Jun 22, 2021
As June promises the start of a summer that may see us return to a pre-COVID lifestyle with a chance to increase our bubble, hug our friends and meet in person, Ifind myself reflecting on what ‘building back better’ means. This is the call to action prevalent...
May 22, 2021
May kicks off with our bi-coastal Cocktail Café on May 6th, where we have invited our Caribbean sisters to join us. The Member Engagement Committee is thrilled that we will be hosting over 22 “cafes”, each with 8 members representing BC, Washington, Oregon, Northern...
Mar 22, 2021
Congratulations to the events committee for hosting the Women in Media panel discussion in February. It was both inspiring and insightful. Member Bridgitte Anderson did a fantastic job moderating and exploring the constantly changing roles women hold in journalism...
Feb 22, 2021
Your Board of Directors met for its annual strategy session this week. Many thanks to our fellow member Michelle Rupp for her excellent facilitation of the workshop. Ourprimary focus was to review the ways we provide value to our IWF BC members and how we could be...
Nov 6, 2020
Dear IWF Sisters, A core element of IWF’s mission and purpose is to champion equality worldwide. As such, the murder of George Floyd and the images of anguished protests and violence over the past week have been disheartening and distressing for all of us. As leaders,...
Nov 6, 2020
On June 11, well-being expert Dr. Lucy Hone shared her strategies to cope and the skills to develop true resilience. A founding member of IWF New Zealand, Dr. Hone shared her “real-time resilience” wisdom, including academic insights about the definition of...
Nov 6, 2020
Just in time to celebrate both Earth Day and the Hubble Space Telescope’s 30th anniversary, our conversation with Kathy reviewed the transformative power of satellite imagery and the importance of the Hubble Telescope for everything from global defense to...
Nov 6, 2020
Next week, billions of us would be tuning in to watch the 32nd Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, cheering on the world’s finest athletes. Instead, due to the novel coronavirus, the Tokyo Games have been postponed to Summer 2021, the first time ever an Olympics has...
Nov 6, 2020
COVID-19 has changed how we experience daily life, including how we work and shop. Our next virtual session will discuss how the world’s largest employer, Walmart, with a global workforce of more than 2 million associates and more than 160 million weekly customers, is...
