Happy Birthday to Me. Happy Birthday to Me. Happy Birthday dearest Me. Happy Birthday to Me! I am the Birthday Girl! I love to celebrate my birthday. I remind my friends and family as my birthday draws near. I am not one of those people who expects you to remember their birthday and then if […]
Women
International Women’s Day in Canada Recap Part 1
We ran out of time trying to finish this blog post. We will come back and finish it later, but we started to add events and programs that were announced during International Women’s Day. The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on International Women’s Day: “Every day, women and girls strengthen our communities, […]
International Women’s Day 2021
About International Women’s Day International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women’s achievements or rally for women’s equality. Marked annually on March 8th, International […]
BMO Commits $1.2 Million to SheEO Programs Helping Women-Led Venture Companies Access Financing
BMO Bank of Montreal today deepened its commitment to women entrepreneurs and business owners with $1.2 million in funding provided to SheEO, a not-for-profit company which provides financial support to businesses led by women and non-binary people. This financial commitment will allow SheEO to fund twice as many ventures working to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in […]
Make the Invisible Visible: Catalyst #BiasCorrect
Catalyst is observing International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 by challenging companies to join its #BiasCorrect “Make the Invisible Visible” global campaign, providing virtual backgrounds that encourage courageous conversations about unconscious bias in meetings. Catalyst research shows that invisible barriers for women in the workplace, particularly women of color, have proliferated in remote working during the pandemic: 1 in 5 women […]