This week, on the podcast, host Eva Hartling speaks with Valerie Pringle, former host of CTV’s Canada AM and CBC’s Midday and host of several television series, breaking glass ceilings for women in television, and paving the way for a new generation of women in the media. She is a member of the Order of Canada, awarded for her work in broadcasting and philanthropy, and one of Canada’s most respected television broadcasters of the last 50 years. When Valerie took a pause from her broadcast career, she engaged with the non-profit world, championing HIV research and the end of stigma for CAN ..read more

This week, on the podcast, host Eva Hartling speaks with Tanya Taylor — Founder, Creative Director and CEO of the independent, New York-based fashion label by the same name, which you may very well have spotted at retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom, or on celebrities like Lady Gaga, Michelle Obama, Beyonce and more. Hailing from Toronto, Tanya launched her brand in 2012 after graduating from the Parsons School of Design. At the time, the line was described as “the fashion girl’s answer to Lilly Pulitzer.” In 2017, the brand started offering siz ..read more

This week, on the podcast, host Eva Hartling speaks with Kristen Gale, CEO of THE TEN SPOT®, Canada’s largest and fastest growing beauty bar and retail company. Kristen is the recipient of multiple awards, including Top 40 under 40, Growth 500’s fastest growing companies by Canadian Business and Maclean’s, and PROFIT 500’s fastest growing companies in Canada for numerous years. Over 15 years ago, Kristen saw an opportunity to close the gap existing in the beauty market between lower-end nail shops, and the expensive and often over-the-top spas. She dreamed up an offering that combined the ..read more

This week, on the podcast, host Eva Hartling speaks with Tanya Taylor — Founder, Creative Director and CEO of the independent, New York-based fashion label by the same name, which you may very well have spotted at retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom, or on celebrities like Lady Gaga, Michelle Obama, Beyonce and more. Hailing from Toronto, Tanya launched her brand in 2012 after graduating from the Parsons School of Design. At the time, the line was described as “the fashion girl’s answer to Lilly Pulitzer.” In 2017, the brand started offering siz ..read more

This week, on the podcast, host Eva Hartling speaks with Kristen Gale, CEO of THE TEN SPOT®, Canada’s largest and fastest growing beauty bar and retail company. Kristen is the recipient of multiple awards, including Top 40 under 40, Growth 500’s fastest growing companies by Canadian Business and Maclean’s, and PROFIT 500’s fastest growing companies in Canada for numerous years. Over 15 years ago, Kristen saw an opportunity to close the gap existing in the beauty market between lower-end nail shops, and the expensive and often over-the-top spas. She dreamed up an offering that combined the ..read more

Today, on the podcast, to highlight International Women’s Day, host Eva Hartling speaks with Peggy Whitson, the NASA astronaut who has achieved the most days in space for any man or woman in the world. With a total of 665 days in space, Whitson also holds the record for the oldest woman spacewalker and the most spacewalks by a woman. Whitson is a biochemistry researcher and retired NASA astronaut; she is a consultant for Axiom Space, the company building the next International Space Station for which she has been selected to be commander of Axiom Mission 2, the second all-private astronaut mis ..read more

This week, on the podcast, Eva Hartling speaks with Anie Rouleau, Founder and CEO of The Unscented Company, a line of natural, unscented home and body care products that is redefining the notion of clean. As a Certified B Corp, The Unscented Company has been recognized by leading wellness giants from Goop to Whole Foods, and has made it twice onto The Globe and Mail’s list of fastest-growing Canadian companies. Anie Rouleau is an ambassador and pioneer of the B Corp movement in North America’s cleaning products industry and shares her vision of sustainable business by focusing o ..read more

This week, on the podcast, host Eva Hartling speaks with Jaime Leverton, CEO of Hut 8 Mining Corp., a digital asset miner launched in 2018, and one of North America’s oldest and largest companies in the crypto mining space with more self-mined bitcoin than any crypto miner or publicly-traded company. Over the past 20 plus years, Jaime has been the driving force behind the operational evolution of some of the most important technology companies, with leadership roles at BlackBerry, Bell Canada, National Bank and IBM Canada. A community leader and changemaker, she is committed to closing the tec ..read more

This week, on the podcast, host Eva Hartling speaks with Kate Swanson, a lawyer and entrepreneur and more recently, the founder and CEO of ENSEMBL, a design-forward, modern housewares brand that has disrupted its category and received accolades from the likes of Architectural Digest. With her strong business acumen and background in corporate law, Kate literally bootstrapped ENSEMBL from concept to launch. Before launching her own company, Kate worked as legal counsel and head of policy at FAIR Canada, an organization dedicated to protecting minority investor rights and addressing corpora ..read more

This week, on the podcast, host Eva Hartling speaks with Jan Frolic, a social entrepreneur who has spent the last decade working in gender diversity, equity, and inclusion. Formerly an executive at Women of Influence, Jan is now applying her experience and learnings to her new global education company. Jan’s new venture, Captains & Poets, is a global education platform for Kindergarten to Grade 12. It empowers young people with an inner compass for navigating the world around them, and fosters a sense of connection and belonging and a positive sense of agency in the world. ........ This se ..read more