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Leading with Care and Transparency

A people-first and feminist-led business, Lucky Ones – a media production company – strives to move away from traditional patriarchal and hyper-capitalist structures and instead lead with care and transparency.

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LiisBeth reports on and celebrates the work happening at the intersection of feminism + entrepreneurship + innovation. Our freedom dream envisions a care-centered, fair, inclusive, post 20th century capitalist economy. Our stories centre the enterprises, ideas, research and lived experiences lighting the way.

 

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How to End Clinician Burnout

“I was looking to create a space where we could feel safe to be authentic – feel safe to be supported, feel safe to, you know, focus on work-life balance, with the goal of protecting against clinician burnout. That was the big picture for us.”-Jillian Walsh

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The Equal Futures Summit Delivers

On June 7th and 8th, over 200 gender equity NGOS, grassroots feminists, feminist organizations and women’s organization CEOs gathered-in person-at Carleton University in Ottawa. What was it like?

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Unionizing Freelancers

The first Freelance Summit was held on Friday, February 3 in Toronto at Metropolitan University. Participants discussed the crippling erosion of freelance worker well-being in Canada–and if working together was part of the answer.

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Slaying Overwork and Overwhelm

More than 745,000 people died in 2021 from overwork that resulted in stroke and heart disease, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Jenn Hazel has apps for that–and more.

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PUSH PUSH PUSH! GROW! GROW! GROW!

But can our planet really handle perpetual growth? Can WE?

If today’s, extractive, neoliberal form of capitalism is dying, what type of economy (or economies) will emerge? How might an emerging, post-capitalist economy impact entrepreneurship? What kinds of enterprises are relevant in a post-consumerist world struggling with war, ever-growing inequality and climate change need? 

Join us at the first ever Post Growth Entrepreneurship Summit to explore these questions in community with folks interested in building new kinds of enterprises for a new–better world. 

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Global Entreperneurship Week NOV 14-20 2022
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Shulamit Ber Letov

MEET OUR NEW FEMINIST IN RESIDENCE IN THE FEC!

Shulamit is the Entrepreneurs’ Therapist and co-founder of the Business Therapy Centre. Using coaching, somatic and therapeutic tools, she works with women business owners who want to develop, implement and be accountable for their mental health plan so they can set the foundation for sustainable success and show up fully as their CEO-self in their businesses.

Ber Letov will be answering your founder’s mental health questions and hosting a workshop on creating your entrepreneur mental health plan on November 21st in the Feminist Enterprise Commons.  This is an un-surveilled, member-only space.  One month free and between $4.00-$17.99 CAD per month depending on social location.  You can sign up here. 

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Less than 10% of all indie media outlets in Canada are majority women led and/or owned. 

Let’s change that. 

Support our provocative, nourishing, indie story telling and advocacy work with a one time donation, by becoming an ally sponsor or by joining the FEC. 

Noteworthy Events

Hear expert tips from senior female leaders on the different strategies to build your personal board of directors.

Moderated by Angie Vaux, Founder & CEO, Women in Tech forum


When: October 25, 2022, 11:00am-12:00pm EDT
Where: Online
Cost: £5.98 – £14.06

To learn more and register, click here. 

District 3 at Concordia University is hosting a Radical Governance Workshop with pk mutch of LiisBeth Media and founder of the Highwire Collective on Thursday, Nov 22 from 12 noon -2:00 PM EDT. 

Location: Online

Cost: Free

To Register: 

Convening entrepreneurs, artists, researchers and thinkers to explore the concept of a post-growth economy, share existing knowledge and together, create new knowledge and spark a shared vision of what a better business, economy and society looks like.

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TIME & LOCATION

Nov 26, 12:00 p.m. EST

OCADU CO (Hybrid Event),

Online: Zoom

In Person: 130 Queens Quay E, Floor 4R, Toronto, ON M5A 0P6, Canada

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Image of a woman, sitting in basement under construction holding a paint roller brush looking weary.

Unionizing Freelancers

The first Freelance Summit was held on Friday, February 3 in Toronto at Metropolitan University. Participants discussed the crippling erosion of freelance worker well-being in Canada–and if working together was part of the answer.

Read More »
Photo of middle aged woman with turquoise, mid lenght hair wearing a hat, riding a bike on a sunny day.

Slaying Overwork and Overwhelm

More than 745,000 people died in 2021 from overwork that resulted in stroke and heart disease, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Jenn Hazel has apps for that–and more.

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FREE DOWNLOADABLE 8-PAGE ZINE  Time to educate yourself on Canada’s abortion rights history, the current landscape of organizations working to maintain these rights, increase access and ideas about what YOU can do to ensure these rights are there for people who need them in the future. 

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Highlight Reels For All Six Episodes from Season One/Two Now Available on Youtube. 

Episode #1: Farzana Doctor/Seven

Episode #2: Catherine Bush/Blaze Island

Episode #3: Nora Loretto/Take Back the Fight

Episode #4:  Leanne Betsamosake Simpson

Episode #5:  Shaena Lambert/Petra

Episode #6: Jael Richardson/Gutter Child

Episode #7: Rivera Sun/Winds of Change

Episode #8: Rev. Dr. Cheri DiNovo/The Queer Evangelist

Join Lana Pesch again 2022 for another series of intimate conversations with feminist authors at The Feminist Enterprise Commons. 

We are a non ad-based, open access, nonprofit indie media enterprise that funds its editorial work via reader and allied sponsor donations. 

In 2021, we published over 50 original feature stories about social justice centered  founders and their venture crafting work. We also published policy critiques, news and views from the intersectional feminist movement’s front lines, plus informative essays and “how to” articles.

Less than 10% of all indie media outlets in Canada are majority women led and/or owned. 

Let’s change that. 

Support our provocative, nourishing, indie story telling and advocacy work with a one time donation, by becoming an ally sponsor or by joining the FEC. 

Noteworthy Events

Hear expert tips from senior female leaders on the different strategies to build your personal board of directors.

Moderated by Angie Vaux, Founder & CEO, Women in Tech forum


When: October 25, 2022, 11:00am-12:00pm EDT
Where: Online
Cost: £5.98 – £14.06

To learn more and register, click here. 

 

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About the Post Growth Entrepreneurship Summit

Convening entrepreneurs, artists, researchers and thinkers to explore the concept of a post-growth economy, share existing knowledge and together, create new knowledge and spark a shared vision of what a better business, economy and society looks like.

Click to register and learn more. 

TIME & LOCATION

Nov 26, 12:00 p.m. EST

OCADU CO (Hybrid Event),

Online: Zoom

In Person: 130 Queens Quay E, Floor 4R, Toronto, ON M5A 0P6, Canada

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