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The Virago Podcast
by Tashika Gomes
Candid interviews with women in business who are driving change, making an impact and helping to create a better and more equitable world. We talk about the highs and lows of building a successful career, running a business and navigating everything else life can bring--personally and professionally. Expect laughter, vulnerability, useful tips and insights, and loads of inspiration to keep building a life you love!
Episodes
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Amanda Pope - Starting a successful business in your teens, living with purpose and what to do when you can’t pick just one career
Amanda Pope is an ambitious entrepreneur, TV host on Cable 14, and news journalist on ELMNT FM reporting breaking news, sports and weather live on air for Toronto and Ottawa. Amanda also has a passion for health and wellness, and is currently studying holistic nutrition at the Canadian School of...
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Kimberly Irwin - The importance of haircare for seniors and the challenges and triumphs of mompreneurship
Kimberly Irwin is the founder of Haircuts on Wheels, Toronto’s number one hair care company for seniors and people with disabilities. Haircuts on Wheels brings mobile hair care services to seniors at home, in the hospital or rehab, and in retirement residences. Their team of stylists is trained…
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Farzia Khan - Habits & routines of a serial entrepreneur and why we need more women in STEM
Farzia Khan is a Senior Manager of Employee Tech Experience at the Bank of Montreal. She primarily focuses on bringing innovative technologies to the workplace that will improve the technology experience for 45,000 employees. As a strong advocate of women in tech, Farzia sits on a Women in STEM...
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Hayley Mullins & Sarah Cox - Why mums know best, skin to skin and self soothing for adults
Hayley Mullins is an Infant Falls Expert and the inventor of the Joeyband, which she created after an awful incident where her baby fell to the floor. From that experience, she became entrenched in the issue and now works alongside global Key Opinion Leaders, including the Joeyband® advisor and…
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Hannah Cree - Catalyzing social change in uncommon ways through business, writing and speaking
Raised in an entrepreneurial family, Hannah Cree’s career naturally began at a young age with a lemonade & cherry stand. She proceeded to receive 2 Youth Initiative & Community Achievement Awards from the Premiere of B.C. for her leadership in the 1st ever Surrey Youth Opinion Polls and the...
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Emily Bland - Growing your own food without soil or sunlight using hydroponic kits
Emily Bland is the CEO of SucSeed, which is a Newfoundland based company that creates low-cost, cleverly designed hydroponic grow kits for growing your own food. SucSeed exists to bring hydroponics into classrooms, homes and communities to encourage a simple and easy environmentally sustainable...
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Suzanne Tyson - Converting loyalty points into tuition and student loan payments
In 2013, Suzanne Tyson combined all of her previous career experience to conceive, develop and launch HigherEdPoints.com, the only company in the world to enable the conversion of existing loyalty points into funds for higher education. Her efforts with HigherEdPoints have directly assisted...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Candid interviews with women in business who are driving change, making an impact and helping to create a better and more equitable world. We talk about the highs and lows of building a successful career, running a business and navigating everything else life can bring--personally and professionally. Expect laughter, vulnerability, useful tips and insights, and loads of inspiration to keep building a life you love!
HOSTED BY
Tashika Gomes
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