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  • Meet Kiki Athanas: In-House Nutritionist at Toronto-based healthy, fast-casual concept, Calii Love

    In addition to being the in-house Nutritionist at Calii Love, Kiki Athanas is…

  • How Kelly Ann Woods built her beverage micro-business with a big impact

    2019 Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub Micro-Business Award Winner

  • Five Minutes with Stephanie Dei, UN Women National Coordinator – WE EMPOWER Programme ​of the EU, UN Women and ILO

    Stephanie Dei works for UN Women as the National Coordinator in Canada for…

  • Meet Neha Khera: From Waterloo to Silicon Valley — how she became a Partner at one of the most active venture capitalist firms in the world

    Neha Khera is a Partner with 500 Startups, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital…

  • Meet Bobbie Racette: a woman on a mission to revolutionize the personal assistant industry

    Bobbie is the Founder and CEO of Virtual Gurus, a Talent as a…

  • How Sally Armstrong went from phys-ed teacher to war correspondent

    Top 25 Women of Influence Lifetime Achievement Award

  • After breaking barriers, Swanzy Quarshie is pulling others along with her

    As a Director in energy sales at Scotiabank in Toronto, Swanzy Quarshie guides…

  • Meet Ashley Freeborn: founder of Canadian fashion brand Smash + Tess

    Founder and Managing Director of Smash + Tess,  Ashley Freeborn spent the better part…

  • The Scotiabank Women Initiative is expanding to empower more women to take their careers and businesses to the next level

    When The Scotiabank Women Initiative™ first launched in 2018, its primary focus was to support…

  • How Nathalie Pougno beat the odds to become a leader in IT

    Nathalie Pougno’s path to director of digital transformation at Ricoh began in post-Soviet Russia, included…