From Podcast to Movement: How ‘The Honest Talk’ is Empowering Women

 It all began with a need to have honest, authentic, engaging conversations between female professionals juggling demanding careers alongside their personal lives. This safe space where women could feel empowered and inspired through shared experiences, without fear of judgement or stigmatization, resulted in the launch of The Honest Talk podcast

Susan Delacour, Julie Van Dusen on the world of Canadian media

 Susan Delacourt and Julie Van Dusen are both well-known veterans of the world of Canadian journalism, and they are both instinctive story-tellers. In their joint interview as the fourth and final instalment of the Her-Spective webinar this instinct for narrative and truth, honed by years of experience, became very clear,

Introducing Catherine Clark, the host of Her-Spective

 Photo: Michelle Valberg The world around us is constantly evolving. With the help of journalists from across the country, Canadians stay informed of the events occurring around them. To highlight the motivating, courageous, and diverse voices of women in Canadian media, Invest Ottawa and Syntax Strategic are co-presenting Her-Spective: a weeklong interview

Adrienne Arsenault and the importance of true stories

 Adrienne Arsenault, Co-host of CBC’s The National and long-time foreign correspondent, keeps her passport in her knapsack. “It’s always with me,” she says. Even on a video call from the basement of the CBC in a world where international travel has been frozen for a year, her passport is tucked

Incorporating Indigenous stories into mainstream media

 Tanya Talaga, Ojibwe author and journalist, participated in the Her-Spectives Speaker Series' first interview on Wednesday March 3, 2020. Talaga, a visionary for reconciliation in Canada and a highly sought after keynote speaker, specialises in telling Indigenous stories from across Canada. To showcase the strong, courageous, and diverse voices of women

A Leader in Her Own Right

 For many, our parents serve as mentors and are a source of inspiration and motivation. But imagine if one of your parents was a mentor to not only you but an entire nation. This was the reality that Catherine Clark grew up with. Her father is former Canadian Prime Minister