Babes On Bay Street

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How do you deal with inappropriate Bay Street fundraisers?

"I attended an event in support of a charity foundation put on by the industry sector I work in. Obviously every investment bank, public company and service provider provided some sort of sponsorship, my firm included. I was appalled to see that as part of the evening's entertainment there were 4 body painted 20 year olds wandering essentially topless so that Bay Street's finest could be photographed with them. Needless to say, as one of the few women there I was pretty uncomfortable. I don't think my firm is aware of the "entertainment" and I don't think we should be sponsoring this kind of event. But I am also too scared to raise the issue with the charity or my firm ...

Donna. Advice for Young Women

I asked Donna to tell me about the best advice she had ever been given and what she would pass along to a young woman. She said: “Don’t sweat the small stuff.  Someone actually said that to me once and I thought you know what you can’t be everything to everyone.  You have to keep your perspective and keep your sense of humour about things.  It doesn’t mean you aren’t driven and it doesn’t mean you aren’t focused but you can keep your sense of humour and keep things in perspective as well. Life’s full of compromises and I think it actually can work pretty well.”   In terms of offering specific advice to young women, Donna had the following to say: ...