Inspiring Women Archives

Harriet Tubman: Museum and Educational Center Mural

2 min

Travel

Harriet Tubman: Empowering Women for 200 Years

Two hundred years ago, Freedom Fighter, humanitarian and Civil War spy, Harriet Tubman was born. Through her bravery, strength and altruism, many Black slaves found freedom. Perhaps most famous for…

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8 min

#WomenInspiringWomen: Part 2 of Our Interview with Filmmaker Ami Vitale

Ami Vitale is many things. Photojournalist, filmmaker and writer. One of her most important roles though, is a conservationist. She lives and breathes the wildlife and Indigenous populations that she…

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10 min

#WomenInspiringWomen: Ami Vitale – Photographer, Writer and Filmmaker

One of the most overused phrases in our social media, influencer laden lives has become “I am a storyteller”. If you ask people who identify themselves as a storyteller, what…

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8 min

Living

#WomenInspiringWomen: Primrose Chareka, Citibank Software Developer

Inclusion on the Dean’s List in her graduating class at Queen’s University, Schulich Leader Nominee, high school athlete – Primrose Chareka is your classic over-achiever. She currently works as a…

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11 min

Health

#WomenInspiringWomen: Ardra Shephard, Tripping On Air and MS Advocate

MS is Canada’s disease with 11 new cases diagnosed daily. Everybody knows somebody with MS, but only a small number can actually articulate what the disease is. Having a disease,…

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9 min

Living

#WomenInspiringWomen: Tina Tehranchian, Senior Wealth Advisor for Assante Capital Management Ltd.

Speaking with Tina Tehranchian is like listening to your own personal Ted Talk. Tehranchian, a native of Tehran, moved to Canada permanently in 1990 after going to school in the…

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10 min

Living

#WomenInspiringWomen: Dina Vieira, President, DV Communications

Dina Vieira is someone who has literally done it all. She is President of DV Communications, the boutique agency that she founded in 2006. She is a certified yoga instructor,…

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8 min

Food
Health

#WomenInspiringWomen: Valerie Azinge, Founder of My Digital Kitchen, Part 2

Valerie Azinge self-deprecatingly calls herself the Bionic Woman because of the rods and pins that she needed after surgeries for her traumatic accident. She went through a lot to get…

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11 min

Living

#WomenInspiringWomen: Jennifer LaForge, General Manager of Rakuten.ca

In Japanese, Rakuten stands for optimism and that is also the perfect word to describe their General Manager for Canada, Jennifer LaForge. LaForge has a strong digital background. She worked…

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7 min

#WomenInspiringWomen: Ali Leung, VP Marketing, WW Canada

Ali Leung, the latest subject of our #WomenInspiringWomen series is accomplished. She has an MBA, she sits on the boards of Canada Learning Code and Royal St. George’s College, she…

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