Empowerment begins with inner confidence and outward networking. From time immemorial, women have been taught, especially in the workplace, to be deferential, which, by dictionary definition, means “yielding to the judgment or opinion of others.” Historically, it has involved the quiet bending to the loudest or most powerful voice in the room, which, in most …
Musician Bruce Cockburn has been a singer and songwriter of poetic lyrics and bon mots for more than five decades. There are times when being a part of history, albeit a tumultuously famous (some might even say infamous) one, becomes a badge of honour, the tipping point from which many other seismic life events are …
Vintners since 1635, the Bottega family are singular and passionate distillers of distinctive sparkling wines and spirits. Vintners since 1635, Bottega’s family ancestors cultivated vines as tenant farmers. Andrea Bottega, the forefather of this now burgeoning viticulture of grappa and liqueurs, cultivated vines in the hills near Molinetto della Croda in Refrontolo. Fast-forward four centuries, …
A genuine supporter of community, Alex Filiatrault is a man of action and a champion of transformation and inclusiveness. “Diversity” and “inclusiveness” are buzzwords that have been making the rounds over the past few years. There is a decided difference, however, between parroting the words conversationally and actually practising these philosophies as truisms through continuous …
The Barcelona 2020 Collection from Julie Vino is a marriage of breathtaking elegance, pearlized style and dramatic flare, all with a strong connection to the leading runways of Paris, Milan and New York. Creatively inspired from an early age, Julie Vino’s passion for fashion became a reality in 2008, when, after an internship in some …
A generational love for art and antiques, Todd Merrill is passionate about inspiring and presenting artists and ideas that are singular and unique. Representing the third generation of his family in the antique business, Todd Merrill was inherently groomed by his grandparents, Nathan and Margaret Merrill, who, in the late 1920s, owned an art and …
