International Women's Day is a moment. What happens in communities doing real work the other 364 days is what actually matters. This episode captures both — live from Tech Connect Alberta's IWD event.

Keith Daser took the Sell Me This Podcast to Tech Connect Alberta's International Women's Day event and sat down with the panelists for a series of rapid-fire interviews. The result is a fast-moving, high-energy episode featuring women founders, operators, and leaders from across Canada's tech ecosystem sharing what they're building, what they've learned, and what the industry still needs to get right.

One of the most-shared episodes of 2026.

Topics covered:

• Rapid-fire perspectives from women leaders across the Canadian tech ecosystem
• Challenges and opportunities specific to women founders and operators in tech
• What IWD means inside a community that's doing the work year-round
• The role Tech Connect Alberta plays in building an inclusive ecosystem
• What attendees are building, launching, and working on right now
• Why community events remain essential to ecosystem health

Timestamps so you can jump around:
0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Minister Tanya Fir
2:53 - Jackie Paisley
7:26 - Angela Nguyen
10:52 - Aakriti Khosla
15:54 - Bontu Galataa
22:15 - Kaitlyn Young
27:13 - Amanda Klym
32:49 - Qimat Zafar
37:14 - Ashley Forbes
40:48 - Parminder Kaur
48:34 - Kimberley Burfoot
55:39 - Jennifer Magnus
1:03:02 - Di Wu Munk

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