A career in policing for a Black woman leads to liberation — and a new business. As a child, Toronto-born Keda Edwards Pierre wanted to do something many intelligent, artistic kids dream of doing; create buildings. “In elementary school, I wanted to be an architect. I was recognized to be…

The first Freelance Summit was held on Friday, February 3 in Toronto at Metropolitan University. Participants discussed the crippling erosion of freelance worker well-being in Canada–and if working together was part of the answer. The number of freelancers is growing. But are freelance unions growing? If not, why not? …

Feminists everywhere are buzzing about Michelle Goldberg’s recent op ed column published by the New York Times, ‘The Future isn’t Female Anymore’. I circled it three times. Then took the bait. Goldberg suggests feminism is fizzling out — along with puffy sleeves and tie-dye sweatpants. …

If the small business space is mostly conservative, where does a left-leaning woman entrepreneur go for solidarity and support? I remember the sting felt while listening to speakers at a small business conference ten years ago. It was there that I sensed alienating and regressive elements about the small business…

With telescopes, comets and space travel in the news a lot these days, we thought we should share our own telescopic view of what’s to come in ‘22. As we head into 2022, some mainstream media is doing a good job of summarizing what we legitimately need to fear in…

Does your enterprise disappoint? How does it compare to others? Were your expectations realistic? Does your enterprise disappoint? How does it compare to others? Were your expectations realistic? Yesterday, I found myself evaluating progress for my enterprise like one might size up a beautiful, complicated lover — four years on…

How one entrepreneur closed her doors and opened another. Like the many enterprises that relied on in-person interaction, Make Lemonade, a Toronto-based, women-centric co-working space for entrepreneurs was suddenly squeezed dry by the pandemic and closed its doors in August 2020. It was the third closure in three years of…

How one organization radically stirred up conventional business practices to heal communities — and flourish in difficult times. Last month, I set out to find examples of advanced feminist enterprises that were doing truly radical work, showing us what a socially just, post-capitalist enterprise and economy might look like. FoodShare…

“We weren’t offered a seat at the table, so we created our own.” — Nancy Wilson, Executive Director, CanWCC Monday, April 12: The Canadian Women’s Chamber of Commerce (CanWCC) released an emergency task force report calling for $5.5 billion to support women entrepreneurs — a sector disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. …