Date & time
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
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Breaking the silence: Menopause and women’s health in the workplace
Cost
$20, includes refreshments
Organization
University Advancement
Contact
Where
Grey Nuns Building
1190 Guy St. (main entrance) | 1175 St-Mathieu St. | 1185 St-Mathieu St.
Room GN E-10
Accessible location
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This event brings together experts and professionals to shed light on the challenges faced by women during perimenopause and menopause – and how we, as a community and workplace, can foster more supportive, inclusive and informed environments.
Speakers
- Rina Carlini, PhD, BSc 93
President and Founder, Optimal Innovation Group
CEO and Founder of Healthyher.Life - Claudine Gauthier, PhD
Associate professor, Department of Physics, Concordia University - Karen Li, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University
Moderator
- Caroline Van Vlaardingen, BA 84
Anchor for CTV News Montreal
Rina Carlini is an accomplished scientist and technology business leader with a 25+ year career working in life sciences, digital health and cleantech sectors.
In 2020, she launched Healthyher.Life in Canada, an AI-guided women’s hormonal health navigator platform that focuses on delivering reliable and affordable access to trusted hormonal health solutions, telehealth consultations and personalized patient support. Rina serves on several advisory boards including Concordia University’s School of Engineering.
Claudine Gauthier holds the Michal and Renata Hornstein Chair in Cardiovascular Imaging at Concordia’s Department of Physics.
She aims to better understand the effects of coronary artery disease and other cardiac pathologies on the brain, focusing on sex differences and the impact of aging. Today, her multidisciplinary approach — which combines biology, neuroscience and medical imaging — continues to open new avenues of research essential to the health of women and people with congenital heart disease.
Karen Li's research focuses on cognitive aging, and the role of executive functions in multitasking, gait, and posture.
She directs the Laboratory for Adult Development and Cognitive Aging, and is a member of the PERFORM Centre for preventive health research, the Centre for Research in Human Development, and the engAGE Centre for Studies of Aging.
Upon graduating from Concordia University with a double major in Journalism and Communications studies, Caroline Van Vlaardingen began her career as a broadcast journalist at CFCF 12 for Pulse News.
She now anchors full-time but has covered thousands of stories in the community and won numerous awards for her work. Some of the major stories she has reported on include the Oka Crisis, the Polytechnique murders, 9-11 and the inauguration of Barak Obama.
Caroline has also taught journalism at Concordia and loves working side by side with some of her former students like CTV anchor Maya Johnson.