Dialogue New Brunswick, a group dedicated to social cohesion, hosted a chat for international women's day. (Photo: Facebook)
A non-profit group is bringing attention to inspiring women in the province.
Dialogue New Brunswick, a group dedicated to social cohesion, hosted a chat for international women’s day.
Patsy Chamberlain, the regional vice president of the National Bank of Canada welcomed the attendees to the event.
“You understand the importance of connecting with ourselves, connecting to other people, to society and to your dreams and objectives and your goals,” she said.
Community Business Development Corporation project manager Annie Arseneault discussed her project “Breaking Workplace Silence” as a three-year program.
“Domestic violence that spills over into the workplace is actually a business issue, and so that’s a fairly new concept for a lot of people that employers actually have a role to play when they have an employee that’s experiencing domestic violence,” she said.
Natasha Martin Mitchell is the development officer for indigenous entrepreneurs at Women in Business NB.
“I put the question out on my own personal Facebook page and asked them, what do you need, what can I do to help you and the responses that I received were we need a place where we can sell our products so that we can support our families,” she said.
From there, Martin-Mitchell made a website and all the women selling on that website have reported increased sales.
Other women in the event included Jael Duarte from the Immigrant Women’s Association of New Brunswick, who said they’ve been working on two projects in collaboration with the Canadian Red Cross and Tourism NB to look at the effects of COVID, as well as Amberee Hardy, a transgender autistic woman from Saint John who is coaching others with autism.
Carole Chan from Femmocracy Now attended as well as Lyne Chantal Boudreau, Eve Arseneau and Marie-Pierre Godin from El²les.
International Women’s Day was established in 1910. This year’s theme is “choose to challenge”.
