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ELEVATE

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A Premiere Event of Connection, Inspiration & Purpose

In Support of Dress for Success Kingston

Join us for ELEVATE her.—a thoughtfully curated wellness and empowerment experience designed to uplift, connect, and inspire women and gender-diverse individuals through meaningful conversation, expert-led sessions, and intentional community building.

This full-day event blends personal growth, powerful storytelling, and purposeful networking, all in support of Dress for Success Kingston, an organization that has empowered over 3,500 individuals since 2013 through mentorship, professional attire, and transformative programming. Their vision: a world where every individual has the confidence and tools to achieve financial independence and uplift their families and communities.

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An Elevated Experience

GUESTS WILL ENJOY:

  • Exclusive networking opportunities
  • Nourishing breakfast and lunch
  • Signature cocktail reception and charcuterie
  • Insightful fireside chat with Canadian fashion icon Jeanne Beker
  • Thought-provoking talks on stress management, wellness, and desire
  • Premium swag bags featuring local artisans and businesses
  • An autographed copy of Heart on Your Sleeve by Jeanne Beker
Featured Speakers & Sessions

Jeanne Beker

Forging Her Own Path

An intimate and empowering fireside chat by one of Canada’s most iconic fashion and lifestyle voices. Jeanne shares her journey through triumphs, heartbreak, and resilience—including her recent breast cancer diagnosis—with unflinching honesty and warmth. A story of fearlessness, transformation, and strength.

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Dr. Jenn Bossio, C. Psych

Desire, Demystified: What Every Woman Should Have Been Taught About Sex

Let’s talk about the real story behind women’s sexual desire. In this honest, empowering session, sexual health expert, Dr. Jenn Bossio, will unpack why intimacy shifts over time, normalize your experiences with sex and intimacy (you defintely aren’t alone), and teach you what no one ever taught you about sex. If you’ve ever wondered why your desire doesn’t match the romance novel fantasy—or felt shame for wanting too much or too little—this talk is for you.

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Sherry Lachine

Stress Less

 Daily stressors — both loud and hidden — quietly erode our energy, focus, and ability to show up. Sherry will unpack how stress sneaks into our bodies and minds, and introduce The Self-Care Stack™ — an innovative model that helps you reset through body, nervous system, and emotional care.

You’ll walk away with simple, practical tools from the Stack that you can use immediately to restore balance, protect your energy, and build resilience.

MEET SHERRY

Melissa Eapen

Panel Discussion: Challenge & Resilience

Melissa Eapen is an award-winning production designer and creative entrepreneur whose work spans film, music videos, and large-scale immersive experiences. As Co-Founder and Director of Business Development for Improbable Escapes, she has helped grow one of Canada’s leading escape room and entertainment companies. She is also the co-founder of Visual Menace, bringing bold visual concepts to life across a range of media. Melissa’s work has earned her the Douglas J. Falconer Award of Excellence in Film (2025) and multiple Kingston Canadian Film Festival music video awards.

Géorgie Gagné

Panel Discussion: Challenge & Resilience


Géorgie Gagné, founder of Géorgie Gagné (Communities & Solidarity), is a multi award-winning, mixed heritage Cree and franco-québécoise artist, educator, facilitator, and advocate, dedicated to infusing intersectional approaches, Indigenous ways of knowing, intentionality and care within communities around Turtle Island. Through facilitation and community-building initiatives, she continuously creates thoughtful and transformative learning experiences that center 2Spirit resilience, intersectionality and decolonization practices within artistic, academic, advocacy, and nonprofit environments. With years of involvement within nonprofits and social justice movements, Géorgie has developed knowledge and expertise that supports her in creating affirming and empowering spaces for BIPGM and 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals. Her art practice focuses on physical and digital collage, beadwork, photography, and graphic design. She’s been lucky to have her work featured in and collaborate with organizations such as Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, PHI Centre, Union Gallery, McCord-Stewart Museum, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, and others.

Becky Williams

Panel Discussion: Challenge & Resilience

 
Becky runs Maple Ridge Farm along with her husband, Mark McCrady (pictured) and their sons Mitchell and Ben. They raise grass-finished Dexter Beef, pastured Berkshire pork, and pastured chickens for meat and eggs. They also keep honeybees and grow cut flowers. 
Growing food in a regenerative way has also allowed them to make a living on the farm. When they moved to Maple Ridge, Becky was working full-time off farm. But she decided that spending time at a desk behind a computer wasn’t what she wanted to do with her life. 
Becky and Mark are grateful to the loyal customers who support their farm and see value in knowing where their food comes from. “Because of them our farm is sustainable. “Now we’re taking care of the people who support us.”

Megan Hamilton

Event Host & Moderator

 
Speaker, Speaking and Transformation Coach, Host and Producer of the Embracing Enchantment Podcast and founder of Impact Witch and ubu skills. Megan brings her signature mix of energy, wisdom, and intention to guide the day.

Sasha Jimenez French

(Birdgirl Arts)

Featured Artist

Sasha Jimenez French’s collection Untamed Lands is a celebration of nature’s wild spirit—lush, vibrant, and unapologetically free. Her paintings weave together dreamlike botanicals, flowing forms, and luminous colour fields, inviting viewers into worlds where growth and transformation flourish. Featured as part of ELEVATE her. on September 16, this body of work honours resilience, beauty, and the untamed energy of the natural world.

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Time: 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Reception: 4:00 – 5:00 PM
Location: Marriott Downtown Kingston
Tickets: $275
Includes a $75 charitable tax receipt (Dress for Success Kingston)

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9:30AM – Welcome Reception
10:00AM – Set the Stage with Megan Hamilton
10:20AM – Stress Less with Sherry Lachine
11:00AM – Panel Discussion: Challenge & Resilience
12:00PM – Nourish & Network
1:15PM – Desire Demystified with Dr. Jenn Bossio
2:30PM – Empowering Fireside Chat: Forging Her Own Path with Jeanne Beker
4:00PM – Cocktails & Connection

This is more than a wellness event; ELEVATE her. is a celebration of courage, growth, and community. Join us in creating a space where every voice is heard, every story matters, and everyone leaves feeling a little more seen, supported, and inspired.

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Fireside Chat

Jeanne Beker

Iconic Fashion & Lifestyle Journalist

For almost five decades, Jeanne Beker has been at the forefront of arts and culture. She earned her position as one of Canada’s most recognizable celebrities as a founding member of MuchMusic and the iconic host of Fashion Television. A media trailblazer and successful entrepreneur, Beker is also the daughter of Holocaust survivors and a breast cancer survivor. In her inspirational talks, she shares how she cultivated the drive, resiliency, and tenacity needed to fuel her incredible career, as well as the courage to face life’s challenges while empowering audiences to do the same.

Beker’s incredible broadcasting career began with CBC Radio when she became an arts reporter in St. John’s, Newfoundland. After three years, she returned to Toronto to work at CHUM radio and was soon co-hosting Citytv’s ground-breaking music magazine series, The New Music. In 1983, she helped launch “the nation’s music station”, MuchMusic, before becoming the host of the legendary Fashion Television, which ran for 27 years and aired in 130 countries, establishing her as Canada’s face of fashion.

A seasoned newspaper and magazine columnist and features writer, Beker was editor-in-chief of FQ and SIR magazine from 2003 to 2008. She has also been a frequent guest on myriad lifestyle shows and at the creative helm of numerous fashion lines under her own eponymous label. Since 2015, Beker’s been the style editor at The Shopping Channel (TSC) where she hosts the popular series, Style Matters, and the podcast Beyond Style Matters. She is also the co-producer of Kingdom of Dreams, a four-part documentary series examining fashion’s golden age, and the bestselling author of six books, including her recent memoir, Heart on My Sleeve: Stories from a Life Well Worn.

A breast cancer survivor, Beker’s journey has provided her with a rich, eye-opening experience. Her candour in discussing the peaks and valley of her journey has inspired people around the world. She’s now on a mission to help normalize the conversation surrounding cancer and help eradicate the fear associated with the disease.

Active with several charitable organizations, Beker has received honourary doctorates from St. Mary’s University and OCAD University. She’s also the recipient of numerous awards, including a Special Achievement Award from the Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television and a Crystal Award from Toronto Women in Film and Television. She’s also been named to the Order of Canada, inducted into the American Marketing Association’s Hall of Legends, and honoured with a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame.

Featured Speaker

Dr. Jenn Bossio, C. Psych

Dr. Jenn Bossio is a Clinical and Health Psychologist and the founder of Tri Health Clinic, Ontario’s largest sex and couples therapy clinic. She is Adjunct Faculty at Queen’s University in the Departments of Urology, Gynecology, and Psychology, and a nationally recognized expert in sexual health, intimacy, and couple dynamics.

Dr. Bossio’s work spans clinical care, supervision, research, and advocacy. She supervises and trains clinicians across Ontario in sex therapy and couples therapy, and she is a strong advocate for maintaining high standards within the psychology profession. Her research background includes developing psychological interventions for individuals and couples living with low desire, erectile dysfunction, genital pain, and sexual dysfunction following prostate cancer. She has published and presented widely on sexuality and has won multiple academic honours and awards, including Kingston’s Top 40 under 40 in 2023 and Kingston’s Business Person of the Year in 2025.

(Fun fact: her engagement ring has orbited the Earth—literally—after being snuck onto the International Space Station prior to her now husband’s proposal.)

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Featured Speaker

Sherry Lachine

Founder, Broadmind Inc.

Sherry Lachine has trained thousands across Canada in practical mental health skills. A veteran, engineer-turned-psychology professional, and engaging facilitator, she blends expertise with real-world insight.

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“I’m so excited to be part of Elevate.Her — a day designed to inspire, connect, and lift us all up. Why am I here? Because I love our community, and I believe the best things happen when we mix honesty, frankness, grace, compassion… and just a little bit of quirkiness.

For me, this isn’t about polished perfection — it’s about real conversations, real tools, and finding joyful, meaningful ways to show up as our best (and sometimes messy) selves. Let’s laugh, learn, and leave with energy to spare.

Thank you!”
– Sherry
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