Full course description
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Time: 10:30 am–12 pm PST
Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan are welcome to attend.
Location: Zoom. (Once you’ve registered, you will be directed to the course Canvas page where you can find the Zoom link.)
About this workshop:
Are you striving to balance the demands of career with the responsibilities of parenting? Do you want to build a more equitable partnership at home, ensuring you and your partner can thrive professionally and personally?
This workshop is your gateway to:
- Enhanced career progression: Learn strategies to distribute parenting responsibilities equitably, allowing both partners to pursue career opportunities with less guilt and conflict
- Strengthened relationships: Discover practical tools to foster communication, mutual respect, and collaboration, leading to a more supportive partnership
- Practical tools: Leave with actionable plans and resources tailored to your family’s unique needs, helping you implement equitable parenting practices that serve you
- Understanding the critical importance of equitable partnership parenting for career advancement and relationship satisfaction
Important notes:
- This workshop is also open to single parents who may be in a co-parenting relationship or are thinking about a future relationship.
- The session will not be recorded and the slides will not be shared.
- Participation will be via Zoom chat. There will not be breakout rooms.
- Closed captioning can be enabled.
About your facilitators:
Maturn delivers leadership development programs that help organizations retain, support, and advance women through the most pivotal transitions of their lives, from fertility and maternity leave to motherhood and peri/menopause.
Sonja Baikogli Foley (she/her), Maturn Co-Founder
Sonja holds 15+ years of diverse experience in non-profit, public, and private organizations and has always been drawn towards impact-driven work that genuinely makes a difference in the lives of others. Born to Iranian refugee-status parents in Sweden, she experienced her life from the eyes of displaced parents. Those early experiences and hardships shaped Sonja’s foundation and made her the person she is today.
Educated in Sweden, Canada, and Spain, Sonja began her career in media working in radio and continued to create change through her career – from participating in the United Nations, to serving as the Vice-Chair on the YWCA Canada board for five years, to be appointed to the West Vancouver Police Board by the Province of BC in 2020, and most recently leading the Intergovernmental Relations & Strategic Partnerships team at the City of Vancouver.
Sonja co-founded Maturn out of a desire to support women and turn maternity leave into an intentional year. She’s a proud mother of two who is driven to build a more equitable, compassionate, and inclusive world for future generations.
Jen Murtagh (she/her), Maturn Co-Founder
With over 20 years of experience in corporate and nonprofit sectors, Jen is a recognized leader, strategist, and advocate for gender equity, known for her heart-centered approach to leadership.
As a former C-suite executive, Jen has led national campaigns and raised millions for causes including anti-bullying, vulnerable youth, and women’s health and equity. She has been recognized as a Business in Vancouver Forty Under 40 and a Greater Vancouver Board of Trade Women of Promise, and continues to be a dedicated voice for advancing women in leadership.
Beyond her work with Maturn, Jen is a heart disease survivor and a passionate advocate for women’s heart health. She uses her voice to raise awareness of the cardiovascular risks women face, sharing her personal journey in the media and on public platforms to inspire change. Committed to advancing women’s heart health in Canada, she has helped raise significant funds to support life-saving research and initiatives.
A trusted advisor in the business community, Jen serves on the BC Business Advisory Council, Women of the Year Awards Nominations Committee, SPOKEN Advisory Council, and the Heart & Stroke Gala Committee. She is also a board member of One Girl Can, a nonprofit that educates and mentors girls in Africa. She fulfilled a lifelong dream by traveling to Africa to lead mentoring and goal-setting workshops, inspiring the next generation of leaders.
A proud mother and stepmother to four children, Jen resides in Steveston, BC, where she continues to champion meaningful change, mentor women leaders, and advocate for more inclusive workplaces. You can connect with her on IG @jenmurtaghcoaching.
If you have questions, please email Lauren Lee at lauren.lee@ubc.ca.
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