15th Annual Inspiring Women Event - Digital Program

FORGING A PATH FORWARD Be motivated by the inspirational stories of success from leading Canadian Women!

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HOPIN “HOW TO” What is Hopin?

Hopin is a virtual events platform where attendees can learn, interact, and connect with others. In Hopin, you can network with others through chat windows and 1-on-1 video conversations in the Networking tab, watch our Main Stage for announcements, join in on group networking and brainstorming in our Sessions tab and explore our exhibitors in the Expo tab. This platform allows you to video chat with attendees, so please be prepared to have your audio & video on. The platform also imports content in from YouTube, so please make sure you don’t have any firewalls that will prevent you from accessing the full event. To watch a video on how the platform works and an explanation of each of the features, please click this link.

Why Register on Hopin?

The event will be hosted on Hopin and requires you to set-up a profile in advance (which acts as your virtual business card). By registering prior to the event, it will make for a smooth login process on the event date.

As you attend the event, you can virtually connect with people and booths. At the end of the event, your new connections will receive your virtual business card. You can find your connections by going to your profile. They will be organized by event.

How do I access Hopin?

Once you are registered for the event through our website, the link to access the Hopin event will be sent to you via email from the Chamber’s Events Team (at least 4 business days prior to the event). Please remember to open the link in a Google Chrome web browser.

Create a Profile at: www.hopin.com

“Power’s not given to you. You have to take it.” -Beyoncé

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BE SOCIAL 1. Take Your Own Photos!

There’s no professional photographer, but we still want to see how you’re experiencing this year’s event! Share your photos, and join in the conversation online, using the hashtag #InspiringWomenEvent.

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SCHEDULE 7:15am

Morning Brew

7:15am 7:15am

Expo: Exhibitors Networking: 1-on-1 Networking

8:00am

Main Stage LIVE • Part 1

8:00am 8:15am 8:45am 9:15am

Opening Remarks Keynote Presentation: Lisa Raitt Keynote Presentation: Christa Couture Keynote Presentation: Bridget Jensen

9:40am

Coffee Break

9:40am 9:40am 9:50am

Expo: Exhibitors Networking: 1-on-1 Networking Session: Vision Boarding with Monika McKinley

10:20am

Main Stage LIVE • Part 2

10:25am

Keynote Presentation: Jam Gamble

10:45am

Keynote Presentation: Tracy Valko

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*Schedule subject to change.

11:05am

Coffee Break

11:05am

Expo: Exhibitors

11:05am

Networking: 1-on-1 Networking

11:05am

Session: Mid-Morning Movement with Sekond Skin Society

11:15am

Session: Mid-Morning Nutrition Boost with Marilia Pereira

11:30am

Main Stage LIVE • Part 3

11:30am 12:20pm

Keynote Presentation: Komal Minhas Closing Remarks

12:30pm

Event Ends

Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me. -Arianna Huffington

*Schedule subject to change.

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ACTIVITY FACILITATORS Monika McKinley

Wellness & Personal Development Coach

9:50am

Join Monika for an interactive Vision Boarding Session! Monika McKinley has been coaching people to achieve their wellness, beauty, and personal goals for over 25 years. Her background and experience in business management, leadership, and goal setting, coupled with her passion and enthusiasm for helping people, will guide you step by step to create a visual tool to assist you in keeping your goals top of mind.

Join her session to discover the empowering effects of creating a vision board to help you stay focused on your goals, dreams, and habits in any area of your life.

Lee-Anne Reuber @sekond_skin_society • sekondskinsociety.com

Join Lee-Anne of Sekond Skin Society for some MidMorning Movement! A born leader, Lee-Anne has really stepped into this role as the Founder and CEO of a virtual movement membership that is taking the world by storm.

Starting with the foundation of movement, Lee-Anne quickly expanded her business by offering coaching and educational tools around mindset. Specializing in workplace wellness, Lee-Anne saw barriers in accessing movement she could remove and gaps in industries she could fill. Lee-Anne is a true creative, a strategic expert, a 11:05am big thinker, and she will encourage you to do and be the same. Now a sought-after speaker, a workplace wellness expert, a disruptor in the fitness industry and a thought leader, Lee-Anne is excited to see where Sekond Skin Society will take her next. “The world is full of infinite possibilities, and I am committed to continued expansion for both myself and my business.”

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Presented by:

Marilia Pereira

@fleurishwithmarilia • fleurishwithmarilia.com

11:15am

Join Marilia for a Mid-Morning Nutrition & Holistic Boost! A zest for life, positive attitude and giving spirit are at the core of this passion-driven nutritionist. When Marilia decided to shift her business savvy skills from the corporate world, her passion and dream manifested with her nutrition and lifestyle coaching practice; Fleurish. During the past ten years, from Toronto to New Zealand, she has been helping people achieve their health goals with nutritional consultations, energy medicine therapy, corporate and private events, public speaking, and workshops.

Here’s what you need for Marilia’s Session!

Materials:

Ingredients:

Blender or frother

1/4 cup Coconut milk

Small pot

1 tsp organic ground turmeric

Kettle

1/4 tsp Ceylon cinnamon 1 tsp raw honey 1 scoop unflavoured collagen powder (optional) Pinch of ground cardamom 1 cup boiled water

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SPEAKERS Lisa Raitt @LisaRaittMP

The Honourable Lisa Raitt joined CIBC Capital Markets in January 2020, having previously worked in both the public and private sectors. Ms. Raitt’s current focus is on senior client coverage and business development with clients in the energy, infrastructure and industrial sectors, which align closely with her deep expertise. Prior to her current role, Ms. Raitt was the President and CEO of the Toronto Port Authority. She was elected into the House of Commons in 2008, where she went on to 8:15am hold three senior portfolios serving as Minister of Natural Resources, Minister of Labour, and Minister of Transport. Most recently, Ms. Raitt was the Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition and the Conservative Party of Canada. Ms. Raitt holds a Bachelor of Science degree from St. Francis Xavier University and a master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Guelph. Ms. Raitt also continues to end the stigma around dementia, after stepping into a caregiver role for her husband Bruce, after he was diagnosed with early on-set Alzheimer’s.

Christa Couture

@ChristaCouture • christacouture.com Christa Couture is an award-winning performing and recording artist, filmmaker, non-fiction writer and broadcaster. She is also proudly Indigenous (mixed Cree and Scandinavian), queer, disabled, and a mom.

Her seventh album Safe Harbour was released on Coax Records in 2020. As a writer and storyteller, she has been published in Room, Shameless, and Augur magazines, and on cbc.ca. In 2018, her CBC article and photos on disability and pregnancy went viral. She has spoken for Walrus Talks, Moses 8:45am Znaimer’s ideaCity, and CBC’s DNTO Live. She is a frequent contributor to CBC Radio and is currently the weekday afternoon host on 106.5 ELMNT FM in Toronto. Her debut memoir How to Lose Everything is out now with Doulgas & McIntyre.

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Bridget Jensen

@BetterBedtimeSleep • betterbedtime.ca Better Bedtime was founded by Bridget Jensen, who is a Certified Sleep Consultant and member of the Association of Professional Sleep Consultants.

She is a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University and Conestoga College. As a mother of three children, Bridget has always felt passionate about sleep being a priority in her family’s life. Although many families connect with Bridget to help with their newborns, her practice also includes adult sleep training and corporate sleep seminars. Your genetics, lifestyle 9:15am and health all play a role in the quality of sleep you have. Bridget will be teaching us healthy sleep tactics, it’s relation to optimal health, and more!

Presented by:

Jam Gamble

@IAmJamGamble • iamjamgamble.com

10:25am

Jahmeelah “Jam” Gamble is an award-winning media personality, sought out keynote speaker, and CEO behind “Slay The Mic”, a program that helps aspiring speakers, content creators, and entrepreneurs transform their voice. Through corporate training, Slay The Mic online course, masterclass events, virtual learning, and private coaching, she has helped over 800 voices learn how to #SlayTheMic. Jam is on a mission to help everyone transform their voice into their ultimate superpower.

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SPEAKERS Tracy Valko

@TheValkoTeam • tracyvalko.ca Tracy has been a pillar of service and inspiration to the finance and mortgage industry for more than twenty-five years. Her professional foundation has been built on heart-centered leadership, honesty, integrity, commitment, and professionalism. Tracy and her team have hosted hugely successful community events, as well as participates regularly in staple community initiatives supporting several of their choice-charities (KW Humane Society, Waterloo Region Down Syndrome Society, The 10:45am Food Bank, Child & Family Services, and more).

Tracy has been recognized several times locally and provincially for her contributions and enduring support in giving back to the community and setting a shining example for others in the industry. Tracy has co-authored two books and continues to publicly advocate and speak on issues relating to mental wellness and suicide prevention. When she’s not at the office, you’ll find Tracy at the barn with her daughter Meghan or wading up the (Grand) river with her son Brendan. She loves reading, running, meditating, dunking herself in ice baths, or just enjoying a nice quiet moment with her husband Bruno and Tess (their fur-baby) at home.

Komal Minhas

@KomalMinhas • komal.com Komal is the founder of Karseva Co., a company focused on building individual and societal resilience through training programs, media production, and investing. She curates powerful experiences and conversations as an interviewer, educator, investor, and champion for women globally, and for this work, was named to Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul 100 list. Komal is the host of the talk show, Lessons Learned, where she leverages her varied life experiences and background as a 11:30am business owner and journalist to deeply connect with her guests and global audience in sharing stories of resilience. A recent career highlight for Komal was interviewing former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama in front of an audience of 8,000 for Mrs. Obama’s Canadian stadium tour. As a resilience educator, Komal trains women to better understand their own strengths and capacity as they work to transform the systems we live in.

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HOSTS

Daryl Morris CTV News Anchor

Lisa Drew CityNews 570, Morning Anchor/ Managing Editor

Our unity is our strength and our diversity our power. -Kamala Harris

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SUPPORTERS During the Live Sessions, we encourage you to visit the Expo to speak live with exhibitors!

While you’re visiting their booth, don’t forget to ask for their Code Word for the Expo Contest. You can enter them below. Every Code Word you collect is an extra chance to win.

Enter your code words here: https://forms.gle/2j47cDHqeV6uXBFK7

Exhibitors include: Uptown Waterloo BIA Waterloo Region Small Business Centre Access Student Talent Design Your Reality And more!

One lucky winner will receive a gift basket from Dana Shortt Gourmet!

Value of over $150!

Courtesy of:

Plus, just by attending the event you will be automatically entered to win great prizes from local businesses!

Our unity is our strength and our diversity our power. -Kamala Harris

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Women’s Leadership Committee: (Chair) Kim Wilhelm, The Food Bank of Waterloo Region

Lesley Warren, Lesley Warren Design Group Inc.

(Vice-Chair) Kat Katsambrokos, Waterloo Region District School Board

Rachel Sommers, RBC PH&N Investment Counsel

Allison Bourke, Oxford Learning Waterloo Amanda Melnick, United Way Waterloo Region Communities Janice McVey, Dean Group Jessica Bondy, House of Friendship

Rebecca Hempey, The Delivery Guys Inc. Sandra Stone Mhari Reid, Greater KW Chamber of Commerce Carolyn Marsh, Greater KW Chamber of Commerce

Kathy MacDonald,

tmmc.ca/careers

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THANK YOU SPONSORS! A BIG thank you to our sponsors for your support of the 15th Annual Inspiring Women Event.

We truly appreciate it!

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