The goal of the summit was to learn how and why we should empower women in areas of business, academics, and beyond, and included a keynote address by Danièle Henkel, a businesswoman who has created a wellness company in Quebec .
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Tuesday’s event raised $15,098 in donations from the public, which Knoll says will go towards funding nutrition work in southern Africa, including training to help women take charge of health efforts in their communities.
On Saturday, March 4, the organizers of Beyond Borders: A Night of Feminist Resistance opened their doors to women of all walks of life at Jack Purcell Community Centre.
With the mainstreaming of feminism, do women still face barriers when entering the labour market? And how has the labour market responded in turn?
The 2011 federal election saw a record-breaking 76 women elected to Canadian Parliament, though it still represented only a quarter of the 308 total seats.
While the country braces for an October federal election, a variety of female politicians spoke at the University of Ottawa last week hoping to break another record.
