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Smashing the Barriers for International Women’s Day

Celebrating all women in their collective and unique experiences – recognizing strengths, talents and challenges.

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Empowering bold ideas, embracing inclusion and eliminating bias.

This community experience renews pathways for women in the innovation economy and broad business sector. Collaboratively, our partners alongside our keynote encourage our live audience of women and allies to rise and create transformational change, by shifting systems of oppression, celebrating achievement and amplifying the voices of women in business and tech.

To honour and embrace International Women’s Day, Smashing Barriers is hosted annually to focus on recognizing barriers and willingness to remove them, in support of all women leaders and entrepreneurs.

Past keynotes have included:
Melissa Sariffodeen, CEO and Co-Founder of Canada Learning Code
Erin Bury, CEO and Co-Founder of Willful
Avery Francis, CEO and Founder of Bloom
Claudette McGowan, CEO of Protexxa
Dr Rumeet Billan, CEO and Owner of Women of Influence+

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The goal of Smashing Barriers has always been to foster a community of women, support women in their professional and community goals. To celebrate all women, in their collective and unique experiences – recognizing strengths, talents and challenges.

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