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Proof is where women’s ideas meet execution. Real companies, real infrastructure, and the decisions that made the difference. Built on systems, not sentiment, this is where outcomes speak for themselves.
A new era of motherhood: Canadian women turning everyday parenting challenges into businesses.
A new era of motherhood: Canadian women turning everyday parenting challenges into businesses.
From baby clothes and maternity bags to skincare and postpartum essentials, meet 17 Canadian brands and the founders rethinking what motherhood looks like, one product at a time. Read more...
Twelve Canadian women making mental health care smarter, kinder, and easier to reach
Twelve Canadian women making mental health care smarter, kinder, and easier to reach
Mental health care has spent decades underfunded, under-researched, and hard to access, especially for women. This week, we're spotlighting the Canadian women rebuilding it from the inside: the clinicians, researchers,... Read more...
The women building the next era of Canadian sport: part 2
The women building the next era of Canadian sport: part 2
Fourteen more women shaping the next era of Canadian sport, from Olympic champions and professional athletes to broadcasters, coaches, executives and artists. Different careers, same impact: expanding what a career... Read more...
The Nurses. Three women. One bloodline.
The Nurses. Three women. One bloodline.
The Nurse family did not inherit a perfect blueprint for careers in professional sport. They built one. Tamika went from player to analyst. Kia went from a childhood basketball dream... Read more...
A new Canadian sports era. Ten Canadian women shaping the game in sports.
A new Canadian sports era. Ten Canadian women shaping the game in sports.
Women aren't just changing Canadian sport from the inside. They're building what comes next. From Olympic champions and professional athletes to league founders, executives, broadcasters and advocates, these are the... Read more...
From trying to postpartum: 7 Canadian women-led brands optimizing each stage
From trying to postpartum: 7 Canadian women-led brands optimizing each stage
Women's health has spent decades asking women to figure things out for themselves. From fertility and pregnancy to postpartum recovery, pelvic health, mental health, and menopause, these seven female-founded Canadian... Read more...
Gina Livy sold a fitness model for a decade. It didn't work on her either.
Gina Livy sold a fitness model for a decade. It didn't work on her either.
Gina Livy spent 30 years following the weight-loss industry's rules while watching them fail on her own body. After losing her studio, the family van, and starting over, she built... Read more...
Tara Bosch sold SmartSweets for $360M. Now She's handing her whole team the cap table
Tara Bosch sold SmartSweets for $360M. Now She's handing her whole team the cap table
Tara Bosch sold SmartSweets for approximately $360 million. Instead of retiring, she assembled an all-women team of operators from e.l.f. Beauty, Liquid Death, Khloud, UNREAL, and DoorDash to build Snackish.... Read more...
Marnie Rabinovitch quit two pensioned jobs during two recessions to solve a problem nobody wanted to talk about
Marnie Rabinovitch quit two pensioned jobs during two recessions to solve a problem nobody wanted to talk about
Every woman knew the problem. Nobody named it.For decades, thigh chafe was treated as something women were expected to quietly manage with shapewear, bike shorts, powders, and workarounds. Marnie Rabinovitch... Read more...
Jenn Harper said no to the Dragons then built her way onto Sephora's shelves
Jenn Harper said no to the Dragons then built her way onto Sephora's shelves
Canada's beauty industry was worth billions. Indigenous representation on beauty shelves was worth zero. Jenn Harper got sober, had a dream about Indigenous girls covered in lip gloss, and started... Read more...
Lezlie Karls made the mess the marketing
Lezlie Karls made the mess the marketing
Rejected by retailers. Hand-rolling bars in a condo kitchen. A cease-and-desist turned into content. Lezlie Karls didn't just build Mid-Day Squares — she helped redefine what a modern consumer brand... Read more...
Carly Burnett made the sandal you forget you're wearing
Carly Burnett made the sandal you forget you're wearing
Most flip‑flops treat your feet like an afterthought. Cheap foam. Broken straps. A logo you don't care about. Carly Burnett wanted to walk out of the house barefoot – so... Read more...

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A new era of motherhood: Canadian women turning everyday parenting challenges into businesses.

A new era of motherhood: Canadian women turning everyday parenting challenges into businesses.

From baby clothes and maternity bags to skincare and postpartum essentials, meet 17 Canadian brands and the founders rethinking what motherhood looks like, one product at a time.