Mighty Women List 2023

For the past 14 years, McArthur has run her own food and beverage marketing agency, but she made her name at Molson Sports & Entertainment in the early 2000s, where she helped put on a mega-concert like nothing Canada had ever seen.

Growing up in Haiti, her parents encouraged her to be ambitious and have big dreams. She came to Montreal to make those dreams come true and won’t be stopped by discrimination and biased thinking.

When she first emigrated to Canada from Saudi Arabia, Mazhar felt she had to hide who she was. But eventually she realized her voice matters, and she has used it to lift up herself and those around her.

After demonstrating her exceptional communications abilities as Chief of Curve Lake First Nation, Whetung-MacInnes joined Proof to help its clients talk with, and understand, Canada’s Indigenous people.

Even though she’s dealing with incurable cancer, Innocean’s senior digital and print buyer wants to keep on working. “For me working is kind of therapeutic,” she says.

In addition to being an acclaimed creative, the BHLA co-founder blazed a path for women creatives who want a career and a family.

The Mighty Women judges were impressed with how Goodson started and built her illustration agency, while keeping social justice and inclusion at the core of what she does.

This year’s list is comprised of accomplished women who aren’t just winning in business, but also creating space and clearing a path for those who follow.

Back for a second year, the list celebrates women in advertising and marketing for what they’ve accomplished in both their careers and as human beings.