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Tina Powell wears a dark jacket with a white short. She is smiling at camera.

Tina Powell is a supporter of children’s literacy and a women’s rights advocate. 

She is the Founder and Chief Content Curator of the social media movement “GLORIOUS IS SHETM.” 

With thousands of followers, this page celebrates Canadian women who inspire, achieve, and empower. Featured on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn, GLORIOUS IS SHE TM elevates the status of women by amplifying and showcasing the achievements and impact of extraordinary Canadian women.

GLORIOUS IS SHE™ AWARD PROGRAM

Circular Glass Award Trophies. Text reads "The Glorious is She Award Program. Winners to be Announced on July 13""

The purpose of the GLORIOUS IS SHE™ AWARD PROGRAM is to honour and recognize ordinary women who have done extraordinary things. 

Learn more about this exciting award program here.

Follow GLORIOUS IS SHETM on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Nominations are welcome through our Contact page.

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Can’t wait for the ‘Evening with Lisa LaFlamme Can’t wait for the ‘Evening with Lisa LaFlamme’ to begin! Proceeds to Dress for Success. ❤️❤️❤️ #womensupportingwomen #womenempowerment @wintergardentheatre #lisalaflamme @dressforsuccesstoronto
Check out @erin.gallag.her for the whole story… Check out @erin.gallag.her for the whole story… and YES, I ordered a shirt!!! ❤️🙌❤️
Are you an Unabashed Hype Woman? Join the movemen Are you an Unabashed Hype Woman?  Join the movement! 
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@erin.gallag.her #OOTD …well, actually the whole week. 

Because when you’re in the midst of a moment and movement like this, you have to *be* in it. 

To feel it all. 
To experience it all. 
To receive it all. 

The #hypewomen movement behind this shirt has lit a fire in so many of us. It’s reminded us of our value and worth and identity. It has power. 

As do these pants. They are my favorite pants. I own them in many colors. 

I bought them five years ago when I really started investing in myself. In my style. In my power. 

I wore them in the headshots I took for the first company I founded. 
I wore them in the meeting I secured to pitch the CEO and Chairman of IPG (which led to us being funded from day one). 
I wore them in the headshots I took for the current company I founded, Ella, of which I am the CEO (and CFO, CMO, CRO, CCO, CTO, CHRO…)
I wore them on stage when I spoke at Grace Hopper with a shirt that said “This is what a CEO looks like.”
I wear them on every flight that takes me to a Fairway Dinner, conference, #hypewomen event, speaking opp, business meeting…

I’m wearing them today. 

When you find something that — and someone who — amplifies the power within you, take stock. 

Grateful for this movement we’re creating. 

Shoes by the indomitable @rebeccaminkoff b/c ALWAYS

(And please enjoy the disaster that is the background of this photo. I snapped it before running out the door to drop both kids at school and catch a train downtown to Chicago.) 

Get your Unabashed Hype Women shirt here: https://www.ellaforall.com/product-page/unabashed-hype-woman-short-sleeve-tee

@erin.gallag.her @jamieleecurtis
Let’s kick off the New Year by celebrating one o Let’s kick off the New Year by celebrating one of us! Please join me in honouring Colette Martin of New Brunswick with the 2023 GLORIOUS IS SHE Achievement Award!
This past December, Colette witnessed Lt.-Gov. Brenda Murphy give royal assent to Bill 17, the Disclosure to Protect Against Intimate Partner Violence Act. This law (dubbed Colette’s Law) gives New Brunswick police forces the legal authority to tell someone in a relationship that their partner has a history of inflicting intimate partner violence. 
As was reported by Jacques Poitras of CBC NEWS, Colette was almost murdered in 1997 by a man she'd been in a relationship with. He stabbed her 37 times. Her ex had assaulted a previous girlfriend. Colette stated, "If this law would have been in then, I would have been able to get the information I would have needed to make an informed decision about my relationship." 
Please join me in congratulating and thanking Colette for this GLORIOUS act of advocacy on behalf of women! 
Your strength, courage and dedication are an inspiration to us all! @_colettemartin #gloriousisshe #womensupportingwomen #womenempowerment #endviolenceagainstwomen #achieve #highachievingwomen
As we step into the new year, I wish to express gr As we step into the new year, I wish to express gratitude to you for all your support, engagement and wisdom over the past year. You put the GLORIOUS into GLORIOUS IS SHE! I am also very aware — as I conduct my own personal year-in-review — that although we often do not have control over what happens in this world, we do have control over how we react to it. May you face whatever comes your way with grace, dignity, intelligence and integrity. To quote A. A. Milne’s Christopher Robin, “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” You also are more powerful than you know. FLEX.
Wishing you health and happiness in 2023! ❤️🎉🙌 #happynewyear #happynewyear2023 #womensupportingwomen #womenempowerment
Since my post yesterday about the Taliban’s rece Since my post yesterday about the Taliban’s recent attack against the education of women and girls, many of you have asked … What can we do? 
I suggested that we all send emails / tweets to our MPs, Foreign Affairs Minister @melaniejoly and Prime Minister @justinpjtrudeau asking them to denounce this decision by the Afghan government and to pressure the international community to take action. Canada must live up to its commitment and welcome 40,000 Afghan refugees to Canada NOW. Plus, we must provide virtual and physical access to education for Afghan women and girls. 
As was reported in Raffy Boudjikanian’s CBC News article:
“Lauryn Oates works with Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, a non-governmental organization that works to promote literacy and access to education in Afghanistan.
Her group is urging Ottawa to fund virtual schooling for girls and women shut out of the education system in Afghanistan, and to provide schooling for those who've moved on to third countries outside Canada. 
"Make sure that girls and women have access to alternative forms of education," she said.
Oates said she fears shutting girls and women out of school is only part of the Taliban's plan.” 

What else can we do??? Raise our voices and raise funds for organizations such as @cw4wafghanistan and @malalafund 
I’ll go first and make donations to both right now. ❤️🇨🇦❤️
Photo from CBC News. #letafghangirlslearn #letafghanwomenstudy #letafghanistangirlslearn
Since my post this morning about the Taliban’s r Since my post this morning about the Taliban’s recent attack against the education of women and girls, many of you have asked … What can we do? 
I suggested that we all send emails / tweets to our MPs, Foreign Affairs Minister @melaniejoly and Prime Minister @justinpjtrudeau asking them to denounce this decision by the Afghan government and to pressure the international community to take action. Canada must live up to its commitment and welcome 40,000 Afghan refugees to Canada NOW. Plus, we must provide virtual and physical access to education for Afghan women and girls. 
As was reported in Raffy Boudjikanian’s CBC News article today:
“Lauryn Oates works with Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, a non-governmental organization that works to promote literacy and access to education in Afghanistan.
Her group is urging Ottawa to fund virtual schooling for girls and women shut out of the education system in Afghanistan, and to provide schooling for those who've moved on to third countries outside Canada. 
"Make sure that girls and women have access to alternative forms of education," she said.
Oates said she fears shutting girls and women out of school is only part of the Taliban's plan.” 

What can we do??? Raise our voices and raise funds for organizations such as @cw4wafghanistan and @malalafund 
I’ll go first and make donations to both right now. ❤️🇨🇦❤️
University education for all female students in A University education for all female  students in Afghanistan has now been banned!

While there were numerous promises made to the international community that it would protect the rights of women and girls, they did the exact opposite, systematically clamping down on their rights and freedoms. The highest level of education most Afghan girls will be able to attain is grade 6 — the final year of primary school. 

Women in Afghanistan can no longer work in most sectors, require a male guardian for long-distance travel and have been ordered to cover their faces in public. They have also imposed limits on girls’ education, banning women from certain workplaces as they continue to strip away rights they had fought tirelessly for over the last two decades.

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Lisa LaFlamme has been at the forefront of journal Lisa LaFlamme has been at the forefront of journalism for over 30 years, tackling some of the biggest issues of our time, traveling the globe, delivering breaking news and bringing it back home to Canadians.

The internationally respected journalist has interviewed major newsmakers, Prime Ministers, Presidents and Princes while always keeping the spotlight on the injustices that plague the world’s most oppressed.

#AnEveningWithLisaLaFlamme, presented by RBC Wealth Management will feature a rare personal conversation with Lisa, led by journalists Robyn Doolittle and Farah Nasser, where she will discuss her road to success as an award-winning journalist and what’s next for her career. This not-to-be-missed event will take place on Thursday, January 19 at 7:30pm at the Winter Garden Theatre. 

To learn more about Lisa LaFlamme, this incredible event and to purchase your tickets, visit @dressforsuccesstoronto today!

Posted @withrepost • @dressforsuccesstoronto 

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#DressForSuccessToronto #DFSToronto #AnEveningWithLisa #DFSTAnEveningWithLisa #LisaLaFlamme #SaveTheDate
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GLORIOUS PHILANTHROPY

Book Cover "If you Could see What I see" by Tina Powell. Fundraiser for Red Cross

Tina Powell’s books have been used to raised funds and/or awareness for Food Banks Canada, the American Diabetes Association, Children’s Aid Society, Kids Help Phone, Raise-a-Reader, Jays Care Foundation, and other worthy organizations. Her picture book If You Could See What I See… was written in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and raised $58,000 for the Canadian Red Cross USA Appeal. Illustrated by Canadian children, this powerful book was accepted into the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York City. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tina donated $20,000 in books to Ontario teachers and local children’s organizations.

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