Vancouver Women in Male-Dominated Industries

Women in Male-Dominated Industries Café Night!

Thu, May 21 · 5:30 PM PDT

Pane e Formaggio cafe, 868 Beatty St, Vancouver, BC, CA

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It's our much-loved café night -- this time in an actual café!

Join us for a night of in-person networking, chit-chat, and strategy sharing between women in male-dominated industries.

This is an IRL networking event for all of our Vancouver-based WIMDI members.

Here's the plan:

1. Meet at Pane e Formaggio Cafe - 868 Beatty St
2. Order delicious mochas, jasmine tea, muffins, etc.
3. Meet some cool women and chat about our work lives
4. Exchange cards, phone numbers, facepages, myfriend accounts, tiktaks, instapics, snaptexts, or whatever it is that the kids are using these days to stay in touch
5. Stay in touch! Or....failing that, we'll do it all again in four weeks, so don't worry, we've got your back.

Hope to see you there!

Holly Burton
WIMDI Founder & CEO + Executive Coach for Women in Male-Dominated Industries
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Location:
Pane e Formaggio Cafe - Beatty St
Parking: There is limited paid street parking or parkades on the streets surrounding the café.
Transit: The nearest mass transit hub is just two blocks away at Yaletown-Roundhouse Skytrain Station (on the Canada Line) or Stadium-Chinatown Skytrain Station (on the Expo Line). Additional information about planning your trip via transit can be found here: Translink Trip Planner

Accessibility & Covid Precautions

Seating Accessibility:

• The café as a whole has an accessible entrance. Please consider whether this is a fit for your mobility needs.

Accessible Washrooms: The café has an accessible washroom.

Covid Precautions:

• This in-person event is being held indoors.
• Masking is encouraged for any WIMDI members who prefer to wear them for their own safety and/or comfort.
• Worried about being the only one in a mask? You won’t be alone! WIMDI’s founder Holly is committed to wearing a mask with any WIMDI member who wants to so you have an automatic friend and ally.
• Need anything else to make it as safe as possible for you to join us at Walk, Talk & Ice Cream? Drop Holly a note at hello@wimdi.com and we’ll make a plan so you can have a great (& safe) time with your fellow WIMDIs!

Attendance Notes:

• Gender:
  All WIMDI Café Nights are restricted to those who do not currently identify as cisgender men. These events have limited attendance and often involve personal discussion, debate, and advice specific to dynamics underrepresented minorities in these industries experience. We are happy for cisgender men to learn and participate in WIMDI conversation at most of our other events, but we reserve the Café Lunches as a space for women***** to connect with each other freely and openly.

*WIMDI uses an inclusive definition of women that means "people who are in a gender minority in their field". This includes trans individuals, genderqueer, agender, intersex, two spirit, and non-binary folks. If you are not sure if you are included, please err on the side of attending our events! Feel free to reach out to the Organizer, Holly Burton, with any questions and for an automatic welcoming face and first-friend at any WIMDI event.
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Code of Conduct:
By attending this event, you agree to adhere to WIMDI's code of conduct, which you can find at wimdi.com/code-of-conduct-and-policy.
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Children:
WIMDI events are for parents too! We know childcare can occasionally be a challenge, but we don't think that should stop you from connecting and learning with us. WIMDI doesn't offer childcare at our events, but we'd love you to bring your little one along with some quiet activities to occupy them. Suitable for ages 0+.
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Photography:
This WIMDI event does not have photography.

The Hidden Scorecard: How Promotions & Pay Are Really Decided - WIMDI Webinar

Thu, Jun 4 · 5:30 PM PDT

Spare, 601 W Hastings St Suite 300, Vancouver, BC, CA

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In 2026, The WIMDI Speaker Series is inviting engaging speakers each month to give interactive talks on topics that help women kill it at work.
Missed a WIMDI webinar live? Subscribe and catch-up at WIMDIs YouTube Channel

Welcome to Talk 6 of 13 - The Hidden Scorecard: How Promotions & Pay Are Really Decided

What do competitive cheerleading and workplace promotions have in common? Everything!

When we see someone fresh off a win – whether it’s a first-place finish for their cheer squad or a bigger team and a fancy new title at work – we tend to attribute their advancement to their artistry, talent, and skill. But the truth is more nuanced than that.
It’s not just your performance that matters – it’s how your performance stacks up against the hidden scorecard you’re being judged by. If you want to get ahead, you need to understand the scoring rubric, the timing of key conversations, and the way the folks judging your performance think.
This talk will focus on giving you the tools to get high scores from the judges (your boss) and make your career fly (get promoted). We’ll cover:

• How performance reviews, promotions, and pay decisions get made at work
• Actions to take at every point in the process to help you get ahead
• The unexpected cheerleading mindset shift that drives high performance
• How to leverage feedback to improve your skills so you can be a standout on the team

The goal of this talk is to give you an inside look at how companies approach their performance frameworks so you can maximize your career growth.

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Simran Bahia
Simran is the Senior People Business Partner at Klue, a Vancouver-based tech company, where she’s been for the past 6 years. She joined as one of the early employees when it was a 30-person startup. Today, Klue is a global team of 100 across Canada, the UK, and the US.

Simran’s background is in HR, and she moved into tech as she saw it was an industry where People teams can truly partner with the business to build high-performing teams.

Simran has been involved in competitive cheerleading as both an athlete and a coach. It’s where she first saw how trust, alignment, and shared goals come together to create high performance, which is something she’s really passionate about bringing into the workplace.
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Timeline of Our Fun Event:

• 05:30 pm - The event starts with mingling, socializing, and small-group networking. We recommend putting your webcam on* (even if you've already transitioned to work-is-over-dress-like-a-slob mode) to help you make the strongest possible connections with your new WIMDI friends!
• 5:45 pm - The talk starts! Most talks contain interactive elements, question prompts for you to complete, or other activities that make multi-tasking difficult. Get out your notepad and prepare to soak up some knowledge.
• 6:45 pm - It's #WIMDIasks time! We end the night with our interactive community-based resource that lets you crowdsource any challenge in your life through the network of all the WIMDIs in the room.

How Online Events Work:

• We'll email you the login info for the Zoom meeting 5 minutes before the start of the event.
• Can't find your login details? Check your spam for mail from WIMDI. If you still can't find the info, email hello@wimdi.com and we'll get you all sorted out.
• Our events are interactive and will require your attention and input throughout the course of the event.

Attendance Notes:

1. Gender:
   This event is open to individuals of any gender identity.
2. Code of Conduct:
   By attending this event, you agree to adhere to WIMDI's code of conduct, which you can find at wimdi.com/code-of-conduct-and-policy.
3. Privacy, Photography and Recording*:
   This event is being recorded for release on the WIMDI YouTube channel. By attending you consent to the terms laid out at wimdi.com/video-release/. We understand that some of our members may not be comfortable being recorded, and we don’t want this to stop anyone from attending. Our Video Policy has helpful tips for staying internet-anonymous at our events. Learn more at wimdi.com/video-policy/
   Online WIMDI events use Zoom, as such we cannot guarantee that no photos, screenshots, or recordings will be taken of you during the event by other attendees. We love it when our members connect at our events using both video and audio, but we understand if our members prefer to participate with their video turned off to preserve (more of) their privacy.
4. Donations to PAFNW (Pacific Association of First Nations Women)
   As part of this event we have the option of donation to the Pacific Association of First Nations Women for their program fund for Indigenous women and girls. This is a concrete way - beyond land acknowledgement - to redistribute some of our collective financial privilege to support Indigenous women.