success of the film, they went on to launch a queer coming-of-age web series bearing the same name.
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