Pinterest’s Push for Radical Parental Policies in the Workplace
To start the year, Pinterest began to push for better parental policies in an effort to positively transform corporate workplaces.
Women of the Year 2021: TikTok’s Vanessa Craft is Amplifying Diverse Voices
2021 Women of the Year honouree Vanessa Content is using her influence at TikTok Canada to empower and amplify diverse storytellers.
Women of the Year 2021: Thunderbird’s Jennifer Twiner McCarron is Evolving the Future of Storytelling
Thunderbird CEO Jennifer Twiner McCarron believes that storytelling should be more inclusive and diverse.
Women of the Year 2021: Hootsuite’s Tara Ataya is Redefining the Power of Corporate Culture
Hootsuite Chief People and Diversity Officer Tara Ataya is proving that a people-first corporate culture is the way of the future.
How Serena Williams is Filling the Gap for Black Women Entrepreneurs
Tennis champion and Serena Ventures founder Serena Williams is leveling the VC playing field by investing in BIPOC women entrepreneurs to help them achieve success.
How Wattpad CEO Allen Lau Used Diversity and AI to Redefine Which Stories Get Told
In 2011, 24-year old Anna Todd began typing One Direction fanfiction on an iPhone in a supermarket checkout line. Without proofreading, she posted it a chapter at a time on Wattpad, a Toronto-based story sharing platform. Three years later, her finished novel, After, received a six figure book deal from Simon and Schuster. By 2019, […]
Mission Critical E02 Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Actor, Never Have I Ever): How Can We Fight for Better Representation in Hollywood?
Mississauga-born Maitreyi Ramakrishnan beat out 15,000 other girls when she landed the lead role of the Netflix original series Never Have I Ever, a groundbreaking show that tells a coming-of-age story focusing on family dynamics, relationships, grief, and friendship through the lens of an Indian-American household. In this episode, Maitreyi chats with Lance about representation, […]
Mission Critical E01: Michele Romanow (Serial Entrepreneur) on How Entrepreneurs Can Help Solve Today’s Toughest Problems
Entrepreneurs are built to withstand incredible pressure. As a result, they know a thing or two about supporting one another as a community. Michele Romanow is a serial entrepreneur, investor on Dragons’ Den, and co-founder of the world’s largest e-commerce investment company, Clearbanc. In this episode, Lance and Michele talk about equity and equality, humility, […]
