Confidence and Resilience

Betty Lepps has felt the impact of using her voice and speaking up for herself and encourages others to do the same. In our final episode of the season, Betty, the new Director of Urban Relationships at the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, discusses how her confidence and resiliency have be…

Inside the Boy’s Club: Bringing Men into the Convo

This season, we’ve talked to women about the challenges they’re facing at work and the barriers there still are to leadership. But we can’t do it alone. If anything is going to change, we’ll need men on our side.  Today, Carla chats with Joe McLeod, City Arborist and Supervisor of Urban Forestry, …

Bend like a Willow: Self Advocacy and Setting Boundaries

In a work culture that expects employees to be constantly "on" and available, should our definition of success include being tethered to a phone 24/7?  How do we set healthy boundaries between our personal lives and our careers? And how can we advocate for ourselves while maintaining the balance? …

The Family Episode: Juggling Caregiving, Self-Care, and Leadership

Why do women still feel the need to hide their pregnancies at work? Juggling caregiving with a career is a struggle. People are living and working longer and starting families later. Women and others often struggle in silence with the impacts of infertility treatments, pregnancy loss, postpartum de…

You’re an engineer?!: Entering the workforce and standing out as the only woman

Nadine Maurus, a Junior Engineer, still hears this on the job. As she progresses through school and a career in engineering, she notices fewer and fewer women around her each year. Host Carla Grimann wants young women to pursue leadership roles and not face the same challenges she has working in …

Are We There Yet?: Challenges women still face in the modern workplace

Women have been told to lean in and speak up at work. But when a woman, or those with a marginalized gender, asserts themselves in the workplace, they can be called angry, demanding, or emotional. The old boy’s network is still very much in operation, so how are we supposed to succeed at work?  Ho…

Talk It Forward

A podcast that uses the power of dialogue to advance equity and diversity in the workplace -- hosted by the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, with support from the City of Vancouver.  Workplace culture has changed a lot in terms of equity and diversity, but still has a long way to go. From…