If you’ve ever wondered what doctors actually think about injectable fillers, Women’s Post has found the answer. Dr. Barb Loiskandl is a mom, wife, and physician who uses cosmetic enhancement herself to reflect her inner radiance. Working at a women’s magazine, I get into many conversations about what makes a woman truly beautiful. Beauty is a combination of qualities that both delight the senses and stimulate the mind. Enhancing their physical appearance helps many people fully ...

It’s a suggestive coincidence: Before they independently decided on careers in wealth management – and certainly long before they met – Elaine Martinez and Melina Mastromartino-Leberge, partners in Women2Women Wealth Management (W2W), thought it fitting to work in the field of counselling. “When I first left school I was interested in going into either law or social work and counselling,” says British native Elaine. She married at 19; three kids became career enough. In 1994,...

Not so long ago, business companies viewed female professionals with apprehension. While gender continues to be a factor in corporate leadership, companies such as Soberman LLP, Canada’s well-known accounting firm, are adamant about propelling women to leadership positions by removing centuries-old barriers, whether they pertain to gender, culture, or age. While acknowledging that the supportive environment plays an essential role in ...

When I think of charity, I think of cancer research. My love for the cause, and my desire to help, compel me to give. The question is, am I giving to the right charity? “Approximately $10-billion of private funding goes into the non-profit sector every year. The challenge is not necessarily to give more, but how to give,” says Kate Bahen. Bahen is the managing director of Charity Intelligence, a volunteer-run organization that seeks out “the facts about what any given charity actual...

HBC, Canada’s largest diversified merchandise retailer, operating the Bay, Zellers, Home Outfitters, and Fields, has struggled in the retail market and it is Bonnie Brooks’ job to make sure that, for the Bay, those days are behind them. Revered by colleagues who have had the pleasure of working with her, Brooks is an inspiration to working women everywhere. After only one year at the reins, she has put designer brands such as Prada,...

Dianne Carmichael was a 12-year-old with a plan. Sure, she was interested in matters such as makeup and fashion, but specifically in the business aspects of these subjects. Dianne didn’t write a diary about the cute boys in her class. Instead, she planned her working future in her mother’s old black agenda. She listed her goals and the path she would take to reach them. At the heart of this journal: a plan to one day become the president of a company. Dianne lived her life in sequence. A...

Honest, kind, genuine, beautiful. You really could use any of these words to describe Dr. Kristina Zakhary, one of Canada’s most accomplished facial cosmetic surgeons. Her business is beauty, inside and out. “I believe that the way a woman looks can really have a significant impact on her self-esteem,” says Dr. Zakhary. “It is important to harmonize how we feel on the inside with what we project to the world.” From her extensive background in facial reconstruction right up to her ow...

Shawna Page has been a believer in organics and natural supplements for over 20 years. She buys milk in glass bottles, eats organic food, and uses natural beauty products, right down to her deodorant. “I was into organics before it was fashionable … I was taking vitamins when people thought people who took vitamins wore Birkenstocks and were into [going] naked,” says Shawna, founder and CEO of femMED, a line of all-natural supplement...

What is part Scottish, part Hawaiian, and part hyaluronic acid? Stumped? (And not just because you don’t know what hyaluronic acid is?) Ann Kaplan, founder and CEO of Medicard Finance Inc., quipped to Women’s Post over three years ago that she was a mix of those components. Yet I must beg to differ. Ann may well embody all three, but they are still a long way from defining one of the most successful businesswomen in Canada. I met...

Nichole Anderson is an artist who began to think about her craft and found herself as fascinated with the practical applications of it as with the art itself. At 32, Nichole is president and CEO of Business for the Arts (BftA), a non-profit business association that connects businesses to artistic ventures. Nichole learned to play the violin before she could read. Her mother would sing Nichole melodies and Nichole would play them b...