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Mompreneur Awards Finalist
This year, over 1200 women were nominated or registered for The 2018 Mompreneur Awards, and 205 entrants advanced. After accumulating points based on a public voting stage from over 90,000 public voters and 30,000 supporters and impression ratings from a selection committee, 23 Top Finalists were chosen from all across Canada to fly to Toronto for the National Mompreneurs® Conference...
Our Role Models
Happy last official Friday of summer! Today we’re celebrating our feature models who helped ROCK our season. We filled our roster with real women — Entrepreneurs, Trailblazers, Achievers, women who say YES to making a difference and seizing the day. What a joy and inspiration it’s been to work them all. Thank you for the LOVE!!
Hemp. Be Different.
It's been an amazing first season for Wallis Evera -- we have so much to be thankful for! When we started, our commitment was to create clothing that we knew was hard to find -- high quality, locally made, natural fibre, clothes for the office -- the practical workhorses of our closet -- work dresses that are good for the planet, look sharp, fit and feel great.
Our focus on using hemp as the foundation fibre for all our products has been important to us. We know it's a little different, and it takes a bit of a conversation to warm up to the whole hemp idea. And that's OK with us. We love different. When we hear that our dresses have been the start of conversations around the water cooler about deep and complex world issues -- well, that's extremely cool to us. We love to hear that kind of news, so please keep the conversations going and the feedback coming...
Trailblazer: Lori Triolo
Producer, Actor, Acting / Voice / Bodywork Coach
I do many things. I'm an actor, director, producer, teacher... Leader. I think my most important job is helping others find their voice. Whether it be an actor, a CEO, a computer programmer or scientist. As a child, I was debilitatingly shy...
Trailblazer: Tammy Singh
Service Leader, Problem Solver, Human
I grew up in Professional Services in the tech world - analyst, consultant, project manager, director. I'm a mechanical engineer by education. I'm a natural born giver at heart. What defines me is not my 9-5 title or the companies through which I have led...
Trailblazer: Dr. Alexandra T. Greenhill
Founder & CEO myBestHelper
I created myBestHelper as I saw the potential of technology to solve every caring person's biggest problem - "How do I fulfill my obligation to loved ones be it children or elderly relatives, without feeling stretched and overwhelmed?" When they are stuck, our tech allows people to access all their options real time on demand using their mobile phone...
Trailblazer: Rachel Baaske
Founder, Link2Life Emergency Training
I am the founder of Link2Life Emergency Training located in Vancouver. Through university I worked as a lifeguard which is where I started teaching CPR to co-workers between shifts. When I finished school I kept teaching on the side while I started working in a bank full time...
Trailblazer: Jigme Nehring
Founder, Mine & Yours
I’m the Founder of Mine & Yours, a designer resale clothing store and e-commerce business. We buy, sell, and trade on-trend, “almost new” contemporary women’s clothing and luxury handbags and accessories. I started Mine & Yours for a number of reasons...
Trailblazer: Susanna Stewart
Event Planner / Production Coordinator
I am an event planner and producer. I work collaboratively with clients to create events that are imaginative, thoughtful and thoroughly enjoyable. I determine my clients’ needs and tastes through expert communication and highly attuned intuition...
Trailblazer: Chloe Gow-Jarrett
3FoldVentures and ello Foods Co-Founder
3FoldVentures accelerates the development of sustainable, additive and responsible businesses. I work on the leadership side, focusing founders and their teams on their purpose, helping leaders lead and scale their message as their teams grow...
Trailblazer: Laurie Logan
Radio and TV Host/Producer, Green Blogger
Although I do some TV work, radio is definitely my first career love – I love the immediacy of it. I love that it’s live, it's still very authentic and that you're judged not on how you look but about what you say. I've recently accepted a position with News1130 events reporting and with 969 Jack FM that I'm very happy about...
Trailblazer: Noelle Wardell
Mum
For the last 12 years I have been a stay at home mum, the better part of my adult life. I had no interest in University or a fancy job, just a cozy little chaotic household full of mistakes, lessons and a whole lot of love...
Trailblazer: Natalie Grunberg
CEO, PantybyPost.com
Panty by Post is a monthly subscription service delivering a curated selection of premium luxe underpinnings right to your door. It’s a little taste of monthly glamour, for about as much as your Netflix...
Trailblazer: Madeleine Lamphier
Firefighter / Officer / Athlete / Mother
I'm a career firefighter. I came to the job 14 years ago, knowing I wanted an intense physical career, the opportunity to help people, and to work in an environment which relied on camaraderie and provided lots of laughs. It wasn't until I met a female firefighter that it occurred to me it was the perfect fit...
Trailblazer: Stephanie Florian
Founder and Fearless Leader, Play Outdoors Media Inc.
Passion for play and adventure, owner and media personality, Stephanie Florian was introduced to the great outdoors from childhood. Her parents owned Onondaga Camp, a successful summer camp for children and she was given the opportunity to inspire young people to enjoy life from the get go...
Our Trailblazers Series
Our Trailblazers series of photo-essays starts tomorrow. Every day, over the next few weeks, we will be featuring women who are supporting the fashion revolution by choosing local, sustainable, and eco-friendly. The women come from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, and each one has been a wonder and inspiration to me in their own way...