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Meet Monday Girl Founders: Rachel Wong and Istiana Bestari

Move over old boys club, there is a new girl in town! Monday Girl, to be precise.  Founded in 2017 by Rachel Wong and Istiana Bestari, Monday Girl set out on a mission to provide career support, job opportunities, mentorship, and above all – to foster a supportive and diverse community

Dance, With Aïcha

“I have been close with Aïcha Bastien N’diaye for many years. Also, a member of the Wendat Nation, we grew up together in Wendake and throughout our lives have collaborated, created and learned together. Most recently, Aïcha was a part of my journey with “If God Had a Boat” –

Shavonne Hasfal-McIntosh, Diversity & Belonging Lead at Shopify

2020 was a year of reckoning for many big name companies who took pride in having an inclusive work-culture, but upon investigation and reflection actually didn’t. One such company that looked at themselves and pivoted accordingly was Shopify, the leading e-commerce company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. Real conversations were had,

#NotablePeople: Mary Nielsen, Creator of Fearless Beauties

How can you show true allyship for marginalized communities?  For Mary Nielsen, creator of the Fearless Beauties movement, it was a matter of necessity in the esthetics industry. We caught up with this self-starter to learn how she discovered both the major inequalities in treating skin of colour and her