S3: E36: Creating Visibility in C-Suite with Terri McDowell

“I thought I'm pretty good at what I do. Am I prepared to sacrifice all of that? And why should I have to?“

In this episode, Terri McDowell (She/Her), a Saskatchewan-born, C-Suite business leader gets vulnerable about what is was like transitioning in and on the job, in a profession that's male, cisgender dominant; and she shows us how she is inspiring transgender people professionally, through ‘the art of the possible.’

A Partner & Principal at financial advisory firm Ernst and Young (EY), Terri vulnerably shares, as a transgender woman, challenges and triumphs of her own personal gender transition on the job in a male and cisgender dominated profession, and provides tips on being allies on-the-job and how to avoid corporate pink-washing in an historically challenging period for transgender human rights worldwide.

Show links:

- Hey, Cis! TD Connected Community Moment: https://www.menti.com/alkb4uo5chb8 to participate. Then click here for results.

- Terri’s CGLCC Business Leader of the Year award: 

- https://www.simplygoodform.ca/blog/peak-inside-the-Black-and-White-Gala 

- https://www.cglcc.ca/2022/11/16/business-leadership-award-winners-2022/ 

- Vulnerability of transgender human rights and anti-trans legislation: 

• https://19thnews.org/2023/01/trans-health-care-bills-2023-legislative-session-lgbtq/
• https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights

Produced and edited in-house.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/simply-good-form/ 

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/SimplyGoodForm 

Hey, Cis! Season 3 is proudly partnered with TD Bank Group.

MUSIC: 

Hey, Cis! thanks musical artist Craymo for our intro/extro song: Be Myself

Written by: Craig Stephen Raymo/Brandon Jarrett/Joshua Daniel Hershfield (c) (p) 2015 Craymo Music, BMI/Moho Music, ASCAP

Website: http://www.Craymo.com

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