Joanne Turnbull is a fighter, an activist, a philanthropist, an artist, and a confident woman who loves to inspire. My younger years began with me as a spunky and curious young girl. I came from loving parents, a large…
Pursuit 365 Day 287: Marzena Skowronski
Marzena Skowronski is a single mom, a successful make-up artist in the film and television industry, a skincare specialist, an avid traveler, a resourceful soulpreneur, and an amateur astronomer. Life seldom takes us where we plan to go, but we always…
Pursuit 365 Day 286: Teresa Simmonds
Teresa Simmonds is creative, entrepreneurial, and gets to play with makeup for a living – and that is perfect. “Stop comparing yourself to others, and happiness will follow you. I am proud of you” June 28th, 2017 Those were the…
Fresh with Fiona Forbes- Talia Beckett Davis
Talia Beckett Davis is the Creator of the Public Relations Academy, Founder of the Organization of American Women in Public Relations and the Organization of Canadian Women in Public Relations (Women in PR North America). She runs the PR Agency, Pink Pearl PR and has worked…
Pursuit 365 Day 285: Amanda Cox
Amanda Cox is the founder of Rock Candy, a luxury gemstone bead jewelry company. She designs and handcrafts bespoke pieces in her Vancouver studio using precious and semi-precious gemstone beads. Inspired at an early age by ancient beads and art,…
Pursuit 365 Day 284: Natali Harea
Natali Harea is a bread baker, entrepreneur, mother, and wife. I started my business – Nat’s Bread Company – in January of 2013, when I was twenty-eight years old. Nat’s Bread Company is a wholesale bread bakery in Ottawa, which…
Pursuit 365 Day 283: Khadija Jiwani
Khadija, also known as Kat, is an experienced businesswoman and a founder of a venture called Simply Office. I established Simply Office eight years ago to fulfill a niche, specifically in the North Shore market, to help start-up and small…
Pursuit 365 Day 282: Alexis Ellis
Alexis Ellis is a co-author, podcaster, speaker, and pageant girl, who is not stopping there. I was born in the wrong body. I knew it when I was young, and I wasn’t happy. I didn’t like being a boy, so…
Pursuit 365 Day 281: Faydra Aldridge
Faydra Aldridge is the CEO of the BC Schizophrenia Society. Crazy person. Wacko. Multiple or split personality. Schizo. These are just a few of the adjectives used by some to describe those with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness. …
Pursuit 365 Day 280: Lori Burke
Lori Burke is a mother, an intuitive artist, and an authentic collaborator who shares parts of her soul in the form of her art. As an intuitive artist, I am intensely in touch with my emotions and the pull of…
Pursuit 365 Day 279: Heather Odendaal
Meet Heather Odendaal — an accomplished Canadian entrepreneur, brand builder, and event producer whose experience in corporate environments inspired her to create and co-found WNORTH, a global organization dedicated to the development of women mid-career on a trajectory towards senior…
Pursuit 365 Day 278: Oyéta Kokoroko
Oyéta Kokoroko is the founder of OKOKO Cosmétiques Dreams and challenges go hand-in-hand: it’s when you learn to embrace the challenges that your dreams blossom. Since I was a young girl, my dream was to become an entrepreneur. After watching…
