WECONOMIE

WECONOMIE

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WECONOMIE episodes

  • Canada's Women's History Month: Whose histories and Which Women?

    What does it mean to celebrate Canada’s Women's History Month when living on unceded Indigenous territory? Whose histories and which women do we celebrate? In this lively conversation, Indigenous professor Cora Voyageur tackles these questions head on, debunks myths about Indigenous economies and highlights Indigenous women to celebrate!

    Cora Voyageur is a professor in the Sociology department at the University of Calgary, where she has taught for 25 years, a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation from Fort Chipewyan and is a residential school survivor.


    To learn more about women's economic futures in Canada, you can find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram or online at https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/

    35 min
  • Women in Economics: Intersectional Feminism and Sustainable Economic Development

    This episode led by students from the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies at the University of Ottawa discusses the relationship between intersectional feminism and sustainable economies. This episode includes a guest speaker: Skw’akw’as (Sunshine) Dunstan-Moore -- a Community Climate Justice Coordinator for TLKemchEEn (Lytton) and VIDEA Sunshine; a member of the Youth Advisory Group with the Canadian Commission for UNESCO; and a Generation Power Intern with Indigenous Clean Energy. Another guest speaker is Kat Cadungog -- ED of the Foundation for Environmental Stewardship who has collaborated with youth across Canada in over 50 Action Projects in remote, rural, and Indigenous communities.


    Tune in to this episode to learn more about the intersections between sustainability, climate justice, feminism, and the economy.


    To learn more about women's economic futures in Canada, you can find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram or online at https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/

    55 min
  • The Inclusion of Trans, non-Binary and Queer People in Women's Safe Spaces and Organizations

    A group of University of Ottawa students come together in this episode to talk about the inclusion of trans, non-binary and queer people in women's safe spaces and organizations. This episode is guided by an intersectional framework that seeks to incorporate ethnic identities with gender identities. Racial inequality shouldn't be separated from discrimination based on race, class, sexuality, or immigrant status. People are often subject to all of these discriminations -- not just one.

    Tune in to this episode to learn more!

    To learn more about women's economic futures in Canada, you can find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram or online at https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/


    1 hr 10 min
  • Narratives of Arab women on business networking for self employment

    Her Own Boss is an inclusive community based action research project that involves collaboration among various researchers, NPOs and community members. Hear from Monika Imeri and Nisreen Rashid about the impact of social capital on the acquisition of business knowledge.

    To learn more about women's economic futures in Canada, you can find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram or online at https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/


    23 min
  • Women in Law with the Hon Pamela L. Hebner

    This podcast was created at the University of Ottawa's Institute of Feminist and Gender studies, specifically for the FEM1100 course "Introduction to Women, Gender, and Feminism."

    "In the last hundred years, the Women's Rights Movement has made many advances but it's not until we are all equal, in all domains, that the fight for gender equality is over." This episode includes a guest speaker: the Honourable Pamela L. Hebner with whom they discuss topics related to women in the field of law and her own experience navigating this challenging and male-dominated field.
    Tune in to this episode!
    To learn more about women's economic futures in Canada, you can find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram or online at https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/


    58 min
  • Narratives of Arab women on language barriers to self employment

    Her Own Boss is an inclusive community based action research project that involves collaboration among various researchers, NPOs and community members. Hear from Monika Imeri and Nisreen Rashid about how language acquisition and level of competence aggravated business challenges among Arab focus group participants.

    To learn more about women's economic futures in Canada, you can find us on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram or online at https://womenseconomiccouncil.ca/

    30 min
  • Influencing Organizational Change

    This first episode of the WECONOMIE Podcast by the Women’s Economic Council talks about Change Management in organizations and small businesses. Their guest is Ashley Wang from the Women of Ontario Social Enterprise Network.

    To read a transcript of this podcast, click here.

    Ce premier épisode de la baladodiffusion WECONOMIE par le Conseil Économique des femmes discute la gestion du changement dans les organismes et les petites entreprises. Leur invitée est Ashley Wang, de Women of Ontario Social Enterprise Network.

    21 min

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The Women’s Economic Council presents the Weconomie Podcast, an audio show to learn and explore entrepreneurship, financial sustainability, and economic security for every woman in Canada.