Draft:Janice McDonald
Canadian entrepreneur and author
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Janice McDonald is a Canadian entrepreneur and author based in Ottawa. She has co-authored national studies on women entrepreneurs in Canada with researchers at Carleton University.[1][2] In 2022 she received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Carleton University in recognition of her work related to women's economic empowerment, leadership and entrepreneurship.[3][4]
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Submission declined on 18 March 2026 by Bobby Cohn (talk). This draft reads like an advertisement. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a platform for promotion or marketing. Drafts that are exclusively promotional may be deleted without notice.
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Comment: Seeing a lot of reference bombing and notability bombing (see WP:NOTEBOMB) and citations that don't actually support the text of the article. Consider the effect of the following change here. Seeing interviews, press releases used as sources, language failing NPOV policies. Don't tell the reader she was profiled, etc. Write about what secondary, independent and reliable sources have said about the subject in articles that demonstrate significant coverage and then cite to those articles.Consider the following pro forma notice: "This draft is written from the viewpoint of the person who is the subject of the draft, focusing on what the subject or their employer says about them. Biographical notability is based on what independent reliable sources have written about the subject.This draft does not establish biographical notability. See also Wikipedia is not for resumes. You may ask for advice about biographical notability at the Teahouse.
"Thank you. Bobby Cohn 🍁 (talk) 16:39, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
Carleton University
University of King's College
Rotman School of Management
Janice McDonald LL.D., ICD.D., M.F.A. | |
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| Alma mater | University of Ottawa Carleton University University of King's College Rotman School of Management |
| Occupations | Entrepreneur, author |
Early career
McDonald co-founded CD Warehouse, an independent music retailer in Ottawa, in 1991. The chain expanded to multiple locations and received national awards for Top Independent Music Store in Canada in 2002 and 2009 before closing in 2015.[5] She also co-founded MyMusic.com, an early Canadian e-commerce site for music.[6]
The Protégé Project
As national board chair of Women in Communications and Technology (www.wct-fct.com), McDonald co-created the Protégé Project in 2014. The program pairs senior women executives in communications, media and technology with sponsors from outside their organizations to support advancement to executive roles.[7]
Education and honours
McDonald completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Ottawa in 1988 and a Bachelor of Arts Honours and Master of Arts at Carleton University in 1992.[8] She later earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of King's College in 2016 and an ICD.D designation from the Rotman School of Management in 2014.[9] In 2022 Carleton University awarded her an honorary Doctor of Laws in recognition of her contributions related to women's economic empowerment, leadership and entrepreneurship.[10][11]
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