The Latest from Maturn
Mothers Who Lead: Qwuy’um’aat Elliott
Each month Maturn will be highlighting a current member of the Maturn community who is growing both their career and their family. This month our highlighted member is: Qwuy'um'aat Elliott Company and Position: Senior Strategic Advisor, BC Housing, Owner/Principle, Ever Plan Consulting, Instructor, Vancouver Island University Age of your kids : 4 months and 10 years old How has Motherhood...
Mothers Who Lead: Busola Fagbebe
Each month Maturn will be highlighting a current member of the Maturn community who is growing both their career and their family. This month our highlighted member is: Busola Fagbebe Company and Position: MNP, Senior Manager Enterprise Risk -...
Mothers Who Lead: Vanessa Barretto
Each month Maturn will be highlighting a current member of the Maturn community who is growing both their career and their family. This month our highlighted member is: Vanessa Barretto Company and Position: Director, Residential Advertising Age...
Mothers Who Lead: Scarlet Muehlbauer
Each month Maturn will be highlighting a current member of the Maturn community who is growing both their career and their family. This month our highlighted member is: Scarlet Muehlbauer Company and Position: Flying Embers, Director PNW, and...
Mothers Who Lead: Laura Levenstein
Each month Maturn will be highlighting a current member of the Maturn community who is growing both their career and their family. This month our highlighted member is: Laura Levenstein, Baltimore, MD Company and Position: I am an Activation...
How maternal bias fuels the gender pay gap
Since the 1970s, gender pay discrimination has been illegal in Canada. But today in 2022, more than 50 years later, women still earn 89 cents for every man’s dollar—a disparity which is even more significant for Indigenous women, disabled women,...
What To Do If Your Employee Has a Miscarriage
It’s likely that someone you know has experienced a miscarriage. It is so important to have practices in place to support mothers who have endured a miscarriage, both publicly and privately.
5 Things To Consider Before Going on Maternity Leave
I have worked with hundreds of women over the course of my 20-year career and navigating maternity leave has been one of the biggest challenges I have witnessed women struggle through. When to tell your employer? How to tell them? What happens...
How I Became a Maternal Gatekeeper Without Realizing It
When my first daughter was born I didn’t know what I was doing. Although I went to pre-natal classes and signed myself up for all the baby emails, neither of those did much to prepare me for the day-to-day life of motherhood. I began my new role...