Shelley Jarrett is a multiple award-winning entrepreneur, magazine publisher, documentary filmmaker and women’s advocate, and the founder of Milton Fashion Week. With a degree in Social Work, she has spent more than three decades supporting women, and in 2022 she was named one of 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women.
Her award-winning debut documentary, W’AT ABOWT US (2019), shares the stories of eight women from five major cultural backgrounds, and her second film, WHAT WE DESERVE: Restorative Justice and Reparation, premiered at the Burlington Public Library in 2023. In 2025 she launched the first Milton Fashion Week, a two-day celebration of creativity, colour and diversity. She is a past board member of the Art Gallery of Mississauga and has been featured on CHCH TV and Breakfast Television.