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Alright, Now What?

Canadian Women"s Foundation

Gender equality and justice, where we live, work, learn, and play is the goal, and it makes life better for everyone. Our podcast, Alright, Now What?, remains a space where we ask How do we move from awareness to action?, but this season we’re also Shifting the Story. Through powerful storytelling, expert interviews, and bold conversations, we’ll highlight community-based solutions, uncover systemic barriers, and explore what true equity can look like, especially for those who are too often

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31:04

Gender Equality and Economic Justice With Meseret...

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2025/12/17

Today,we’rejoined byMesi, a leader whose national and global advocacy is transforming how we understand and respond to economic abuse in Canada.Mesi shares how her lived experience, decades of work in global health, finance, digital innovation, and gender equality, and her leadership at the Canadian Centre for Women Empowerment led her tohelpbuild the national infrastructure needed to prevent economic abuse,one of the most hidden and often overlooked forms of gender based violencein

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26:13

Grounding, alignment and healing With Jolene McDonald

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2025/12/03

Today we are joined by host Alyssa Carpenter from the Canadian Women’s Foundation. In this episode, Alyssa sits down with Jolene McDonald, an Indigenous wellness practitioner and the founder of a healing business that weaves together yoga, Reiki, life coaching, and community facilitation in the North. Together, they explore the power of grassroots care and small, practical ways to begin reconnecting with your own self and your community.Please listen, subscribe, rate, and review this podcast and

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31:25

Consistency, Care and Connection With Michelle Osbourne

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2025/11/19

Michelle Osbourne is an Empowerment Speaker, Self-Image Activist, and founder of Michelle Osbourne & Co. Known for helping women reclaim their confidence and take up space boldly at every stage of life, Michelle brings an unapologetic, intersectional feminist lens to everything she does. A CBC Black Changemaker and shortlisted for the Canadian Women’s Foundation’s Feminist Creator Prize, she’s partnered with top brands like Amazon Prime Video, Dove, and Interac. Her work has been featured on TV,

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25:19

Shifting the Story on Gender-Based Violence With Jana...

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2025/11/05

Today,we’rejoined by award-winning journalist Jana Pruden, whosereportingshines a light ongender-basedviolence and how these cases move through our justice system.Jana shares how her work in court reporting led her to focus on intimate partner violence, and why telling these stories accuratelyand ethicallymatters so much.We’llexplore the responsibility journalists carry in an age of misinformation, and the power of storytelling to help us understand what is really at stake.And finally, Jana leaves

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26:40

Authentic Entrepreneurship with BleSsed Brooks

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2025/10/22

Welcome to the first episode of Alright, Now What? Season 8: Shifting the Story.Today,we’rekicking things off with someone who embodies that spirit of change:BleSsedBrooks, founder of the first official Yoni Spa in Canada.BleSsedwill take us through her journey as an entrepreneur: what inspired her and the challenges feminist entrepreneurs face.We’llalso dig into some of the creative solutionsshe’sfound along the way. And finally,she’llleave us with a few powerful words on what it means totake

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20:26

Season Finale: Indigenous Entrepreneurship with Jenn...

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2025/07/02

With Jenn Harper, Founder and CEO of Cheekbone Beauty CosmeticsJenn Harper is an award-winning social entrepreneur and international speaker. She is the trailblazing founder and CEO of Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics—a brand that has gracefully painted the ideals of sustainability and inclusion onto a global canvas. From its inception in 2015, Jenn has nurtured Cheekbone Beauty into a B. Corp Certified force, now gracing the shelves of Sephora Canada and 550 JC Penney locations across the USA.Jenn's

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27:38

Disability and Gender Justice

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2025/06/18

With Jenna Barnable, disability inclusion advocate and educatorJenna Barnable is an Atlantic Canadian writer, communicator, disability inclusion advocate and educator who lives with multiple disabilities. She is also a storyteller, community builder and lifelong feminist who raises awareness about women’s, gender-diverse, and Disabled rights through my words, art and education. Jenna unapologetically centers women’s, gender diverse, BIPOC and 2SLGBTQ+ perspectives and issues in her disability

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17:22

Reshaping Maternal Care with Kimberley Okafor

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2025/06/04

With Kimberley Okafor, researcher and advocate for maternal health equityKimberley Okafor is a dedicated researcher and advocate for maternal health equity, currently pursuing a Master of Science in Management (MScM) at Toronto Metropolitan University. As Vice-President External for her MScM cohort and an active member of the Black Researchers Initiative to Empower (BRITE), she is committed to addressing systemic challenges in maternal care globally. Her research explores the intersection of

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14:38

Bleeding with Dignity

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2025/05/21

With Leisha Toory, Winner of the 2025 Feminist Creator PrizeLeisha Toory is a feminist advocate, writer, and the founder of the Period Priority Project, the first and only grassroots initiative in Newfoundland and Labrador dedicated solely to advancing menstrual equity. Through her work, she has successfully lobbied for free menstrual products in public spaces, a policy change recently adopted by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.As an advocate for systemic change, Leisha has created

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20:27

Emergency Preparedness and Gender with Alex Valoroso

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2025/05/07

With Alex Valoroso, Gender Equity Advisor AlexValorosois a Gender Equity Advisor and consultant specializing in equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) strategies, with a particular focus on gender and disaster. She helps organizations build more inclusive workplaces, services, and systems by applying a feminist, trauma-informed, and survivor-centered lens.Alexholds a Master’s degree in Disaster and Emergency Management and has completed specialized training in intersectional analysis, GBA Plus, and

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17:04

Seeing Humanity in One Another with Fallon Farinacci

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2025/04/23

With Fallon Farinacci, Winner of the 2025 Feminist Creator PrizeFallon Farinacci is Red River Métis and a child survivor who testified in the National Inquiry for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, sharing her story of loss and trauma.Later Fallon joined The National Family Advisory Circle, where she worked closely with other MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ family members and the Commissioners for the National Inquiry.Fallon continues to share her family’s story and bring awareness to the ongoing

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18:25

Challenging Gendered Digital Harm with Suzie Dunn

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2025/04/09

With Suzie Dunn, Interim Director of theLaw and Technology Instituteand anassistant professorat Dalhousie University’s Schulich School of Law.Suzie Dunn's researchcenters on the intersections of equality, technology and the law, with a specific focus on technology-facilitated gender-based violence, artificial intelligence, deepfakes, and social media. She is a research partner on a four-year SSHRC funded research project on young people’s experiences with sexual violence online,DIY Digital Safety

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17:14

Creating Inclusive Online Communities with Monica...

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2025/03/26

With Monica Bancheri, Winner of the 2025 Feminist Creator PrizeMonica, also known as Gay Italian Nonna, is aqueer, masculine-presenting lesbian, talk show host, and community builder dedicated to creating safe spaces for women and the LGBTQ+ community. Through her content andtalk show, she helps people find connection, friendship, and belonging. Her Talk Show unMASCed shines a light on trans icons, LGBTQ+ leaders, inspirationalwomen, and creatives- amplifying the voices that shape our culture

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16:36

Trade Gaps & Women Entrepreneurs with Marwa Abdou

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2025/03/12

With Marwa Abdou, Senior Research Director, BDL, Canadian Chamber of Commerce.After over 15 years of multidisciplinary experience abroad, taking on this unique role in June 2022 at the Canadian Chamber has been an opportune and fitting homecoming for Marwa. In her role with the BDL, Marwa leads the Research Center of Excellence and is responsible for developing and implementing an innovative long-term research agenda.Prior to her role at the Chamber, Marwa served as the Advisor to the Minister of

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19:08

Humanizing Urban Planning with Leslie Woo

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2025/02/26

With Leslie Woo CRE®, Chief Executive Officer of CivicAction.Leslie is a respected city leader building sustainable communities and shaping urban development for over two decades in Canada’s fastest-growing urban region,the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. She is a seasoned urban planner, architect, and tireless community activator. At CivicAction, Leslie has been building leadership programs that are building the next generation of civic-minded leaders. She is leading the growth of the next

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20:49

Deconstructing Colonial Gender Roles with Dr. Ruth Green

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2025/02/12

With Dr. Ruth Green (She/her), Director of the School of Social Work at York University.Green is an activist turned accidental academic. She identifies as an urban Indigenous person, and is a citizen of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. She is from the Kanien’keha:ka Nation and is a member of the Turtle Clan.Green likes to think, discuss, and write about Indigenous education. She teaches about the Indigenous resistance to the social issues that the geo-political nation state of Canada has created

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19:28

Feminist Entrepreneurship with Frances Meyer

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2024/12/04

With Frances Meyer, Program Coordinator and Team Lead at the Women’s Business Hub (WBH). Frances immigrated to Saskatoon from the Philippines 17 years ago and has launched and run several succesful businesses since 2008.Frances organizes and facilitates business programs for immigrant women entrepreneurs with the WBH team. In her free time, she offers business and life coaching. She specializes in trauma-informed mindset and business mentorship, with a strong focus on helping women lead with

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15:13

Interview with MP Jagmeet Singh

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2024/11/20

With MP Jagmeet Singh, lawyer, human rights activist, and Leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party.Referenced Link: awarepod.comEpisode ⁠Transcripts⁠Please listen, subscribe, rate, and review this podcast and share it with others. If you appreciate this content, if you want to get in on the efforts to build a gender equal Canada, please donate at ⁠canadianwomen.org⁠ and consider becoming a monthly donor.Facebook: Canadian Women’s FoundationLinkedIn: The Canadian Women’s FoundationInstagram:

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14:34

“What She Said” with Elizabeth Renzetti

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2024/11/06

With Elizabeth Renzetti, journalist and author. Her most recent book is the national bestseller What She Said: Conversations About Equality. In 2020 she won the Landsberg Prize, presented by Canadian Journalism Foundation and Canadian Women’s Foundation, for her reporting on gender equality. She is co-author, with Kate Hilton, of the Quill & Packet series of mystery novels. She lives in Toronto with her family and two very bad cats.Episode ⁠Transcripts⁠Please listen, subscribe, rate, and review

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18:34

A Healing Poet with Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa

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2024/10/23

With Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa, author of her 2024 memoir, Unlike The Rest: A Doctor’s Story. Dr. Oriuwa is a graduate of the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, where she was named the valedictorian of her graduating medical class in 2020. She is a physician, professional spoken word poet, international public speaker, writer, and champion of authentic leadership through genuine human connections. Presently, Dr. Oriuwa is completing her residency in psychiatry at the University of Toronto

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