This week, as part of our 'doing things differently' series, Moms at Work interviewed Nadine Woods, owner of the Toronto-based social enterprise, Mayana Genevière.

Angelica Victoria lives in Vancouver, BC and is the co-founder and co-lead of the Mama Bear Program, an  initiative aimed to uplift, empower and celebrate the challenges and capabilities of working mothers at her workplace. Q: In two to three sentences, can you explain what your program offers? The program

We need to start talking about the women in the world who are showing up and doing it differently. We need to make "heros" out of the women who are saying no to working 80 hours a week. Who are getting angry and trying something new. Who are not building

How do you parent effectively when you’re burnt out and exhausted from being mistreated?

For the very small percentage of the global workforce - working from home is another great benefit they can brag about on their Instagram account. But the pandemic proved to us once again that the people keeping us going are not the ones sitting behind computers. They are the caregivers,

We have talked about all the women who left the workforce but we are not talking about all the caregivers who stayed.

On January 25th my life was forever changed. The sun was just coming up when my three-year-old bounced into our room, onto our bed, and then flung his body and his head backward – into my face. I only remember the cracking sound. After that, I don’t remember much. I

Despite earning a PhD, Dominique Riviere always knew she wanted to put her academic knowledge in the service of equity and social justice work.

So, here's the deal. I didn't want to share this. I didn't want to write this because well this is amazing but do I deserve to be next to these other people? (Check us out here [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/rob-magazine/article-emerging-business-leaders-innovation-canada/] .) I don't love awards where you have

We have homeschooled, taken walks, taken more walks. We have shushed our kids while on Zoom. Handed them a device. We have cried for the loss of childhood. The loss of life. The loss of time. The loss of space. We have stared numbly at screens, at walls and have

Lauren Wagner is a Registered Health Coach (RHC™) and Certified Fitness Trainer based in Vancouver. After working in healthcare for over ten years, Lauren started her own business in May 2021 and now spends her time helping her clients – most of whom are busy moms – achieve their health and fitness

There is no other way to describe it: as a mother of two young children and a small business owner, this s*&t is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S. My world has completely imploded between navigating COVID-related school closures, homeschooling and work on top of all the chores that need to get done.

Shafina Coelho is a Toronto-based Human Resources specialist passionate about helping women to find meaningful employment. In addition to her role with Moms at Work as job search coach and moderator for The Collective [https://thisismomsatwork.com/collective/], she is the co-founder of Frida + Phoenix [https://www.instagram.com/frida_

In 2018, Moms at Work was created to fill a gap for professional women. It was designed to bring together mid and senior level career women. Women who were leaders, women who were returning to work after a career break and entrepreneurs. We crossed industries, areas of expertise and shared