Federal Budget Through a Feminist Lens, Reducing Your Carbon Footprint, and Education Inequity

The Federal Budget dropped last week, and of course, it wouldn’t be What She Said if we didn’t take a closer look at it to see how it impacts women. Ann Decter, Senior Director, Community Initiatives and Policy, at the Canadian Women’s Foundation joins me now to break down the budget through a feminist lens and shares the highs and lows of a budget that had a lot of ground to cover this year. If you’re like most, you’re giving a lot of consideration to your carbon footprint. Thankfully, there is a company that is literally looking at your footprint. Natalie Ashdown from Evoco joins me to share how her company is looking to close the loop on unsustainable goods for good by creating plant based products that lead with performance. We take a closer look at Evoco FATES that is providing plant based insoles for the shoe industry. I worry Anne Brodie might be in a catatonic state soon with all the new movies and shows she’s watching recently. There appears to be a bit of a boon in entertainment. This week Anne brings the goods on All My Puny Sorrows in theatres now, Outer Range on Prime Video, The First Lady debuting this week on Crave and starring incredible actresses Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson and a look at the female-centric mind-bending 8 part anthology series Roar on Apple TV+ from executive producer Nicole Kidman. The divide between the haves and the have nots plays out in our education system daily, and perhaps nowhere more than with the social networking and connections angles that play out in our schools. Dr. Prachi Srivastva joins me to share why this happens and how we can take steps to ensure that we are closing the gap on inequities, not creating them. TikTok can bring small businesses explosive growth, as Haley Lafontaine, owner of Oak & Willow recently found out. A small business in Northern Ontario that makes and sells eco-friendly household products and cleaners, Oak & Willow moved from a small business to a million dollar business over night and that hasn’t happened without some hiccups to attend to. Haley joins me to share what the journey has been like. Finally, Frances Anne Solomon, a trailblazer in the flim and television industry joins me to discuss her new film Hero about Ulric Cross, the new Content Creator Database created to enhance the visibility of Women of Colour in the film industry, and Black Market Releasing which aims to connect BIPOC stories to the big screen. Social: Ann Decter Website: https://canadianwomen.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cdnwomenfdn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/canadianwomensfoundation/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CanadianWomensFoundation/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnwomenfdn?lang=en Natalie Ashdown Website: www.evocoltd.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/EvocoLimited Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evocolimited/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/evocoltd Dr. Prachi Srivastava Website: https://www.edu.uwo.ca/faculty-profiles/prachi-srivastava.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/PrachiSrivas Haley LaFontaine Website: https://www.oakandwillow.store Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oakwillow_ecofriendly/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Oakandwillowecofriendly TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@oakwillow_ecofriendly?lang=en Frances Anne Solomon Website: https://www.francesannesolomon.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/FrancesAnne Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/francesannesolomon/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/francesanne.solomon1

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