Whether you’re part of a volunteer organization, a large corporation, or an activist group, events can bring together stakeholders who are important to you, and guide conversation among these groups to generate new ideas and best practices. They’re also a heck of a lot of fun! Planning an event is labour and cost intensive, […]

  When you’re looking to add new members to your organization, be it a business, an association, a club – anything, really – you want to find people who have the right vibe. Vibe is a strange thing, it’s not easily or neatly definable, but you want to find someone who you feel will fit […]

On Tuesday, January 15, 2019, the New York Rangers and the You Can Play Project teamed up to celebrate Pride Night and spread the message of acceptance and respect within the hockey community. The New York Rangers welcomed Harrison Browne, the first transgender professional athlete, to their Pride Night home game at Madison Square Garden […]

Spontaneous harmony is difficult to achieve. Try it for yourself; go to a colleague, and tell them that on three, you’ll both sing a note. We’ll be here when you get back. Assuming you tried the exercise, chances are you didn’t get a perfect vocal harmony; the likeliness that you picked two notes that worked […]

  Alexandre Bilodeau is many things to many people. To Canadians all over, he is an Olympic hero; the first Canadian to win Gold on home soil, and the first Olympic freestyle skier to defend his Gold medal in the following Olympic games. To his family, he is a pillar of love, support, and happiness. […]

  Have you ever tried to hold a motivational meeting in your company on your own? It can be incredibly difficult, especially if you get along well with all the members of your organization; they’ll see you as a friend, colleague, and leader, but they don’t see you as…different. Motivation is often found in something […]

An introduction to the sharp, accomplished entrepreneur behind MARY YOUNG By Emily McConkey MARY YOUNG is revolutionizing the fashion industry with its focus on body-positivity, sustainability, and ethical production. Mary launched her self-titled lingerie line in 2014. I chatted with her about the brand, self-love, entrepreneurship, and what it means to be a female entrepreneur. […]

Anne T. Donahue discusses her new book, Nobody Cares, speaking onstage and pop culture. By Emily McConkey Anne T. Donahue is an “awfully shrewish” writer and person, according to her Twitter profile anyway. She’s written for Flare, Cosmopolitan, Refinery29 and The Globe and Mail among other publications, and she hosts a podcast entitled Nobody Cares […]

What an industry-revolutionizing entrepreneur can teach us about business strategy and branding By Emily McConkey Devon Brooks opened up a new market category when, in her second year of university, she created Blo, the first-ever blow dry bar. Blo now has over 90 locations worldwide and continues to grow. Having handed over Blo’s operations, Devon’s […]