adminTORONTO, September 9, 2026 – Keisha Blair, award-winning international bestselling author, renowned economist, policy leader and founder of the global Holistic Wealth movement, has been named a 2026 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner, recognizing a career distinguished by groundbreaking leadership, public service and global impact. Blair made history as the first Black woman in Canada to lead the federal foreign direct investment (FDI) file in support of the Prime Minister of Canada (responsible for Prime Minister Advocacy), helping advance Canada’s economic interests on the world stage. Today, as founder of the Institute on Holistic Wealth and Global Holistic Wealth Day, Blair has transformed that record of national leadership into a global movement redefining wealth beyond money to encompass financial well-being, resilience, purpose, health and legacy. Known internationally as the Mother of Holistic Wealth, her work has reached over 500 million people worldwide, while Global Holistic Wealth Day, observed annually on April 9, has expanded across more than 100 countries, with official proclamations from Mayors across the world. Through public policy, thought leadership, education, books, global advocacy and institution-building, Blair has created an enduring body of work designed not simply to inspire individual success, but to change how people, families and communities around the world define and build wealth.
WXN Media and its partners today announced the 2026 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winners, recognizing 104 exceptional women whose leadership, innovation and impact are shaping industries, organizations and communities across Canada.
A complete list of the 2026 Top 100 Honorees is available at: https://wxnmedia.com/top-100-winners-2026/
The Honorees will be celebrated at the 24th annual Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards Gala, taking place on November 26 at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto. The evening will feature a fireside chat with Marilyn Denis, a trailblazer in the Canadian broadcast industry and 2026 WXN Media Honorary Hall of Fame Honoree, led by Nkechi Nwafor-Robinson, CEO and Founder of Empowered In My Skin Inc., who will also serve as Master of Ceremonies. “Raise Your Glass. Here’s to the Bold. is more than this year’s theme.
It is a celebration of the choices these remarkable women made to lead with courage, challenge expectations, and create lasting impact,” said Sherri Stevens, Founder & CEO, WXN Media, and Editor-in-Chief, Be Bold Magazine. “Every Honoree has a story of resilience, conviction, and bold leadership. Today, we raise a glass not only to what they have achieved, but to the decisions, determination, and purpose that brought them here. Their leadership is shaping a stronger future for Canada and inspiring the next generation to lead boldly.”
The Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards recognize exceptional leaders across nine categories, celebrating women whose achievements are shaping the future of business, entrepreneurship, governance, AI and technology, and beyond.
The 2026 categories include:
• Canada’s Most Powerful CEOs, presented by Postmedia
• Amex Emerging Leaders
• Entrepreneurs
• CN Executive Leaders
• AI & Techology
• Professionals
• CPKC Skilled Trades
• Board of Directors
• WXN Hall of Fame
The 2026 Honorees were selected by an independent panel of judges representing diverse industries and sectors from across Canada. Their expertise and perspectives ensure a rigorous and credible selection process that recognizes exceptional leadership and impact. Since its inception, Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards has recognized 1,940 exceptional women whose leadership has shaped business, government, academia, entrepreneurship, and communities across Canada and beyond. Past Honorees include Heather Reisman, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder of Indigo Books & Music; Lisa LaFlamme, award-winning international journalist; Princess Sarah Culberson, Princess of Sierra Leone; and Dr. Makaziwe Mandela, global activist, head of the House of Mandela, and daughter of Nelson Mandela.
Keisha Blair’s recognition among Canada’s Most Powerful Women reflects the unusual breadth and scale of her influence. Her career bridges the highest levels of economics and public policy, international leadership, entrepreneurship, financial empowerment, publishing and global social impact. She has advised at the highest levels of the Government of Canada, supported Prime Ministerial delegations representing Canadian economic priorities internationally, pioneered an entirely new approach to wealth and resilience, founded the world’s first institution dedicated to Holistic Wealth coaching and certification, and built a global platform that is translating those ideas into education, professional training and community action. What began as Blair’s framework for rebuilding life after profound personal disruption has evolved into an international movement with an ambitious mission: to reach one billion people with Holistic Wealth.
This recognition marks a significant milestone for Keisha Blair and the Institute on Holistic Wealth, reinforcing their leadership in advancing Holistic Wealth globally and their shared mission to reach 1 billion people with the tools, frameworks and resources to build more resilient, purposeful and financially empowered lives.
From shaping economic policy at the highest levels of government to creating a global movement changing how people think about wealth, resilience and well-being, Keisha Blair’s influence spans institutions, industries and borders.
About Keisha Blair
Keisha Blair is widely regarded as the Mother of Holistic Wealth and the creator of pioneering Holistic Wealth frameworks. She is the founder of the Institute on Holistic Wealth, Global Holistic Wealth Day, and host of the award-winning Holistic Wealth Podcast. She is an award-winning international bestselling author, renowned economist, policy expert, entrepreneur and founder of the global Holistic Wealth movement.
Her acclaimed book, Holistic Wealth: 36 Life Lessons to Help You Recover from Disruption, Find Your Life Purpose, and Achieve Financial Freedom, with forward written by iconic Acress Kelly Rutherford, star of Gossip Girl, Melrose Place and Dynasty, provides a framework for building financial independence, resilience, purpose and well-being following life-altering disruption.
Keisha Blair’s career has included senior economic and public-policy leadership in Canada, including making history as the first Black woman in Canada to lead on the federal foreign direct investment file in support of the Prime Minister of Canada.
Her work now reaches audiences around the world through books, thought leadership, education, professional certification, advocacy and the expanding Global Holistic Wealth movement that has now reached 500 million people worldwide.
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