I would like to express The Prosperity Project’s profound sorrow over the tragic news of the remains of the 215 children found on the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. To our Founding Visionaries Roberta Jamieson and Vianne Timmons, and Visionaries Michèle Audette, Chastity Davis and Denise Williams, we stand in solidarity with you, the K’emlúps te Secwépemc…
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The Prosperity Project celebrates its first anniversary
What do 62 women from across Canada; 45 mothers, 4 black women, 8 women of colour, a lesbian and 2 Indigenous women; from various ethnic and religious backgrounds have in common? We are The Prosperity Project Founding Visionaries. One year ago, on May 21, 2020—and a mere two months into the pandemic—we launched The Prosperity Project. Our mission? To mitigate…
Read moreThe Matching Initiative: Camp Courage
Based in Nova Scotia, Camp Courage is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to introducing young women to careers as first responders, primarily paramedics, police officers and firefighters. The founder/executive director of Camp Courage launched Camp Courage after noticing how women would often be discouraged from pursuing non-traditional careers by their families and the lack of first responder female role models. “If you never see someone who looks like you…
Read moreWomen building a united force to help women
Kerlande Mibel, President and Founder, International Black Economic Forum and Visionary of The Prosperity Project, Montreal, and 11 other signatories* Evidence shows that for the first time in 30 years – in Canada and elsewhere around the world – women’s equality is experiencing an unprecedented setback. The Prosperity Project, in partnership with Pollara Strategic Insights, conducted a recent national study that…
Read morePOST – October Issue
October 7th, 2020, Issue Number 2 Message from our Founder, Pamela Jeffery I hope everyone enjoyed a beautiful summer! While some took a well-deserved break, many have been working diligently to move us forward. Many of the Initiatives are gearing up well. Our website update 3.0 is now complete. New features include: Founding partners and new incoming Initiative partners News and Media Centre…
Read moreA serendipitous leap into volunteerism
Following a very fulfilling 35+year career in marketing and PR for various high-profile corporations, it was time to retire. I needed to slow down, learn how to sleep more than 6 hours a night, and re-organize the life that I had, more or less, put on hold for much of the prior 20 years. At first, I relished not having…
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