Run it Like a Girl
Run it like a girl explores the inspiring stories of women leaders from a variety of fields and industries. You’ll hear energizing tales and career journeys from women who’ve made their marks as leading change-makers in their industries.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 97
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2022
Run it like a girl with Lana Paton, Managing Partner, Business Units PwC, Season 2, Episode 8
Lana Paton was a fresh Chartered Professional Accountant, working for another firm, when she received a call from a friend over at Price Waterhouse Cooper asking her to join PwC in tax services... Th…
Run it like a girl with Sherri Stevens, Owner of Women's Executive Network, Season 2, Episode 7
Sherri Stevens took a risk, and it paid off. Her decade long dream of being a flight attendant had fallen flat. After a couple of years in the industry, Sherri discovered, it was definitely not the …
Run it like a girl with Erica Oliver, Combat Engineer, Department of National Defence
Please note: In the episode we talk about Erica being the first woman from the ranks to become a combat diver. Erica was unaware at the time that another woman (Misty Shearer) received her combat div…
Run it like a girl with Andrea Cook, Season 2, Episode 5
Andrea Cook calls herself a career advertising girl, although she graduated from university as an economist, thinking she might want to be a trader. Following an internship, it became clear to Andrea…
Run it like a girl with Kristina Schwartz, Season 2, Episode 4
Kristina Schwartz started out working with at-risk youth, working the midnight shift so she could spend time at home with her young daughter. When the mental and physical toll became too great, Krist…
Run it like a girl with Virginia Brailey, Season 2, Episode 3
Virginia Brailey originally had visions of a career in high finance, but after taking The Canadian Securities Course to become a stockbroker realized that wasn't the path for her, and found her passi…
Run it like a girl with Dr. Sarah Kaplan, Season 2, Episode 2
Sarah Kaplan is a professor at Toronto's Rotman School of Management and the director of The Institute for Gender and the Economy. As a professor and author, Dr. Kaplan has also been interested in ge…
Run it like a girl with Bonnie Mouck, Season 2, Episode 1
In this episode Run it like a girl host Bonnie Mouck talks about why she started podcasting, what it means to be an authentic leader, and why she stopped caring about not knowing what she wants to be…
Run it like a girl Top 10 - Dr. Ann Marie Vaughan, President of Loyalist College
Dr. Ann Marie Vaughan had two challenges as she progressed through student leadership at Memorial University in her home province of Newfoundland. Not only was she female, but Ann Marie was always th…
Run it like a girl Top 10 - Sevaun Palvetzian, CEO of CivicAction
Sevaun Palvetzian heads up Civic Action, an independent organization in Toronto that uses a collaborative approach to come up with solutions to some of the most pressing urban challenges. Civic Actio…
Run it like a girl Top 10 - Hannah Taylor, Founder of the Ladybug Foundation
Hannah Taylor was only 5 when she saw a homeless man searching for food in a dumpster on a cold winter day in her hometown of Winnipeg. Even at that young age, the experience was so profound for Hann…
Run it like a girl Top 10 - Rhiannon Traill, President and CEO of the Economic Club of Canada
As a student at Ryerson University, Rhiannon drew the attention of a founding board member of the Economic Club of Toronto, a prestigious hub for the who’s who of Toronto businessmen. She was invited…
Run it like a girl Top 10 - Betsey Chung, SVP and CMO, TD Canadian Banking
Betsey Chung is the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for TD Canadian Banking, but her career path has been anything but a straight line. Following her graduation from the University …
Run it like a girl Top 10 - Orlena Cain, radio morning show host
Orlena Cain is a woman who can’t sit still. On top of her full-time job as a morning radio show host in Belleville, Ontario, Orlena is a budding stand-up comic, an author, and an entrepreneur. She’s …
Run it like a girl Top 10 - Dr. Hazel Barton, microbiologist and cave explorer
Dr. Hazel Barton has taken two of her life passions, and combined them into an extraordinary career. She’s a microbiologist working at the University of Akron in Ohio, and an avid cave explorer. Dr. …
Run it like a girl Top 10 - Inspector Sheri Meeks, Belleville Police Service
Inspector Sheri Meeks was given the advice to not change who she is to take on a role, but make the role change to fit her. In this episode Sheri talks about rising through the ranks as a woman in a …
Run it like a girl Top 10 - Bonnie Kearns, Red Cross Disaster Relief Nurse
Bonnie Kearns has seen the best and the worst of humanity. As a nurse with the Canadian Red Cross, she’s been called to the scene of natural and man-made disasters around the world, including Ground …
Episode 40: Run It Like a Girl Round-Up
In the final episode of season 1 Bonnie and Brian look back at some of their favourite guests, and reflect on the past year of recordings. Stay tuned for Season 2 coming this fall. If you have an ide…
Episode 39: Run it like a girl with Diane Kazarian, GTA Managing Partner, PwC Canada
Diane Kazarian grew up in an American-Armenian family, not speaking English until the age of 7. After a lot of hard work through university, Diane landed a job at KPMG’s Rhode Island offices in Provi…
Episode 38: Run it like a girl with Jaime Yamanaka
Switching jobs can be a stressful ordeal at the best of times and even more so when you’re leaving a professional career, stability, good pay and benefits to step out on your own. But that’s exactly…