Lisa Thibodeau

Melodie Reynolds - Elate Beauty

Melodie Reynolds was fed up with beauty waste – so she built her own brand

When Melodie Reynolds set out to restock her professional makeup kit, she didn’t expect it to spark an entrepreneurial journey. But when she got home and saw a heap of…

By Lisa Thibodeau

Melodie Reynolds - Elate Beauty

What we’re ‘adding to cart’ this July

You know that feeling when you stumble on just the thing – a product that makes your morning smoother, your skin glowier, or your coffee taste better? We live for those l…

75% of Gen Y women are still impacted by toxic Y2K body culture

75% of Gen Y women are still impacted by toxic Y2K body culture, says new Dove survey

If you flipped through a magazine in the early 2000s, you probably remember the headlines: the crash diets, the “bikini body” countdowns, the cruel “who wore it worse” fe…

75% of Gen Y women are still impacted by toxic Y2K body culture

Gen Z entrepreneurs

Gen Z is choosing entrepreneurship instead of traditional career paths – and shaping Canada’s economic future in the process

The pursuit of flexibility and dissatisfaction with traditional corporate career paths is the driving force inspiring young women to start small businesses For C…

Gen Z entrepreneurs

From Mary Taggart’s shelf to yours: 5 summer must-reads

Whether you're lounging at the cottage, stretched out in the park, or soaking up long evenings on the porch, there's something about this time of year that makes it easie…

By Mary Taggart

How Jessica Off launched a viral travel brand with $80 – and a little mystery

Jessica Off, founder of Guess Where Trips. Photos courtesy of Guess Where Trips. Ever since she can remember, Jessica Off has always wanted to work in the travel indus…

By Lisa Thibodeau

Order of Canada

Meet the 24 women just appointed to the Order of Canada

The latest Order of Canada appointments are in – and among them are some truly incredible women. Since 1967, The Order of Canada has been a way to recognize peop…

Order of Canada

The book that taught me to make the world more beautiful

Growing up, I was lucky. Not just in the big, obvious ways – though there were those, too – but in the quiet, sacred ones. The kind of luck that looks like a parent re…

By Jennifer Stewart