MEDIA
YWCA Nominee 2023 community champion
Recognized nationally, the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards presented by Scotiabank is our premier fundraising event, honouring extraordinary women leaders and businesses.
canada international black women excellence
Canada International Black Women Excellence organizes an exceptional gala every year that celebrates Black women, their achievements, purpose, and breakthroughs. We aim to uplift and provide a platform for Black women from all walks of life to gather, share, connect, learn and empower one another to shine and keep growing. This also provides an opportunity for the world to learn about the experiences, challenges and triumphs of Black women in Canada.
Global News
International Women’s Day: Meet 5 extraordinary advocates working to uplift women in B.C.
Locelle: 10 Black Women in Tech & Leadership Worth Following
We invite you to get to know, follow and celebrate these incredible women who are making their mark in tech and leadership, and inadvertently working towards the statistics eventually becoming more balanced.
Holt Renfrew & R.I.S.E
Holt Renfrew has partnered with R.I.S.E. and Randell Adjei, Ontario’s first Poet Laureate, to showcase pieces that speak to the Black experience.
Black Women Connect Vancouver is featured on the website. Discover a list of organizations compiled by R.I.S.E. and Holt Renfrew that offer assistance, connection, education, and inspiration—and that you can support.
YWCA: Reserved For Her
To celebrate local women and girls and make a statement about the lack of representation of women’s achievements in our public spaces, YWCA Metro Vancouver created #ReservedForHer, an interactive public art installation to act as a literal platform for change.
They estimate that just over 10% of public monuments across Canada recognize women. To draw attention to this inequity, they've commissioned the creation of a statue-less statue base to act as a literal platform for the local girls and women who are working to make history, and to make a statement about the lack of representation of women’s achievements in our public spaces.
Bringing Women Together
For International Women’s Day 2022, Bringing Women Together wanted to celebrate the women within our community that empowers, uplift, and inspires. These women are so deeply aligned with BWT core values and it is our honour to celebrate them for the amazing work that they continue to do within their respective communities and beyond.
Footlocker Vancouver X International Women’s Day
Black Women Connect Vancouver founder Nataizya featured in 2021 Footlooker Vancouver IWD