Gender & Family Dynamics in Leadership
Join us, in partnership with the Women of Ivey Community, for a Lifelong Learning livestream event to discuss how the phrase "We all have the same 24 hours a day" is frequently used in motivational rhetoric when it comes to work ethic and career success, but fails to account for disparities in how aspects of identity impact how people behave societally.
Fees
Complimentary Event
In this session:
"We all have the same 24 hours a day."
In this discussion we will dive into how this rhetoric oversimplifies the complex realities faced by individuals based on gender and family dynamics. Societal expectations create a disproportionate burden—managing not just career demands, but also personal and family responsibilities. This "invisible" work adds significant strain, making the idea of equal time management unrealistic and unfortunately often leads to burnout for women.
For this Lifelong Learning livestream moderated by Bryan Benjamin, Executive Director of The Ivey Academy, we’re joined by Janice Byrne, Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship. Over the course of an hour, we will discuss the mental load and extra pressures that women and caregivers have to attend to, along with the overwhelming pressure to be perfect and the importance of setting boundaries.
Guests
Eva Salem
Senior Vice-President, Marketing and Brand, Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited
Eva Salem leads all marketing and brand activities for Canadian Tire, SportChek, Mark’s, Triangle Rewards, and Canadian Tire Corporation’s (CTC) multi-billion-dollar portfolio of Owned Brands. She also oversees CTC’s ESG strategy, sustainability initiatives, community involvement, content creation, and sponsorship activities. Eva’s collaborative, passionate approach has driven unprecedented business results and wide industry acclaim for CTC. Eva was named among WXN’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2022, the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business: 2020 Canada’s Best Executives, awarded 2022 marketer of the Year by Strategy Magazine and voted Marketer of the Year by the Canadian Marketing Association in 2023.
Sabrina Kumar Ceccarelli
Vice-President, Assistant General Counsel, Commercial (Global) Lightspeed Commerce
A graduate of the HBA program at Ivey and of the JD/MBA program at Osgoode and Schulich, Sabrina Kumar Ceccarelli is Vice-President and Assistant General Counsel at Lightspeed Commerce Inc. Lightspeed, a unified payments and POS provider, is publicly-listed on both the TSX and New York stock exchanges and Canadian-headquartered in Montreal. At Lightspeed, Sabrina manages both the Commercial Legal and Procurement teams applying both her business and legal background.
Prior to Lightspeed. Sabrina worked at Torys LLP, BLG, and Siemens Canada in various areas of corporate law. Sabrina also on the board of directors of the Canadian Technology Law Association.
Perhaps her most demanding role, however, is that of mother to her three children- Brayden, 7, Francesca, 4 and Willamina, 1. Sabrina is a passionate advocate for broadening and bettering our understanding of the challenges faced by mothers - whether working or otherwise. She was a recent panelist in 5-part youtube series developed with CTV’s The Social called “Momlife Crisis”. She has also recently started a personal blog on Instagram inspired by this series and her everyday life at @sabrinasmomjourney.