Women Entrepreneurship Centre
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Growing a New Era of Women’s Leadership in Uptown Waterloo
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On March 6, the Uptown Waterloo Business Improvement Area (BIA) partnered with the City of Waterloo to host the International Women’s Day Market and the “In Full Bloom” speaker series at the CIGI Campus. During the event, the Uptown Waterloo BIA launched a quarterly women’s entrepreneurs’ collective, and a speaker bureau aimed at increasing visibility and opportunity…
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Laurier hosts Indigenous entrepreneurship panel for International Women’s Day
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To mark International Women’s Day on Mar. 8, the Office of Indigenous Initiatives and Laurier’s Women Entrepreneurship Centre (WEC) hosted a live panel discussion featuring four Indigenous entrepreneurs. The panelists included Jennifer Harper, CEO and founder of Cheekbone Beauty, Dakota Brant, CEO and co-founder of Sapling & Flint, Trish Meekins, owner of Nikaanaganaa Counselling &…
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What’s it like to work as a funeral director?
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As conscious, living organisms, it’s not rare to concern ourselves with feelings of existentialism and the inevitability of death. We’re all going to die and we know that. It comes with the territory. What a fun way to start your Wednesday morning, huh? Regardless of your religious views and opinions, we only inhabit these bodies…
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