Elevate - International Women’s Day
Traditionally held on on Parliament Hill, Elevate International continues to be proud to host this event in honour of International Women's Day (IWD). This annual International Women’s Day leadership event is an engaging and interactive In-person Event with national and International guests.
This powerful leadership event offers an opportunity to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by leaders and organizations taking historic and extraordinary steps towards the advancement of women's leadership within communities, companies and organizations locally and globally.
Our Goal: Together, we can help more women leaders achieve an even greater impact on our society. With the support of committed partners, we look forward to creating a powerfully elevating experience that attracts stakeholders from across our region, throughout the country, and around the world.
Elevate International IWD Speakers
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Her Excellency Romy VASQUEZ MORALES
AMBASSADOR
Ambassador Embassy of the Republic of Panama -
Dr. Wendy Cukier
FOUNDER & ACADEMIC DIRECTOR
The Diversity Institute -
His Excellency David L. Cohen
AMBASSADOR
United States of America -
Her Excellency Maria Andrelita AUSTRIA
AMBASSADOR
Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines -
Her Excellency Maria Josefina MARTINEZ GRAMUGLIA
AMBASSADOR
Embassy of the Argentine Republic -
Her Excellency Susannah Clare GOSHKO
HIGH COMMISIONNER
British High Commission -
The Honourable Jenna Sudds
MINISTER
Families, Children & Social Dev. -
Barbara Cartwright
CEO
Humane Canada -
David Gourlay
CEO
Shepherds of Good Hope Foundation -
Betty-Anne Howard
Master Financial Advisor & Literacy Advocate and Charitable Giving Expert
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Tracey Allen
Vice-President
IT Procurement
NOKIA -
Jo-Anne Ryan
VICE-PRESIDENT
Philanthropic Advisory Services
TD Wealth -
Helen Tang, Ph.D.
CEO & FOUNDER
Helen Tang Real Estate -
Sara Wilshaw
Chief Trade Commissioner & ADM
Global Affairs Canada -
Paula Cruickshank
SVP, ONTARIO
BDC -
Justine Hendricks
President and CEO
FCC -
Sam Laprade
Elevate IWD Co-Host
CFRE -
Shereen Munshi
Director of Partnerships & Strategic Comms
The Circle on Philanthropy
Call to Action.
From unrecognized and unrewarded women's leadership, to intensified mental health abstacles, today, companies and organizations risk losing accomplished women leaders, future women leaders and years of hard work to advance gender diversity.
There has never been a more important time to support women leaders in the workplace and the advancement of gender diversity in leadership.
From unrecognized and unrewarded women's leadership, to intensified mental health obstacles, today, companies and organizations risk losing accomplished women leaders, future women leaders and years of hard work to advance gender diversity.
Despite women rising to the moment as better leaders, stronger people managers and more active champions of diversity, equity, and inclusion; their critical work is going unrecognized and unrewarded by leaders, companies and organizations. Today, women are even more burned out than they were a year ago. While the impact of the past two years on women continue to further disclose, the risks to women—and the companies that depend on their leadership—are still very real.
Leadership
A New Era: Build Back Better
How do we help leaders and organizations retain the very leaders the world needs right now: women leaders.
WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP - BUILD BACK BETTER
MARCH 8, 2024 - 9:00AM - 11:00AM
How do we help leaders and organizations nurture and retain the very leaders the world needs right now: women in leaders.
Even before COVID-19, women were playing on an uneven field. Globally, data shows that women are underrepresented at all levels of decision-making worldwide, and achieving gender parity in political life is far off. In Canada, the proportion of women executive officers increased slightly to 18.2% from 17% last year, but is largely unchanged since 2015.
Two years into the pandemic and the challenges are even greater. While women have made some gains in representation, especially in senior leadership, the pandemic continues to take a toll. In addition to taking on more work, women leaders continue to face various challenges in the workplace and almost 40% have considered leaving the workforce or downshifting their careers.
Companies risk losing the very leaders they need right now, and it’s hard to imagine organizations navigating the pandemic and building inclusive workplaces if this work isn’t truly prioritized.
Part one - Women Leading Globally will celebrate the accomplishments of women throughout the last two years; and then have constructive discussions on the status of women in leadership today that will include a panel discussion with senior executives sharing current challenges, and best practices that are shaping the culture within organizations and leadership teams. The panel discussion will be followed by a keynote on building back better.
Economic Power
A New Era - Driving global economy
Women Leaders Driving Global Economic Revolution and Recovery. COVID-19 delivered a decisive blow to global health and our global economy with devastating impact on women.
WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
MARCH 8, 2024 - 11:00AM - 12:30PM
Elevate IWD Part Two: Women's Economic Power
Women Leaders Driving Global Economic Revolution and Recovery. COVID-19 delivered a decisive blow to global health and our global economy with devastating impact on women. This crisis creates the opportunity for women leaders in powerful global industries take strategic action to address gender inequality and help revolutionize our global economy.
The time is now. This year's Elevate International's Economic Power discussion will provide inspiration and actionable insight with a focus on opportunities for women leaders, decision-makers and influencers to:
Catalyze the economic growth and achieve increased impact during unprecedented times;
Help build a rich, robust and diverse talent pipeline in industries and markets;
Take targeted action to drive gender equality and the recovery of our global economy.
Our leaders leaders will offer inspiration and actionable insight from strategies and successes to challenges, lessons learned and recommendations for the future.
Philanthropy
A New Era: A more equal world
2020 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, it was intended to be ground-break- ing for gender equality. Instead, due to the COVID-19 pandemic even the limited gains made in the past decades became at risk of being rolled back.
WOMEN IN PHILANTHROPY: A MORE EQUAL WORLD
MARCH 8, 2024 - 1:00PM - 2:30PM
Elevate IWD Part Three: Women leading in philanthropy
2020 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, it was intended to be ground breaking for gender equality. Instead, due to the COVID-19 pandemic even the limited gains made in the past decades became at risk of being rolled back. The pandemic has deepened pre-existing inequalities, exposing vulnerabilities in social, political and economic systems which are in turn amplifying the impacts of the pandemic.
Compounded economic impacts are being felt intently by women and girls who have been historically earning less or living close to poverty.
Gender-based violence has increased exponentially
Women's health has been impacted through the reallocation of resources and priorities, including sexual and reproductive health services.
Unpaid care work has increased, with children out-of-school, heightened care needs of older persons and overwhelmed health services.
A conversation with female philanthropists on critical challenges facing women and girls today and how we can invest in effective solutions for long-term change. Recovery must lead to a more equal world that is more resilient to future crises
#BuildBackBetter
A New Era: #BreakTheBias - Take Bold Steps
Advancing gender diversity and inclusion in leadership for women from all walks of life will require leaders and organizations to make bold steps.
#BREAKTHEBIAS: DIVERSITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING
MARCH 8, 2024 - 3:00PM - 4:30PM
Breaking the bias will be imperative to building back better.
Women continue to face a “broken rung” at the first step up to manager
Women of colour lose ground at every step in the pipeline - women of colour continue to face significant bias and discrimination at work.
Asian women are often unfairly overlooked at work.
Women with disabilities are often overlooked and undervalued in their workplaces.
LGBTQ+ often face disrespectful and “othering” behavior in their workplaces.
Latinas are less likely than other women to have a high degree of flexibility in their jobs, which makes balancing work and life especially difficult.
Indigenous women face the triple burden of discrimination when advancing in leadership
By almost any measure, Black women are facing disproportionately high barriers in the workplace.
Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging experts share insights on how companies, organization, communities and society as a whole can continue to manage the challenges of the pandemic while also building a more equal workplace that focuses on identifying key DEI priorities - particularly those affecting women in leadership.
International Women’s Day 4 Part Series
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Leadership
Advancing women’s leadership.
Constructive discussions on the status of women in leadership today, that will include a panel discussions with three senior executivces sharing current challenges and best practices that are shaping the culture within their organisaions and leadership teams, follwed by a keynote speaker on building back better.
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Economic Power
Women Leaders Driving Global Economic Revolution and Recovery. COVID-19 delivered a decisive blow to global health and our global economy with devastating impact on women.
Our leaders leaders will offer inspiration and actionable insight from strategies and successes to challenges, lessons learned and recommendations for the future.
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Diversity
A conversation with female philanthropists on the most critical challenges facing women and girls today and how we can invest in effective solutions for long-term change.
Recovery must lead to a more equal world that is more resilient to future crises.
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Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
Advancing gender diversity and inclusion in leadership for women from all walks of life will require leaders and organizations to make bold steps.
As companies continue to manage the challenges of the pandemic and look to build a more equal workplace for the future, how will they focus on identifying key priorities to advance all aspects of diversity and inclusion, but particularly the circumstances women are experiencing.
Elevate Women.
GO BEYOND
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2023
#GoBeyond #EmbraceEquity
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In the mist of adversity, also comes great opportunity. So how do we build a better world that will strengthen our leadership pipeline for generations to come?
After the COVID era, comes A New Era that will Build Back Better. An opportunity to implement, improve and strengthen more effective culture, policies and best practices that will empower the workforce and advance diversity, equity and inclusion in leadership.
This year we highlight the significant impact that COVID-19 has had on women’s leadership in the workplace, business and philanthropy; giving us an opportunity to identity key steps forward that will elevate the advancement of women in all sectors.
#IWW2022 #ElevateWomen #ANewEra #BuildBackBetter #BreakTheBias
