Details
4:00pm - 4:30pm VIP Reception4:30pm - 5:30pm Registration, networking and refreshments
5:30pm - 6:25pm Stories and awards
6:25pm - 7:30pm Refreshments and networking
Where
The Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver (Park Ballroom)791 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 2T4
Driving Directions
604-683-7635
admin@theminervafoundation.com
The Minerva Foundation is building a community of values-based leaders and we want you to be a part of it!
Join us at In Tribute To, an elegant evening reception hosted at the Four Seasons Hotel and presented by Scotiabank
- Be inspired. Hear about the impact we make in the lives of women and girls
- Connect with other values-based leaders. Network with some of Vancouver’s most influential business and community leaders
- Support our mission to elevate the visibility, influence and contribution of women leaders
- Pay it forward. Pay tribute to an inspirational woman in your life
Emceed by Nancy McKinstry (one of Vancouver’s 100 Most Powerful Women), In Tribute To is a night when our valued sponsors, donors and 150 other special guests come together to support the work we do with women and girls across BC.
Bring a valued woman in your life or enjoy an evening out with your friends or colleagues, all for a fantastic cause!
By purchasing a ticket to In Tribute To, you help ensure we can continue our work to elevate the visibility, influence and contribution of women leaders.
TICKETS: $100 or get the extended early bird price of $80 per ticket when you purchase two or more tickets! (Use the code: ITTPROMO)
Emcee: Nancy McKinstry
Distinguished leader within the investment and community sectors and founding member of the Minerva Foundation for BC Women, Nancy has been awarded accolades which include, Honorary Doctorate degrees from Simon Fraser University and the British Columbia Institute of Technology, Order of Canada, the Queen’s Jubilee Medal, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Women in Finance and Vancouver’s 100 Most Powerful Women. Nancy currently sits of the Board of Directors of HSBC Bank Canada and Delta Hotels and Resorts.
Special Guest Speaker: Kennedy Baker
Kennedy Baker, an 18-year-old Vancouver Island University student, is a past Minerva Learning to Lead participant and this year’s winner of the Welch Leadership Challenge Award. As a budding philanthropist and courageous spokesperson for mental illness, Kennedy has received national recognition from the ‘Me to We’ organization, Canadian Living Magazine and Huffington Post. After being faced with adversity beyond her control, she managed to determine her pathway in life and found a silver lining amongst the chaos. At the young age of 17, Kennedy founded her own non-profit organization, STAND, which helps Canadians living below the poverty line.
About the Tribute Tree Campaign
The Minerva Foundation Tribute Tree is an annual campaign that allows you to honour a woman in your life. Purchase* a leaf ($500), a branch ($1000) or a trunk ($5000+) and someone you think is worthy of being recognized will be noted in our Tribute Tree. Your gift, along with a brief note on behalf of the woman you care about, will be posted on our website and printed in a full page ad in the Vancouver Sun on International Women’s day (March 8, 2014).
*Your Tribute Tree gift can be spread over a year as small monthly donations.
About the Minerva Foundation for BC Women
The Minerva Foundation for BC Women delivers a range of unique programs to help women develop their leadership capacity and find meaningful work. From education awards for women in need, mentoring and coaching, job search support and culturally relevant programming developed and delivered in partnership with Aboriginal women, the Minerva Foundation elevates the visibility, influence and contribution of women to change the face of leadership in BC.
Since 2001, the Minerva Foundation has given away more than $2 million in education awards and touched the lives of more than 3,000 women and girls across British Columbia.