Post by: Christina Ing After attending Sweet Talk on Wednesday, I wanted to share some of the themes and styling tips that have stayed with me post-event. Not only was this WIL event a fun and light evening, the proceeds went towards supporting the WIL mentorship program which helps over 140 women in 6 months [...]

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Between September 15th-19th tweet for a chance to win tickets to our always popular Sweet Talk event, in Vancouver, on September 21st.  To enter tweet the following: I entered to win 2 tickets to #sweettalk hosted by @WIL_Fdn http://bit.ly/dzbt77  RT to enter. A total of six tickets will be given away, with 2 tickets drawn September 15th, 2 [...]

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Guest post by Christina Low I click-clacked into the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel on Saturday, November 6, feeling how I always do when my feet are raised a couple inches off the ground: awkward. I don’t do heels like a lot of women my age do heels, ie. wear them on the regular, sometimes on the daily. [...]

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Guest Post by Shyla Chandra The 2010 BC Women in Business Luncheon: Secrets of being highly productive and happy was an inspirational and heart warming event.  The moderator Rita Rogers had a lively stage presence that filled the room with her warm energy and humourous comments.  The panelists Linda Oglov, Nicole Byres, Sue Sinclair and [...]

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By Guest Blogger Azita Ardakani The room was filled with beautiful women, dressed to the nines in elegant formal wear, champagne was poured, heels clicked, and conversation was shared. Over all it initially appeared to be like most celebrations (albeit with a higher percentage of estrogen) however there was something distinctly different from this gathering. [...]

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Guest blog by: Marissa Stapley-Ponikowski They say you learn something new every day.  And then there are days when you learn so many new things and feel so very inspired that your hand cramps from all the notes you’re taking. Inspiration for me came in the form of the Women in Leadership Foundation’s Ontario Women [...]

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We asked 2 different women at different life stages to blog about their experience at our recent Vancouver networking event – Sweet Talk.  This sweet, stylish networking event brought together fashion, chocolate and wine.     Tracey Rossignol  Being over 40 I’m always looking for fresh ideas on how to present myself as fashionable, but still [...]

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On Friday I attended the Women In Leadership Foundation’s (WIL) 5th Annual BC Aboriginal Women in Leadership Forum: Seeds of Success. We encouraged women from all backgrounds to attend the event. But to be honest, until I was there, I wasn’t really sure as a non-Aboriginal woman what I would take away from it. But [...]

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I attended the Women In Leadership Foundation’s (WIL) Annual BC Women In Business Luncheon in May. Four women, from different industries with very different career paths gave us their perspective on overcoming change. Overally a very insightful afternoon with a lot of common themes to success in managing change. There were certainly a number of [...]

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Through volunteerism, gala unites community by Vera Kanigan Today more than ever before, we hear the term “community”. Actually, the word has been in the English language since the 14th century and can refer to a range of senses and references. To mention only a few, community can refer to: the people of a district, [...]

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