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WOW Network launches in Huron, Bruce and Grey Counties
FROM WOW NETWORK October 15, 2020 – Professional and Entrepreneurial Women come together to optimize success. TRI-COUNTY AREA: Two local women are creating a network of and for like-minded female small business owners that are committed to helping women enhance their lives and succeed in business. Sarah Saso and Genny Smith of SaySmith Coaching are two dynamic go-getters who share a passion for business development and love connecting women to enable them to thrive. Not just another networking group, WOW means business! Women Optimizing Women (WOW) will offer innovative programs throughout Huron, Bruce and Grey Counties including networking and learning events, panel discussions, coffee chats, mentoring get togethers, a woman-to-woman marketplace…
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She-Covery: The Impact of COVID-19 on Women
BY MADISON BURDGE, SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING INTERN, CFHURON – The She-Covery project was created to confront the gendered economic impact of COVID-19. The webinar that was held on September 23rd, by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) canvasses the several ways in which this happens. First, temporary business shutdowns and layoffs during the state of emergency most severely affected occupations and sectors that predominantly employ women. Second, these sectors are those in which women entrepreneurs are more likely to operate, and their businesses tend to be newer, smaller, and less well-financed than those owned by men. Third, restrictions on schools and paid childcare facilities have shifted additional hours of unpaid family care onto parents, and this work has…
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Economic Equality in a changing world – Removing barriers to employment for women
From RYERSON’S DIVERSITY INSTITUTE — Join Canada’s leading female experts on career advancement and diversity for women in corporate, public service and academia for a panel discussion on bottlenecks and barriers to women’s career advancement. All allies and champions for women’s career advancement and diversity, including men, are welcome and encouraged to join this important discussion. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 12 – 1:30 PM Virtual Event Register here! SPEAKERS Rachel Wernick, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Skills and Employment Branch, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) Dr. Julie Cafley, Executive Vice-President, Public Policy Forum Dr. Wendy Cukier, Founder and Academic Director, Ryerson University’s Diversity Institute & a research lead with Future Skills Centre…
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Enterprising Women
Community Futures Huron is very happy to share our documentary, the Enterprising Women of Brussels – Tales of Gumption. This 20-minute video features 11 creative, hard-working women entrepreneurs who run the following business in Brussels, Ontario: McDonald Home Hardware Building Centre Fresh Petals Floral Shop Brussels Four Winds – Wedding & Event Barn Maitside Orchards Brussels Bulk & Bargains Solace on Turnberry Spa. Shop. Suites Riverside Funeral Home Inc. Huron Feeding Systems Brussels PharmaChoice Thank you so much to Jennifer Hundt, Barb Terpstra, Kathy Stephenson, Monica Brouwer, Janet Mitchell, Wendy Marks, Tammy King, Kathy Nichol, Zoey Onn, Jacquie Waechter, and Carol Beveridge. Your entrepreneurial journey is inspiring. Thank you for…
