On November 26, over 400 women and men gathered at the Four Seasons Hotel to celebrate four women for their significant contributions to BC’s energy sector and our community. The four honourees of Minerva’s Women In™ Energy awards are: Anna Stukas – Philanthropy AwardGrace Nobrega – Emerging Leader AwardJennie Moore – Community Leader Award, Small-Scale ProductionSusan Yurkovich...
We were incredibly moved by the great response we received to our Call for Nominations for this year’s Women In™ Energy awards. Thirty nominations later, our Selection Committee were faced with the near impossible task of selecting only four honourees out of an outstanding group of incredible leaders! Yet, they accomplished the difficult task at hand, and...
We are still revelling from our evening shared with close friends and dear supporters. A heartfelt thank you to the Minerva community for joining us at flourish with their generous spirit and keen interest in our progress. The room was full of warmth, connectivity and the buzz of common goals. The presentation from the podium was deeply moving,...
Last week at flourish – an evening event celebrating our dearest supporters – Minerva launched our Circle of Friends. Our Circle of Friends is a group of dedicated and sustaining donors, committed to making a difference in the lives of women and girls. Members of our Circle are deeply engaged with our work, connected to our community as well as to the end...
Minerva’s annual Women In™ Energy luncheon and awards ceremony is coming up in November and we are excited to partner with Scotiabank – our Presenting Sponsor – who makes this event possible. Winnie Leong, Scotiabank’s Senior Vice President, BC & Yukon Region, shared a little bit of insight into their community involvement, and why, in particular,...
Looking for a career change or to return to school? Train for a career as a Medical Transcriptionist. Minerva is proud to partner with CanScribe Career College to offer two $1,000 scholarships for their Medical Transcription Course. Medical Transcription is the process of creating electronic health records from doctors’ dictated reports. This work can be done...
How can we conquer misunderstandings, overcome fear and learn strategies for moving our financial lives and goals forward? Join us for a provocative conversation with renowned financial advisor, author and speaker, Tracy Theemes. Tracy will illuminate, inspire and motivate, while bringing women’s minds together in a fun and stirring dialogue. In Tracy’s words: “The workshop is...
Many of us grew up believing that the pursuit of money and meaningful work are at odds. If you have the good fortune of being in the company of Tracy Theemes, she’ll have you thinking otherwise. Tracy Theemes argues that if you want to make meaningful change in the world, you have to understand the currency in which the world operates. While this might seem like an obvious relationship, in...
Long-time supporter Jill Bodkin has participated in many Minerva programs over the years. Most recently, she was invited to attend Learning to Lead™ BC last year as a Community Leader, and this year, she became a Minerva Education Awards donor. “Education has always meant a lot to me and my daughter” says Jill. “I knew that...
We asked Anne Stewart of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP to share some of the values she leads by, and what advice she would give to herself at the start of her career. Here is what she said: The values I lead by: Listen to your instincts You get a lot of pressure to do things quickly,...
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