Happening this Wednesday, October 1, in Toronto: Billboard Canada Women in Music 2025 honours nine very deserving award winners pushing music forward, including FACTOR’s President & CEO, Meg Symsyk, plus #FACTORfunded artists The Beaches, Charlotte Day Wilson, and Wondagurl.
Further, the Industry Spotlight celebrates talented women from all sectors of music, from publishing to songwriting to labels, licensing and sync. FACTOR’s Director of Programs, Cherie Sinclair, is among these 50 inspiring women from the music industry honoured this year.
What’s more, there are two inductees from FACTOR’s board of directors: Sarah Cummings (Bell Media) and Josie Fenech (Stingray), plus Erin Benjamin of Canadian Live Music Association, Margaret McGuffin of Music Publishers Canada, and Amie Therrien of Music Managers Forum Canada – all from our National Advisory Board.
Plus so many from FACTOR’s client roll:
- Nicole Auger of Indigenous Music Alliance
- Laurie Lee Boutet and Alison Perdue of Wednesday Management
- Laurie Chouinard and Geneviève Savard L’Herbier of Cult Nation
- Heather Crane of Dine Alone Records
- #FACTORfunded artist Leela Gilday
- Canadian Keychange alumnus Noreen Hamid
- Amy Jeninga of the Canadian Country Music Association
- Tao-Ming Lau and Meaghan Sproule of Paquin Artists Agency
- #FACTORfunded artist Lowell
- Magali Ould of Secret City
- Lola Plaku of GirlConnected
- Amanda Rheaume of Ishkōdé Records
- Ebonnie Rowe of Honey Jam
Congratulations to Meg and Cherie, Eliza, Jordan, Kylie, Leandra, Charlotte, and Ebony, Sarah and Josie, Erin, Margaret, and Amie, and all the honorees!