International Women’s Day 2024: Aritzia CEO Jennifer Wong

March 14, 2024

Headshot of Jennifer Wong wearing a black collared shirt over a blue background

A visionary and results-driven leader, Jennifer Wong has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40, a Business in Vancouver’s 2023 BC CEO Award recipient, and a Glossy 50 honoree, and is a member of the Business Council of Canada.

What can you do to inspire inclusion? To illuminate this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) theme, our IWD 2024 webinar showcased business leader Jennifer Wong (BA’91), who took on the retail industry. Discover her remarkable rise from a shoe buyer at Aritzia to leading the Vancouver-based company as its CEO. Learn how she cultivates a culture of learning and creativity so you can encourage acceptance and belonging in your own workplace. 

This webinar is a collaboration between UBC Dialogues, the alumni UBC Career Education Program, and the UBC Student Alumni Council.


  
  

      
    
  
  

                  

            
                                  

  
                                  



            
                                  

  
                                  



          






      
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Hosts

Afnan Ali, BSc'23 (she/her) — Alumni Engagement Coordinator, alumni UBC

Helia Moghaddam — President of the Student Alumni Council, 4th year Arts student

Speaker

Jennifer Wong, BA’91 (she/her) — Chief Executive Officer, Aritzia

Recorded March 6, 2024.

THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE PRESENTING PARTNERS OF FORWARD: THE CAMPAIGN FOR UBC


 

WITH ONGOING SUPPORT FROM THE ALUMNI UBC PILLAR PARTNERS