Things We Wish We Had Learned in Our 20’s
Have you ever asked this question when you’re out for dinner with friends or as you’re writing in your journal on a beach in Bali?...
18 September, 2017
Media
Real Housewife and Humanitarian
Joan Kelley Walker: Real Housewife and Humanitarian By: Jen Lawrence For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. – Ephesians 2:10 Joan Kelley Walker, a speaker, writer, and humanitarian who was featured on the Real Housewives...
18 September, 2017
Toronto Life: Scrubs in the City
03 August, 2017
Fashion and Compassion: Joan Kelley Walker and Jason Cameron on Summer Youth Fashion Initiative
Earlier this week, we met with Joan Kelley Walker (Philanthropist/TV Personality) and Jason Cameron (CEO, Toronto Fashion Academy) to discuss their collaboration around Summer Youth Fashion Initiative. Starting with some coffee at the Holts Café, both of them passionately shared their vision on helping community and...
03 August, 2017
Canadian Consumers Shouldn’t Accept Child Labour In Their Products
by Joan Kelley Walker We often have little or no idea about the manufacturing chain a given product passes through before it reaches our country. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="630"] WORLD VISION CANADA[/caption] Bithi and many teenagers like her work long hours for little pay in Bangladesh's clothing factories. I'm...
21 July, 2017
Muskoka dock party attracts the A-listers
A rose is a rose is a rose — but is it a yurt? It depended, alas, on who you asked, at one of the most buzziest parties in Muskoka this summer, held this past Saturday. Certainly, it was the only party of any consequence that’s managed...
20 July, 2017
The Real Housewives of Toronto: Joan Kelley Walker Is Not A Betch
I was raised in a super super small town in Southern Saskatchewan, in a hamlet called Wilcox. My dad was a grain farmer and my mom was a nurse. I was raised up from a fairly simple, humble beginning and it instilled in me my...
15 June, 2017
Housewives of Toronto star Joan Kelley Walker opens up her heart off camera and shares what really matters to her, Woman to Woman.
I sat at a table in a quiet upscale restaurant waiting to meet Joan Kelley Walker, but when she sat down and spoke, I wasn't expecting to hear what she told me. ...
06 June, 2017
Power Ball 2017: Inside Toronto’s Most Stylish Art Party
In a sense, all parties represent an alternate reality. One where people are more engaged, eager to sing or dance, and likely better dressed. Of course, when one is talking about Power Ball, the annual must-attend fundraiser for the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, one...
02 June, 2017
Joan on Her Small-Town Past, Passion for Charity, and the Advice She got From Lisa Rinna
Growing up in a small Canadian prairie town of Wilcox, Saskatchewan didn’t stop Joan from dreaming of a big city life. Elegant and composed, she first made her mark as a model, eventually adding television host, producer, writer and humanitarian to her resume. Even with her...
01 June, 2017