We’ve got three shows coming your way—and they’re all kinds of awesome.
Toronto - Our 3-year anniversary!
Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 7:00 pm
The Lounge at Live Nation Canada
General Admission. All ages are welcome, though please note some content may contain subject matter more suitable for mature audiences.
2 Snooker Street // Accessible entry is available
Our theme: Plot Twist - When Life Flips the Script
Life rarely goes according to plan. Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, life throws a curveball - a plot twist you never saw coming. In this event, we’re inviting our storytellers to share their tales of the unexpected. Maybe it’s the surprise career change that led to a dream job, a relationship that took an unforeseen turn, or an adventure that went wildly off-script. From small, funny surprises to life-altering revelations, these moments force us to pivot, adapt, and grow. Some twists make us laugh, some make us cry, but they all remind us that life’s best moments often lie just beyond our comfort zone. Join us for an evening of authentic, candid stories that celebrate the unpredictable journey we’re all on. You never know what’s coming next!
MEET OUR PERFORMERS
Team 20s - Coming soon
Team 30s - Rebecca Bitton
Rebecca Bitton is a speaker, educator, and mental health advocate whose story is a testament to the power of breaking down, waking up, and choosing to begin again on your own terms. In her 20s, Rebecca chased every marker of success the fast-paced career, the accolades, the image of the woman who could do it all. But behind the scenes, the pressure to perform led her into four full-blown manic episodes, a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, and a crash course in everything the world doesn’t teach you about rest, self-trust, and enoughness. Now in her 30s, she’s rewriting the rules. Rebecca is the founder of Be and Become, a movement that helps people and organizations shift from burnout to embodiment from performative success to grounded inner power. She’s hosted national summits on trauma-informed leadership, coached women and entrepreneurs through reinvention, and created healing spaces where high-achieving people are allowed to just be. Her talks don’t sugarcoat the hard parts. They honour the messy middles, the mental health detours, the identity crises, and the sacred choice to keep showing up for yourself even when life falls apart. Rebecca has spoken at major institutions like CAMH, OPSEU, and the Women’s Healing and Motivational Summit. She’s also an educator, podcast host, and storytelling coach who teaches that your pain is not just something to overcome it’s the very soil from which purpose can grow. Whether in corporate boardrooms or late-night journal entries, her message is simple: You are not broken. You’re becoming.
Team 40s - Meryl Fernandes
Meryl is a marketing strategist with over a decade of experience, a suitcase that’s been well-used especially in recent years, and a life that’s been rebuilt more than once. While her career has been about building brands and crafting other people’s stories, her 40s have been about rewriting her own. She moved from research and strategy to caregiving for her parents during a tender chapter, learning what connection really means along the way. From avid traveler to first-time solo traveler and now certified travel advisor, she’s embraced new adventures. And she’s shifted from holding things in to sharing her story with her 24 followers in a quiet corner of the internet. She’s still figuring it out. But she’s learned that life doesn’t follow a script, that unlearning can teach you more than anything else, that success can outgrow its old definitions and that’s not a loss, it’s a sign of life. And sometimes the life you build after everything shifts, while wildly unfamiliar, can be the one that feels most like home. LinkedIn Instagram Web
Team 50s - Coming soon
Team 60s - Erica Herbert
Born and raised in Tobago, Erica is a mother of four, accountant, property investor, and hotelier. After decades in real estate, she co-founded Ode with her children, transforming a family-owned building into a boutique hotel celebrated for its culture, community, and creativity. Ode has been featured in Forbes, Vogue, The New York Times, Refinery29, and Condé Nast Traveler, a testament to Erica’s vision of thoughtful, independent hospitality. With a sharp business mind and a passion for true hospitality, she continues to shape the industry while keeping family at the heart of it all. Ode Website Instagram
Team 70s - Wendy MacKeigan
With a successful and dynamic career in the film and television industry spanning more than three decades, SK Films is fortunate to have Wendy as its CEO. She has produced, executive-produced and written several multiple award-winning films including Flight of the Butterflies, Wings Over Water and Blue Whales: Return of the Giants for which SK is the worldwide distributor. Wendy has a passion for understanding how the natural world works and she is dedicated to bringing interesting stories about our planet, its incredible wildlife and ecosystems and the people who study them to audiences around the globe. She feels privileged to be a filmmaker and storyteller in the Giant Screen medium and to work with world renowned scientists, other advisors and prestigious scientific organizations dedicated to science literacy. Wendy’s achievements include the only ever “clean sweeps” of all Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) industry film awards for Flight of the Butterflies. She also led the script writing/research team behind Amazon Adventure, produced in partnership between SK and HHMI/TBS, which was praised in Variety as being “a large-screen triumph” with “such a high level of writing, acting and production polish.” Wendy was also Executive Producer and Co-Writer for Backyard Wilderness. Both films received five major GSCA Achievement Awards. Prior to joining SK Films, Wendy spent 10 years as Chair/CEO of the feature film development/TV production investment arm of Astral Media (Bell Media). She was a founding executive of Ontario Creates, served on various committees of the GSCA and was Chair of Women in Film and Television. Other boards and committees include the Toronto International Film Festival, the Directors Guild of Canada, the Banff Television Festival, Cinematheque Ontario, the Canadian Film Centre and the Toronto Film Advisory Board. Web
A special event in collaboration with aaniin and presented in support of Truth & Reconciliation Day
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 7:00 pm
The Lounge at Live Nation Canada
General Admission. All ages are welcome, though please note some content may contain subject matter more suitable for mature audiences.
2 Snooker Street // Accessible entry is available
Our theme: My Best Advice - The Words That Changed Me
A special event featuring an all-Indigenous lineup, in collaboration with Generation Women Canada and aaniin.
This powerful evening celebrates the Indigenous tradition of sharing knowledge through story. We’ve invited our storytellers to reflect on the words that changed them - wisdom passed down by Elders, teachings from family and community, or lessons found in unexpected places. Whether life-changing, grounding, healing, or even challenging, these words have helped shape identity, purpose, and belonging.
Advice is not just guidance - it’s a thread connecting generations, a tool for survival, and a source of strength. In these stories, we hear how language, land, culture, and community intertwine to inform the choices we make and the people we become.
This event honors the resilience and richness of Indigenous voices. It’s an invitation to listen, learn, and reflect on the truths that have carried others forward - and may do the same for us.
All profits will be donated to the Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto
MEET OUR PERFORMERS
Team 20s - Chloe White-Deleary
Chloe White-Deleary is a 27 year old Anishinaabe woman from Walpole Island First Nation. Born in T’karonto, her childhood was primarily spent living in cities and growing up as an urban native. She visited her First Nation and her family who lived there on holidays and summer break, memories she forever holds close to her heart. Living in many places over her life, she has found home on Walpole Island for the past 7 years. Currently, she finds herself navigating early sobriety alongside early entrepreneurship as she is the co-owner of Ode’mini Giizis Cafe- an Anishinaabeg, women-owned and operated cafe that she runs with her Mom. She is passionate about environmental and animal rights advocacy, Anishinaabeg cultural revitalization, and her personal journey towards health and healing. She loves spending her time with those she loves, in addition to relaxing, listening to music, learning, baking, and going on adventures. She is honoured for the opportunity to share key insights that have guided her on her journey.
Team 30s - Coming soon
Team 40s - Michele Young-Crook
Michele Young-Crook is an Algonquin and mixed European entrepreneur, consultant, and CEO belonging to the Nijkwiwisens Family and Bear Clan, her grandmother was a member of Nipissing First Nation. She brings over 20 years of experience in event planning, community development, and Indigenous economic empowerment. As Co-Founder of Sage3 & ECHO Speakers Bureau, both are Indigenous-women-owned corporations, Michele leads with a mission to provide tools, connections, and capacity-building opportunities that drive sustainable growth for Indigenous communities. Her expertise spans business strategy, Indigenous economic development, allowing her to bridge the worlds of corporate and community with impact and authenticity. Michele is currently pursuing her MBA in Innovation, Leadership & Consulting at York St John University (expected 2026), she continues to build pathways that support long-term prosperity, cultural resilience, and meaningful change. Website Summit
Team 50s - Sara Wolfe
Sara Wolfe is a citizen of Brunswick House First Nation in Treaty 9. She is co-founder and CEO of Equity Cubed, providing fractional executive services for early-stage impact ventures. She is also the External Director for Wilson College for Leadership and Civic Studies at McMaster University and an Executive-in-Residence at the Rotman School of Management. Sara is an accomplished executive leader who works at the intersection of health, education, social finance and corporate governance. She holds an Executive MBA from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, the ICD.D designation, and is a Senior Fellow at Massey College.
Team 60s - Nancy Johnson
Nancy Johnson is a member of the Caldwell First Nation in southwestern Ontario, of Plains Cree/ Metis origin. She is a mother and grandmother, a singer/songwriter and has spent many years working in Indigenous policy for various governments. Nancy completed a Master's in Education at the University of Toronto and recently established a Women's Initiatives sector for Ontario First Nations leadership. Nancy enjoys traveling, quilting and hiking with her 95 pound husky, Waboose.
Team 70s - Coming soon
Hello, Calgary! A special event in collaboration with the Canadian Women’s Foundation
Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 7:00 pm
Venue: The Commons - Hemingway Room
1206 20 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 1M8
General Admission. All ages are welcome, though please note some content may contain subject matter more suitable for mature audiences.
Our theme: You Get Me - Stories Of Finding Your People
We’re kicking off Generation Women Calgary with a truth we know in our bones: it takes a village.
Not just to raise a child - but to build a life, recover from heartbreak, launch a dream, or survive the chaos of everyday existence. Our storytellers are sharing the stories of the people who became their village—the chosen families, unlikely friendships, ride-or-dies, and soul-saving group chats that held them up when it mattered. Sometimes they found them by accident. Sometimes they created them from scratch. But always, these communities became more than just backup—they became belonging.
This is a night for anyone who’s ever found strength in numbers - and for those still searching, a reminder that your people might be closer than you think.
MEET OUR PERFORMERS
Team 20s - Farkhunda Muhtaj
Farkhunda Muhtaj is an Afghan-Canadian football luminary and social activist who unites the worlds of sport, education and humanitarianism. Farkhunda is Captain of the Afghanistan Women’s National Football Team and was the first player signed to the Calgary Wild FC as part of the Northern Super League. Her social activism work champions gender equality, anti-racism education, refugee and newcomer support and humanitarian relief through sport and physical wellness initiatives. Muhtaj is the Calgary Wild’s Community Ambassador and the Co-Founder and Director of the Scarborough Simbas, a non-profit organization that uses sport to help ease the settlement journey of refugees and newcomers to Canada.
Off the pitch, Farkhunda is an ambassador for Right To Play Canada, Common Goal, Penny Appeal Canada, and Women for Women International. Muhtaj also serves on the Canadian Child Rights in Sports Advisory Committee, Canada Soccer’s Women’s Development Advisory Committee, and the FIFA World Cup 2026 Toronto Sport, Physical Activity, Health & Wellness Program Advisory Body. Farkhunda is an incredible leader, brand and community ambassador, and speaker who brings her voice to stages, spaces, and platforms worldwide. Website LinkedIn Instagram
Team 30s - Coming soon
Team 40s - Lana Bentley
Lana Bentley is the executive director of the Women’s Centre of Calgary. A family therapist by training, Lana worked in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health portfolio of Alberta Health Services. More recently her focus has included family violence, women’s economic empowerment, and housing. An award-winning instructor, Lana teaches part-time at Mount Royal University. A strong believer in investing in your community, she sits on several boards including Youth Central Calgary, the Alberta College of Opticians, and the Black Heritage Committee at Heritage Park. In her spare time you can find her on the ski hill, cheering on the Toronto Raptors, or adding to her ever growing sneaker collection.
Team 50s - Mitzie Hunter
Mitzie Hunter is a dynamic, community-grounded trailblazer whose 30 years of leadership spans the nonprofit sector, private sector, and government. She was the first Black woman to serve as Ontario’s Minister of Education. She also served as Ontario’s Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development and Associate Minister of Finance. Mitzie is a respected advocate for women, girls, and gender-diverse people. She is known for her expertise in an array of issues, from women’s leadership to inclusive economies to sustainable neighbourhood and city building.
Team 60s - Brenda Beckedorf
Brenda Beckedorf is a Canadian leader in technology and innovation with a career focused on building ecosystems, supporting entrepreneurs, and advancing digital adoption. She is Co-Founder and CEO of Society 5.0, which helps organizations integrate emerging technologies, and Vice Chair of Startup Canada, where she advocates for greater access and inclusion in entrepreneurship. Brenda has also held leadership roles with Alberta IoT, the Calgary Innovation Coalition, and Alberta Women Entrepreneurs, contributing to strategy, policy, and community growth. Her work with the Digital Inclusion Collaborative Table reflects her commitment to bridging the digital divide, and she has been recognized with awards such as the Universal Women Network Mentorship Award. Throughout her career, she has brought together government, industry, and community to strengthen opportunities for businesses and individuals across Canada. LinkedIn Twitter/X
Team 70s - Coming soon