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Gender equality and justice, where we live, work, learn, and play is the goal, and it makes life better for everyone. Our podcast, Alright, Now What?, remains a space where we ask How do we move from awareness to action?, but this season we’re also Shifting the Story. Through powerful storytelling, expert interviews, and bold conversations, we’ll highlight community-based solutions, uncover systemic barriers, and explore what true equity can look like, especially for those who are too often silenced or overlooked.

  1. 1D AGO

    Impact On and Off the Pitch With Farkhunda Muhtaj

    Farkhunda Muhtaj is an Afghan-Canadian football luminary and social activist who unites the worlds of sport, education and humanitarianism. Farkhunda's instrumental role in the evacuation of over 300 people, including the Afghan Youth Women’s National Football Team and their families in 2021, was profiled in the 2024 Cannes Lions winning documentary, We Are Ayenda. Farkhunda currently serves as the Captain of the Afghanistan Women’s National Football team and continues to play professionally as part of the Calgary Wild FC of the Northern Super League, which kicked off in April 2025. Her social activism work champions gender equality, anti-racism education, refugee and newcomer support and humanitarian relief through sport and physical wellness initiatives. Muhtaj is the Calgary Wild’s Community Ambassador and the Co-Founder and Director of the Scarborough Simbas, a non-profit organization that uses sport to help ease the settlement journey of refugees and newcomers to Canada. A prolific and sought-after speaker, Farkhunda brings her voice to stages and spaces around the world to speak on Global Active Citizenship, the Transformational Power of Sport and Capacity Building, Leadership in Time of Crisis, Growth Mindset, Women & Refugee Rights, and more. Off the pitch, Farkhunda is an ambassador for Right To Play, Common Goal, Penny Appeal Canada, and Women for Women International. Muhtaj also serves on the Canadian Child Rights in Sports Advisory Committee, Canada Soccer’s Women’s Development Advisory Committee, and the FIFA World Cup 2026 Toronto Sport, Physical Activity, Health & Wellness Program Advisory Body. Named a Top 30 Under 30 Alumni by her alma-mater York University, Farkhunda has been featured in the BBC, CBC, AP News, NPR, Al Jazeera, People Magazine, Elle Magazine and more. Please listen, subscribe, rate, and review this podcast and share it with others. If you appreciate this content, if you want to get in on the efforts to build a gender equal Canada, please donate at ⁠canadianwomen.org⁠ and consider becoming a monthly donor. Facebook: Canadian Women’s Foundation LinkedIn: The Canadian Women’s Foundation Instagram: @canadianwomensfoundation TikTok: @cdnwomenfdn

    31 min

  2. FEB 11

    Intersectional, Anti-racist, and Feminist Leadership With Esther Enyolu

    Esther is a trauma informed care counsellor, a guest lecturer and a trainer on gender-based violence, diversity, equity, inclusion, human rights and social justice. Her work is grounded in an integrated anti-racist/anti-oppression, and feminist analysis, a holistic approach in which a person's lived experience and realities of life are not fragmented and divided. Esther has been working in the human services field for over 30 years. She is a mentor and mother to many. She has a BA (Hons) in Sociology/Anthropology and Women’s Studies, Trauma Informed Care Counselling Certification, and an MBA. Esther is honoured to be selected by the CWF in 2025 as a delicate to United Nations Conference in New York. She was also selected in 2019 by the WAGE to represent Canadian Women at the International Conference in Vancouver, B.C. Esther is the founder of the Women’s Committee of Durham Region (WCDR). She is also one of the founding members of the Redwood Shelter for Assaulted Women and Children, Toronto, the former past Vice President of the Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH). She co-authored “Creating Inclusive Spaces for Women; a Feminist, Anti-racist/Anti-oppression Training Manual”, for organizations working in the field of gender-based violence. As the VP of OAITH, she and some directors delivered intersectionality of gender-based, anti-racist and anti-oppression training to all OAITH member agencies across Ontario. Esther is a Provincial Resource Group Member for the Western University Violence Against Women Learning Network; Past Seneca College Social Service Workers, Immigrant and Refugee Advisory Committee Member, Advisory Member Black Health Matters, Dalla Lama, School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Co-Chair, City of Barrie Anti-Racism Task Force, Advisory Committee Member, Metroland Media, Member Banker Ladies Council, Collective Diaspora Steering Committee Member, and many others. Esther is a co-author for a book “Help Her Recover”. She is a recipient of several professional and Community services awards. Please listen, subscribe, rate, and review this podcast and share it with others. If you appreciate this content, if you want to get in on the efforts to build a gender equal Canada, please donate at ⁠canadianwomen.org⁠ and consider becoming a monthly donor. Facebook: Canadian Women’s Foundation LinkedIn: The Canadian Women’s Foundation Instagram: @canadianwomensfoundation TikTok: @cdnwomenfdn

    42 min

  3. JAN 28

    The Power of Storytelling and Hope with Angela Sterritt

    Angela Sterritt is an award-winning investigative journalist, TV, radio, and podcast host, and national bestselling author. She is from the Wilps ‘Wii Ḵ’aax of the Gitanmaax community within the Gitxsan Nation on her dad’s side and from Bell Island, Newfoundland, on her maternal side. Sterritt worked as a television, radio, and digital journalist at CBC for more than a decade. She also hosted the award-winning CBC original podcast Land Back. Her book Unbroken is part memoir and part investigation into the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls. It became an instant national bestseller in May 2023. Unbroken was nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Awards, one of Canada’s oldest and most prestigious literary prizes. It was also nominated for the prestigious Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Award for Best Non-Fiction Book in Canada. In 2024, Sterritt announced her second book, BREAKABLE, which will investigate how racism and colonialism cultivate harmful behaviors in men and how Indigenous men and communities are breaking cycles of unhealthy notions of masculinity. Greystone Books will publish Breakable in 2026. In 2021, Sterritt won an Academy Award (Canadian Screen Award) for Best Reporter of the Year in Canada for her coverage of an Indigenous man and his then 12-year-old granddaughter who were arrested while trying to open a bank account at BMO. Sterritt also won a national Radio Television Digital News Association award for the same reporting. In 2020, Sterritt was named in Vancouver Magazine’s Power 50 list of the city’s 50 most influential people. Please listen, subscribe, rate, and review this podcast and share it with others. If you appreciate this content, if you want to get in on the efforts to build a gender equal Canada, please donate at ⁠canadianwomen.org⁠ and consider becoming a monthly donor. Facebook: Canadian Women’s Foundation LinkedIn: a href="https://ca.linkedin.com/organization-guest/company/the-canadian-women%27s-foundation?challengeId=AQFx5LuRTB7VagAAAXYuZQPL2267ksLSAxMh__RqsN2be8i2uhjH7ghWQHBa7g70zJO9Wh-tAzglk0HnAXyx0UhMEXlvjF8LcA&submissionId=55ea61be-6c8d-4d16-e9b5-507053530f53" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    32 min

  4. JAN 14

    Curiosity, Care and Values-based Change with Paul Taylor

    Paul Taylor is an anti-poverty activist, teacher at Simon Fraser University and has led four nonprofit organizations, including FoodShare Toronto, where he was the Executive Director from 2017-2023. He ran to be Member of Parliament in the federal riding of Parkdale-High Park in 2019 and again in 2021, when he lost by a mere 1,700 votes. He has written several op-eds on leadership, the non-profit sector and various social issues. In 2020, Paul was named one of Toronto Life’s 50 Most Influential Torontonians, was awarded the Top 40 under 40 in Canada, and voted Best Activist by the readers of Now Magazine. He is the co-founder and co-managing director of Evenings & Weekends Consulting. Paul’s experience includes Executive Director roles at Second Base Youth Shelter, Gordon Neighbourhood House and the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House. He has also chaired the British Columbia Poverty Reduction Coalition, served on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the Metro Vancouver Alliance and as Vice-Chair of Food Secure Canada. When not at work, Paul is almost always found in the kitchen, on his bike, in a good book or at a local protest. Please listen, subscribe, rate, and review this podcast and share it with others. If you appreciate this content, if you want to get in on the efforts to build a gender equal Canada, please donate at ⁠canadianwomen.org⁠ and consider becoming a monthly donor. Facebook: Canadian Women’s Foundation LinkedIn: The Canadian Women’s Foundation Instagram: @canadianwomensfoundation TikTok: @cdnwomenfdn

    29 min

  5. 12/17/2025

    Gender Equality and Economic Justice With Meseret Haileyesus

    Today, we’re joined by Mesi, a leader whose national and global advocacy is transforming how we understand and respond to economic abuse in Canada.  Mesi shares how her lived experience, decades of work in global health, finance, digital innovation, and gender equality, and her leadership at the Canadian Centre for Women Empowerment led her to help build the national infrastructure needed to prevent economic abuse, one of the most hidden and often overlooked forms of gender based violence in Canada. We’ll explore why financial safety is fundamental to survivor safety and how coordinated action across banking, government, housing, justice, and community services can move us toward meaningful change.  And finally, Mesi leaves us with practical ways every sector, from finance to technology to community organizations, can help build a future where economic justice is recognized as one of the core pillars of gender equality.  Please listen, subscribe, rate, and review this podcast and share it with others. If you appreciate this content, if you want to get in on the efforts to build a gender equal Canada, please donate at ⁠canadianwomen.org⁠ and consider becoming a monthly donor.   Facebook: Canadian Women’s Foundation   LinkedIn: The Canadian Women’s Foundation   Instagram: @canadianwomensfoundation   TikTok: @cdnwomenfdn

    31 min

  6. 12/03/2025

    Grounding, alignment and healing With Jolene McDonald

    Today we are joined by host Alyssa Carpenter from the Canadian Women’s Foundation. In this episode, Alyssa sits down with Jolene McDonald, an Indigenous wellness practitioner and the founder of a healing business that weaves together yoga, Reiki, life coaching, and community facilitation in the North. Together, they explore the power of grassroots care and small, practical ways to begin reconnecting with your own self and your community. Please listen, subscribe, rate, and review this podcast and share it with others. If you appreciate this content, if you want to get in on the efforts to build a gender equal Canada, please donate at ⁠canadianwomen.org⁠ and consider becoming a monthly donor.   Facebook: Canadian Women’s Foundation   LinkedIn: The Canadian Women’s Foundation   Instagram: @canadianwomensfoundation   TikTok: @cdnwomenfdn

    26 min

  7. 11/19/2025

    Consistency, Care and Connection With Michelle Osbourne

    Michelle Osbourne is an Empowerment Speaker, Self-Image Activist, and founder of Michelle Osbourne & Co. Known for helping women reclaim their confidence and take up space boldly at every stage of life, Michelle brings an unapologetic, intersectional feminist lens to everything she does. A CBC Black Changemaker and shortlisted for the Canadian Women’s Foundation’s Feminist Creator Prize, she’s partnered with top brands like Amazon Prime Video, Dove, and Interac. Her work has been featured on TV, radio, podcasts, and in publications like Today’s Parent, and HELLO!. Whether she’s delivering a keynote or inspiring thousands online with her no-nonsense energy, Michelle’s mission is simple; help women show up loudly, proudly, and without apology. Please listen, subscribe, rate, and review this podcast and share it with others. If you appreciate this content, if you want to get in on the efforts to build a gender equal Canada, please donate at ⁠canadianwomen.org⁠ and consider becoming a monthly donor.   Facebook: Canadian Women’s Foundation   LinkedIn: The Canadian Women’s Foundation   Instagram: @canadianwomensfoundation   TikTok: @cdnwomenfdn

    31 min

  8. 11/05/2025

    Shifting the Story on Gender-Based Violence With Jana Pruden

    Today, we’re joined by award-winning journalist Jana Pruden, whose reporting shines a light on gender-based violence and how these cases move through our justice system.  Jana shares how her work in court reporting led her to focus on intimate partner violence, and why telling these stories accurately and ethically matters so much.  We’ll explore the responsibility journalists carry in an age of misinformation, and the power of storytelling to help us understand what is really at stake.  And finally, Jana leaves us with practical ways we can all support facts-based journalism and stay engaged in building change.  Please listen, subscribe, rate, and review this podcast and share it with others. If you appreciate this content, if you want to get in on the efforts to build a gender equal Canada, please donate at ⁠canadianwomen.org⁠ and consider becoming a monthly donor.   Facebook: Canadian Women’s Foundation   LinkedIn: The Canadian Women’s Foundation   Instagram: @canadianwomensfoundation   TikTok: @cdnwomenfdn

    25 min
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Gender equality and justice, where we live, work, learn, and play is the goal, and it makes life better for everyone. Our podcast, Alright, Now What?, remains a space where we ask How do we move from awareness to action?, but this season we’re also Shifting the Story. Through powerful storytelling, expert interviews, and bold conversations, we’ll highlight community-based solutions, uncover systemic barriers, and explore what true equity can look like, especially for those who are too often silenced or overlooked.

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  • Creator
    Canadian Women's Foundation
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    131
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Canadian Women's Foundation
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