24 Jan The Holidays
In honour of the holiday season that continues today with Lunar year festivities, Empower'em's very talented Paris reminds us to be conscious of our privileges and blessings in life. ...
17 Dec Period Poverty 101
In honour of Empower'em's annual sanitary product drive, we called in an expert to educate our audience on period poverty. The following is a short interview with Meghan the creator of Period Packs, a local organization in Ottawa focused on providing access to menstrual health...
12 Oct Real Series: Nayaelah Siddiqui
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This month is Global Diversity Awareness Month so this interview entails discourse about women of colour in the workplace and the challenges they face in Canada. This interview has been conducted as a podcast and broken down into individual recordings. Nayaelah Siddiqui is the creator of...
29 Sep How I Balance School, Work and a Blog
Many find post-secondary stressful because of the workload received on a weekly basis. There are so many learning curves and challenges every day. It can be tough sometimes. Imagine having to go to school full-time and on top of that work 20-30 hours a week....
21 Sep Birth Control 101
We asked representatives from Planned Parenthood Ottawa to give us the rundown of everything birth control. We asked five questions that delivered important answers and advice. Please always talk to a professional before making your decision regarding birth control and remember to maintain your reproductive...
12 Sep Real Series September Special
For the Real Series this month, I will be talking about my own reproductive health journey. This is the story about how I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at 19 years old. To listen to my story, please play the following video. ...
07 Aug WCT Women’s market: Passion Projects
The Women’s market hosted at Shopify by the Women in Communications and Technology organization on Wednesday, July 17 had a great turn out for female entrepreneurs. This market was created to give a leg up on female entrepreneurs that are starting their businesses. This market...
22 Apr Owning your “feminine” strengths
Three traits that are considered “conventionally feminine” by the world at large and how to ‘own’ them to build up your career. Disclaimer: In this post I will be making some generalizations about people based on gender. I am not saying all women exhibit the below-mentioned...