March 9th

#breakthebias
The Changing Face of Canada’s Workforce

On the day after International Women’s Day, we were joined by three important women in our community, our Chair, Donna Fagon-Pascal, Councillor Rowena Santos and Usha Srinivasan Director, Ryerson Venture Zone to take part in a panel discussion on the findings of a report completed by Pink Attitude Evolution, about South Asian Women in the Canadian workforce, and challenges and opportunities they face.

Pink Attitude Evolution was founded in 2015 as the first non-profit organization of its kind in Canada where women of South-Asian origin are empowered to achieve their full potential in their chosen endeavours.

• How to “Show Up” For Your Customers

  In this webinar, Sharon Worsley, Senior Manager Chamber Success, for the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, share strategies to excel in meeting the needs of your customers, clients or patients.
  With over 25 years in the hospitality and tourism industry, Sharon understands the importance of not just customer service but customer excellence!
  Working for an independent 4-star hotel in downtown Toronto, in one industry alone, Sharon increased the number of accounts from 8 to over 120, much of it she attributes to providing customer excellence.
  While at the hotel, Sharon also ran her own business development consultancy firm. She noticed that many organizations were ‘leaking opportunities’ that they often didn’t realize.
  Sharon shares relatable real-life experiences and strategies that you can add to your business to help you get back on track and provide customer excellence in ways you might not have considered before.

Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence skills are critical for building relationships and teams, resolving conflict, solving problems, leading effectively and building resilience.

In this session, you will receive an overview of the Emotional Quotient Inventory [EQ-i 2.0] that is based on decades of research to support effective human performance and development.

The She-Covery Project

Confronting the Gendered Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Ontario

The COVID-19 crisis is having a disproportionate economic impact on women. There are several reasons for this.

This policy brief lays out a path to Ontario’s “she-covery” by examining data on the gendered labour market impacts of the pandemic and offering policy solutions to confront both the immediate and longer-term challenges.

Getting Noticed in a Digital World

Dalia Mazhar, Postmedia Solutions joins the Brampton Board of Trade businesswomen’s networking group to talk about marketing in our current environment.