Breaking Barriers, Building Scale. Jaffer, Menard-Shand, Zinaty

To mark the end of International Women's Month, I host a conversation with three remarkable women. Shamira Jaffer, recipient of the 2023 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Innovation Award; Jennifer Menard-Shand, a three-time nominee for the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards; and Dr. Georgette Zinaty, President of WBE Canada and a passionate advocate for women-owned businesses. Together, we discuss the challenges women still face, the achievements they are making, and what Canada needs to do to support more women entrepreneurs in not only starting out but also scaling up. Because empowering more women to build businesses is not just the right thing to do, but also one of the smartest growth strategies our country can pursue. To learn more about WBE: To learn more about the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards: (Nominations are now open)

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Breaking Barriers, Building Scale. Jaffer, Menard-Shand, Zinaty is an episode from Chatter that Matters by Tony Chapman.

This episode is 37:40 long.

This episode was published on Mar 29, 2026.

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