JOIN HER BRANDON
Opportunity · Friendship · Belonging

HER Brandon helps women new in Brandon build meaningful friendships, professional connections and economic opportunities.

Join HER Brandon Discover Our Community

Economic Inclusion•Social Connection•Belonging

Why HER Brandon

Settled doesn’t always mean connected.

Moving to a new country can mean leaving behind much more than a home.

Women may leave behind friends, colleagues, professional networks, extended family, familiar communities and years of relationships.

A woman can have a home, documentation and the essentials of settlement — and still feel economically disconnected or socially alone.

She may be asking:

Where do I meet women like me?
How do I rebuild my professional network?
Who can I call for coffee?
How do people find opportunities here?
How do I turn what I know into something valuable in Canada?
Where do I belong?
HER Brandon exists for the space between arriving and truly belonging.
Two ways we help

Opportunity and friendship, together.

Economic Inclusion

HER Opportunity

People should know what you can do.

Women who are new in Brandon often arrive with education, professional experience, entrepreneurial ability and practical skills that may not immediately be visible in their new community.

HER Opportunity helps women build:

  • Professional connections
  • Mentorship relationships
  • Business introductions
  • Employment connections
  • Customer referrals
  • Canadian professional networks
  • Skills visibility
  • Project opportunities
  • Entrepreneurship connections
  • Pathways toward Canadian experience

HER Brandon does not guarantee employment, customers or income. We create connections, visibility and pathways to opportunity.

Tell Us What You Can Do
Social Inclusion

HER Community

Everyone needs people.

HER Community exists to help women develop genuine relationships rather than simply attend events.

  • Coffee friendships
  • HER Circles
  • Walking partners
  • Professional friendships
  • Women 40+
  • Mothers
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Women new to Brandon
  • Faith and values-based interests
  • Food and culture
  • Books and music
  • Fitness and wellness
  • Volunteering
  • Community activities

Our goal isn’t simply to fill a room with women. Our goal is for women to leave with someone they would genuinely like to see again.

Find Your Circle
Inside HER Brandon

What you’ll find here.

A small, friendly community built around real people, not a directory and not a program to sign up for.

Real friendships

Meet women who want someone to call, and walk, talk and laugh with.

Professional connections

Meet mentors, collaborators and women who know your industry.

Be seen

Create your own portfolio page in minutes and show people what you can do.

HER Circles

Small groups around coffee, books, faith, family, business and more.

You choose what’s shared

Separate, unticked choices. Nothing is shared without your permission.

Every background welcome

Women from every country, culture, faith and profession belong here.

How It Works

Four simple steps.

01

Tell Us About You

Register and tell us what you can do, what you need and what you enjoy.

02

Discover Your People

We identify women, circles, mentors and community opportunities that may fit your interests.

03

Discover Opportunities

Where appropriate, we help connect you to professional contacts, mentors, businesses, opportunities and existing community resources.

04

Build Your Brandon

Develop friendships, professional relationships and a community around you.

What can you do?

We don’t only want to know what you need.

We want to know what you can do.

Tap anything that’s true for you — your choices carry into the registration form.

Your skills, experience, ideas and interests matter.

Add My Skills
Be seen

Create your own portfolio page.

Answer four quick questions, add your photo, and get a beautiful one-page portfolio with a clear “contact me” button. It takes about three minutes and it’s free.

Your photo and answers stay on your device. Nothing is sent to HER Brandon unless you choose to publish your page.

HER Circles

Find Your People.

Small HER Circles help women meet around shared interests and experiences — so it feels less like attending an event and more like finding your table.

Choose My Circles
Belonging

Imagine having someone to call.

Someone to meet for coffee.

Someone who understands what it feels like to start again.

Someone who knows your industry.

Someone who tells you about an opportunity.

Someone who introduces you to someone else.

Someone who celebrates your first win.

Someone who simply asks: “Are you free this weekend?”

That’s belonging.
Safety & Community Values

A Community Built on Respect

HER Brandon welcomes women from different countries, cultures, backgrounds, professions, faiths and life experiences.

RespectKindnessConfidentialityDignityInclusion No discriminationNo harassmentNo unsolicited selling or spam

HER Brandon reserves the right to remove participants whose behaviour compromises the safety or dignity of other members.

Stories

Stories from HER Brandon

Our first HER Brandon pilot is beginning soon. Real participant stories will appear here with permission.

About

Why HER Brandon Was Created

HER Brandon began with a simple realization: you can arrive somewhere successfully and still feel alone.

Starting again can mean rebuilding both your economic life and your social world.

HER Brandon was created to help women new in Brandon make those two journeys together — finding people, finding opportunities and building a community around themselves.

Founder: Chioma Nwahiri

HER Brandon is currently a founder-led pilot community initiative in Brandon, Manitoba. It is not a government agency, immigration service, employment agency or registered charity.

Join HER Brandon

Come as you are.

It takes a few minutes. Share only what you’re comfortable sharing — you stay in control of who sees what.

  1. About you
  2. Looking for
  3. What you can do
  4. Your people
About you

Fields marked * are required. Please don’t share ID, immigration, banking or health numbers.

Your Brandon story doesn’t have to be written alone.

Whether you’re looking for friendship, professional connections, mentorship, business opportunities or simply women who understand what starting again feels like, there is room for you here.

JOIN HER BRANDON

Come as you are. Bring what you know. Find your people.

Contact

Say hello.

Questions, ideas, or a request to update or withdraw your information? We’d love to hear from you.

Email: thecatalystconsulting36@gmail.com

Create your portfolio page

  1. You
  2. Skills
  3. Story
  4. Contact
First, tell us about you

Optional · stays on your device