For The F Word’s debut episode, I sit down with Katie Taylor: Current chair of RBC, retired CEO of the Four Seasons (yes, that Four Seasons), and all-around resilient lady. Katie may be one of the kindest women you’ll ever meet, but she’s also been kicking businessman butt around the world since 1983. Today we chat about how she balances a million hats at once, why women are left on the bench in business, and how to strengthen your own confidence muscle.

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#001: The Gentleman Said (with Katie Taylor)

For this episode of The F Word, I sit down with neurodegenerative researcher and not-so-mad scientist, Dara Dickstein. Since getting her biomed PhD at Vancouver’s own UBC, Dara’s been busy fighting Alzheimer's and traumas from coast to coast to coast. We’re talking California, London, Italy - not to mention her very own lab in Manhattan. Listen in as we talk about finding her intellectual freedom, ways to get that grant money, and how to infiltrate an old boys club.

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#002: Dictate On My Science (with Dara Dickstein)

It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that I introduce you to Patricia Rozema: Unusual artist, expert expressionist, and director/producer/writer extraordinaire. Since her explosive debut “I've Heard the Mermaids Singing” hit theatres in 1987, Patricia’s managed to make quite the dent in Canadian film culture - even bringing home an Emmy for her efforts. She sits down with me today to talk about persistence through the process, the beauty of storytelling done right, and how to properly nourish your artistic bent.

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#003: Jaws Will Drop (with Patricia Rozema)

In today’s episode of The F Word, meet Kathleen McLaughlin: President of the Walmart foundation and philanthropic superhero. It’s no small task overseeing 1.4 billion (with a b) in charitable work every year, but your girl is armed a vision with and up to the challenge. Not to mention her secret weapon - a diploma from Oxford. Join us as we chat about what it was like to be a Rhodes Scholar, what she wants for the future of sustainable business, and how we all need the courage to work for what’s right.

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#004: Just Ignore That (with Kathleen McLaughlin)

Bossy, abrasive and taking charge, these ladies are here and ready to play. From scientists to directors to CEOs, every week we sit down with a new woman of influence to learn how she made it to the top - and how you can too. Gender be damned.

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