{"id":153,"date":"2018-06-13T15:06:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T19:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grad.journalism.torontomu.ca\/womensspaces\/?page_id=153"},"modified":"2018-06-18T18:03:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T22:03:11","slug":"jacqueline-lawrence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grad.journalism.torontomu.ca\/womensspaces\/jacqueline-lawrence\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacqueline Lawrence"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”183″ add_caption=”yes” alignment=”right”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Women\u2019s co-working spaces have been popping up in Toronto in recent years. Shecosystem is one of them, which opened at the end of 2016. While the space doesn\u2019t exclude men, its focus is on promoting feminism and holistic values.<\/em><\/p>\n

I joined Shecosystem at the end of November 2017. I\u2019ve been a consultant since 2004, helping mostly non-profits with management consulting. I was in a consultant partnership with another woman, both of us working primarily out of our homes or with clients in their spaces. My partner retired a few years ago, so I\u2019ve been working on my own since then and considered co-working spaces, but never joined one until I joined this space.<\/p>\n

I had looked into co-working spaces before, even when a different organization was running this space as a co-working space, but never came down and looked. When I was looking again more recently, I decided to come in and take a look around. I liked it and it\u2019s not too far from home, so I decided to join.<\/p>\n

The feminine values speak to me. I like the opening circle and the closing circle even though I don\u2019t always participate. I like the community here. I get a sense that people are on very authentic journeys and you don\u2019t find that in every space. My impression of the members here is that they are seeking to live lives that are an expression of who they are as opposed to trying to fit themselves into a particular box.<\/p>\n

My perspective on women-centred spaces\u2014because this is not a women-only space\u2014is that it\u2019s all about context and it\u2019s all about choice. When the decision to be in a women-centred space is coming from women as a voluntary choice, it\u2019s very different than when a women-centred space is created externally and thrust upon women. Those are two very, very different things, and having the freedom to have a women-centred space is different than being compelled to be in a women-centred space. You can\u2019t compare the two.<\/p>\n

Jacqueline Lawrence
\nOwner of WiseSolution Consulting
\nShecosystem Member<\/p>\n

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