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Feb 18, 2021 Not even an obligatory mask could hide the smiles that shone on the faces of 12 business and professional women who were paid a visit Thursday by the Women s Business Network of the National Capital Region. The volunteer-run organization came bearing lovely gift packages, hand-delivered to each one of finalists at their homes. While doing so, the group also announced the four winners, in their respective categories, of a 2019 Businesswoman of the Year Award. Jennifer Conley, chief advancement officer at Carleton University and president and CEO of the Carleton University Foundation, won in the Organization Category; Jennifer Reynolds, lawyer, mediator and founder of Fresh Legal, won in the Emerging Entrepreneur Category; ....
Feb 16, 2021 People on the Move is supported by Boyden, connecting great leaders with great companies in Ottawa, across Canada and worldwide. At the tender age of 22, Jason Tasse had been working outside at a lumber yard to pay for his undergraduate degree at Carleton University when he learned Lee Valley Tools was looking for seasonal employees to help with its Christmas holiday rush. With winter coming, he liked the idea of holding down an indoor job and had heard good things about the Ottawa-based, family-owned Canadian business, which sells hardware, woodworking, gardening and kitchen tools. “If you really worked hard, they’d keep you full-time,” said Tasse, who first got hired for a warehouse job. “My objective was to stay warm, work hard and keep the job.” ....