Sunday March 3rd at Norway House Sara John Fowler Women in Leadership: a journey.
This presentation, delivered the Sunday before International Women’s Day 2024, will include stories of the leadership journey of Sara from her time in leadership roles as a youth, in her professional career and as a volunteer in governance in Canada and internationally. The importance of gender equity in leadership roles cannot be understated. According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (March 2023), higher rates of [women] representation in leadership are associated with a variety of benefits for organizations. Greater gender equity contributes to wider economic benefits, increased productivity, and improved development results. This means that gender representation is beneficial for everyone, not just women. This presentation will focus on the benefit to society of gender equity at all levels of leadership.
Sara John Fowler has had a varied career in health care including in clinical nursing and leadership roles, and in the international humanitarian sector. She is the CEO of Mount St. Mary Hospital, a long-term care facility in Victoria, and a Governing Board Member of the International federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society, Geneva. She is a co-founder, through the Canadian Red Cross, of GLOW Red (2018) – the global network for women leaders in the Movement. Sara moved with her family, from the lower mainland to Sooke in 2005.
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