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A photo collage - From left: Tara Mowat, President and CEO of The Logistics Alliance Inc.; Gillian Stein, CEO of Henry's; Shernee Chandaria, President of Conros Corporation and LePage’s 2000.

Daughters in charge: our non-toxic path to taking over family business

Video: We convened a panel of women to talk about their lived experience taking the reins of their family business. This is Part 3

March 21, 2024
Family Business

From left: Shernee Chandaria, President of Conros Corporation and LePage’s 2000; Gillian Stein, CEO of Henry's; Tara Mowat, President and CEO of The Logistics Alliance Inc.

Daughters in charge: Challenges women face as heads of family businesses

Video: We convened a panel of women to talk about their lived experience taking the reins of their family business. This is Part 1

March 8, 2024
Family Business

Mandy Rennehan, founder and CEO of Burlington, Ont.-based retail construction and maintenance company, Freshco Retail Maintenance Inc.: ‘I knew I wanted to be a millionaire by the time I was 30.’

Self-made millionaire Mandy Rennehan cold-called for first job

Hailing from Nova Scotia, she left home to find work, to help her parents pay the bills, to find love and to found her Freshco (not the grocery retailer) construction firm

January 11, 2024
Family Business

Neelu Toor, Partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, and director at Toor Family Foundation: ‘There is a whole slew of new pressures exerted on mothers that are unique to women, who are the default primary caregiver.’

Mothers and female leaders: competing demands

Neelu Toor, law firm partner and foundation director: ‘With more and more women speaking up, it is less taboo to talk about being a mother and a career woman’

May 12, 2023
Family Business

Janice McDonald, founder of Ottawa-based The Beacon Agency Inc., holds up her baby: “I absolutely felt pressure and had worries as a new mother and career woman.

Mothers and caregivers in business: Duelling responsibilities

There are still assumptions about which gender takes on business leadership roles and which nurtures the family. Female leaders often take on both

May 11, 2023
Family Business

Nan-b de Gaspé Beaubien: ‘A strong family will build many strong businesses, but I’ve never seen a strong business build a strong family.’

Nan-b de Gaspé Beaubien: From therapist to HR pioneer

Married in to a Quebec enterprising family with 400 years of businesses, from fur to the Telemedia media empire

April 18, 2023
Family Business

Danielle and Patricia Saputo were ‘taught the value of money and the importance of education and hard work,’ eventually leading them to create their own businesses.

Saputo sisters forged their own path

Patricia and Danielle Saputo, of the family behind Montreal-based dairy processor Saputo Inc., knew early on they wouldn’t take on leadership roles in the family business