Amplify & Insights
Our latest blogs, articles, profiles and insights.
A Fierce Advocate for Racialized and Indigenous Women in Data Science
Meet AHF Winter 2021 Fellow, Helena Yu. Helena is a statistician-in-learning and has worked on various data science, data engineering and data visualization projects in both private and non-profit sectors. Prior to joining Scotiabank as a Data Strategist, she worked...
Accelerate Her Future™ Receives Funding from Ontario’s Skills Development Fund for Virtual Career Accelerator Program
Accelerate Her Future™ (AHF) is excited to announce that it is receiving funding through the Province of Ontario’s Skills Development Fund (SDF) Round 2. The funding will be used to launch a Virtual Career Accelerator program for self-identifying Black, Indigenous,...
Creating a Sense of Belonging Through Community and Allyship
By Deborah Eliezer The research shows that Black, Indigenous and women of colour are discriminated against in STEM and business fields, whether in the workplace or academic institutions. We deserve to feel a sense of belonging in the places where we go to work and...
Creating Value While Leading with Values
Sami Sekhon is a values-based leader who is passionate about transforming and collaborating with business, government, and non-profit sectors to create impactful solutions that improve the wellbeing of communities. For Sami, values-based leadership means building...
Leading the Way through Community Impact
5th Year Business student, Venassa Baptiste is an Accelerate Her Future 2021 Fellow graduate, who has taken on many leadership and volunteer positions within and outside of school. As she prepares to transition into the world of work, she is not only leaving a legacy...
5 Tips on Celebrating Your Wins – A Racialized Woman’s Perspective
By Natasha Sidi “How are you going to celebrate?” is a question that I often ask myself and other self-identifying Black, Indigenous, and racialized women in my network when we activate our ideas into wins, no matter how small. I discovered that there was a lot to...
AHF Welcomes Its Third Fellowship Circle Cohort
By: Dr. Golnaz Golnaraghi The third cohort of Accelerate Her Future’sTM (AHF) Fellowship Circle launched this January. We’re excited to welcome Fellows and Mentors from across the country, with representation from six provinces. By expanding our reach, we are able to...
Meet this Empathic Leader, Design Thinker and Mental Health Advocate
Meet Cathy Truong, an AHF Fellowship Circle alumnus from the Winter 2021 cohort. Cathy is a design thinker who takes on a human-centred approach to create products and graphics to the perfect pixel. She has an eye for detail and the ability to see the big picture. She...
Stepping into our power: Meet This Change Leader Building the Future One Block at a Time
Sarah Cox is an experienced business builder and global health enthusiast. She has a wealth of experience selling disruptive products/technologies to the largest US hospital systems, insurance companies, distribution companies, as well as the leading Health EMR/ERP...
Learn How this Purpose-Driven Business Student Has Accelerated Her Career Development
Meet Ariel Gardner! Ariel completed her Bachelors of Science degree majoring in Kinesiology at McMaster University and is now currently completing her MBA at McMaster’s DeGroote School of Business. While completing her undergraduate degree, she participated in...