Taylor set up for success in the business world, and set to inspire her female peers
March 11, 2026 3:22 PM
Genevieve Taylor, a fourth year honours accounting student, has a lot on her plate. She juggles her thesis, chairing student council, running the Right to Play society, running the Women in Business society, and a regular course load.
Taylor has proven herself to be one of the most impressive women at the Gerald Schwartz School of Business, earning several awards throughout her four years here, the most recent being the Frank H. Sobey Business Excellence Award in January.
An incredible honour, the award is given to six students in Atlantic Canada, and every Business student in the region is eligible. Taylor’s extracurricular activities, work experience and career aspirations all contributed to her winning this award.
In a field that is dominated by men, there is no doubt that Taylor is a strong advocate for women in business and is an excellent role model for women, and men, looking to achieve similar success.
“I find, as a female, in order to be noticed, you have to work harder to be at the same level as men, even though you may be producing better work,” says Taylor. “And it’s something that’s prevalent in the world, and we can always hope that it’s gong to get better, and it will. But you have to work through it, and there’s no point in sitting and pouting about it because then you’re just making the stereotypes come true.”
Working as a staff accountant in an accounting firm in Vancouver last summer, among other business positions she has held, Taylor has found that overcoming stereotypes has pushed her to be better businesswoman.
“I was raised with two older brothers, and there was never anything that the boys could do that I couldn’t do,” explains Taylor. “The first time I really came in contact with someone telling me otherwise was working in a professional setting, when male interns were treated slightly different than the females.”
Although Taylor experienced this, she says that the majority of this has to do with male employees finding male students more relatable. It is more than a glass ceiling that people try to impose.
“I think it’s really important to look outside of business for female role models; you don’t need to assume that being a member of a board of directors is the be all, end all,” says Taylor. “You can look at women who are fantastic humanitarians, women who have risen the ladder in the education system, and are presidents of universities. There are women role models everywhere, and [reaching] the top of the corporate ladder doesn’t need to be your goal.”
