Evangeline Mathura has been an entrepreneur and community builder for the past 2 decades. After leading several successful community building businesses, last year in April she launched "Vancouver Island Women Connect", a local organization that is a hybrid model of in-person meetings and online community offerings.

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Informal Networking 5:30pm - 6pm

Location: Crown Isle Resort Ballroom, 399 Clubhouse Dr, Courtenay, BC V9N 9G3

*Refunds for dinners are eligible up until 1 week prior to event

Relationships are the way to sell; we have heard that before. But how do you build loyalty? In this session, Sherrin Western, co-owner of Shervin Communications will be providing ideas on how to make customers the centre of your business. You will learn that your attitude and that of your employees is the key to your success.

In this passionate presentation you’ll also discover that learning as much as you can about your customers, will help you demonstrate your commitment to them and ultimately increase their spend and loyalty with you.

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Informal Networking 5:30pm - 6pm

Location: Crown Isle Resort Ballroom, 399 Clubhouse Dr, Courtenay, BC V9N 9G3

*Refunds for dinners are eligible up until event cut off date (2 weeks prior to event)

In July we have two dynamic speakers to encourage us to take command:

Pauline Stevenson, WeBC - Command Your Message

Dawn Elgin, CVWBN - Command the Room - how to hold space as Emcee

This session will take us into 2 workshop breakouts to learn to master our message and our audience.

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Informal Networking 5:30pm - 6pm

Location: Crown Isle Resort Ballroom, 399 Clubhouse Dr, Courtenay, BC V9N 9G3

*Refunds for dinners are eligible up until 1 week prior to event

Our first breakfast event, come hear Allison Seller of The WELLthy Entrepreneur speak about platform strategies.

Time: 8:00am - 11:30am

Informal Networking 8:00am - 8:30am

Location: Crown Isle Resort Ballroom, 399 Clubhouse Dr, Courtenay, BC V9N 9G3

*Refunds for events are eligible up until 1 week prior to event

A talk featuring Nicole Minions, Mayor of Comox and Vickey Brown, Mayor of Cumberland

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Informal Networking 5:30pm - 6pm

Location: Crown Isle Resort Ballroom, 399 Clubhouse Dr, Courtenay, BC V9N 9G3

*Refunds for dinners are eligible up until 1 week prior to event

The Wardrobe Edit - Highlighting fall collections from local shops, modelled by CVWBN members

Note: this event is a fashion show, including delicious appies and drinks, no dinner.

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Informal Networking 5:30pm - 6pm

Location: Crown Isle Resort Ballroom, 399 Clubhouse Dr, Courtenay, BC V9N 9G3

*Refunds for events are eligible up until event cut off date (2 weeks prior to event)

From Fish wives to Fish Business Women!  Bonnie Dennis (Coast Seafoods and Divers Catch) and Melissa Collier (Wild Catch), are married to commercial fishermen.  Both have left their original careers to support their husbands in operating their fishing businesses, which has morphed into them taking on primary roles and often being the face of their companies.  Both have taken on active roles in advocating for the livelihood they believe in.  Their parallel journeys each have unique challenges specific to the different fisheries they partake in.

Come listen to Bonnie and Melissa share stories of their journey on managing a business in an unpredictable and uncertain industry where politics and public perception overrule science and data.

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Informal Networking 5:30pm - 6pm

Location: Crown Isle Resort Ballroom, 399 Clubhouse Dr, Courtenay, BC V9N 9G3

*Refunds for dinners are eligible up until 1 week prior to event

Our holiday sparkle party mixes with a grand celebration of the 35th anniversary of the CVWBN!

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Informal Networking 5:30pm - 6pm

Location: Crown Isle Resort Ballroom, 399 Clubhouse Dr, Courtenay, BC V9N 9G3

*Refunds for dinners are eligible up until 1 week prior to event