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5 Ways to Give Your Personal Brand a Summer Refresh
By: Chanele McFarlane When the weather gets warmer and the days are longer, thinking about your personal brand (and school and/or work, in general!) may not exactly be at the top of your to-do list. However, if there’s ever been a time to refresh your personal brand,...
Meet this Leader Who Believes Your Lived Experiences, Growth Mindset and a Supportive Network are Key to Stepping into your Power
Shilpa Arora is an avid advocate for diversity and inclusion and intersectional representation in the workplace. As a professional mentor and mother of two young girls, Shilpa strongly believes early access to community and resources is foundational to building the...
Learn How this Leader is Committed to Accelerating Justice and the Canadian Innovation Economy
Meet Priti Gujadhur! She is a passionate and innovative leader who cares about accelerating the Canadian startup and innovation economy. She also happens to be an AHF Fellow who participated in the Winter Fellowship Circle. Priti is the Partner Strategy and Product...
Learn How this Determined Business Student Navigated a Transition in Her Career Through the Pandemic
Natasha Leghari is a proud AHF Fellow from the Winter 2021 cohort who is a first-year MBA student at the DeGroote School of Business. This Spring she joined AHF as a Content Creation Strategist Intern. Her prior experience includes working within the higher education...
Meet this HR Leader and Podcast Host on a Mission to Change the Corporate World
Shahzia Noorally (she/her) is a senior HR professional based in Calgary, AB who is on a personal mission to change the corporate world. She believes in challenging the norms around how great cultures should be built and infused to make high performing, engaging and...
3 Ways to Evaluate Potential Employers on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
By: Chanèle McFarlane Over the course of the pandemic, companies have had a heightened focus on hiring diverse talent. With the racial reckoning that began amidst the height of the pandemic last year, organizations have scrambled to showcase just how much they...
Learn How this Purpose-Driven Leader Aspires toward a Career in Brand Management
Krischan King is a purpose-driven servant leader AHF had the pleasure to get to know as one of our Fellows in the Fellowship Circle Winter 2021 program. Krischan is passionate about taking others along on her journey and creating spaces for them to thrive. An...
Learn How AHF Connects Early-career BIWOC from Across Canada with Partners like IBM
“When I first heard about Accelerate Her Future, I knew IBM had to be involved as one of our priorities is to enable young talent, especially those who are underrepresented.” Diana Kim, Talent Acquisition Manager, IBM January 2021 marked the launch of AHF's inaugural...
Virtual Networking Tips for BIWOC, Unfiltered
By: Chanele McFarlane If I could go back and do things differently in my early-career, I definitely would have spent a lot more time building my network. I began to do a bit of networking in university and while completing my college post-graduate certificate, but...
The Ryerson Career & Co-op Centre is Proud to Join Accelerate Her Future as an Educational Partner
The Ryerson Career & Co-op Centre (RCCC) recently signed on as an educational partner with Accelerate Her Future (AHF), a career accelerator providing tailored programs for self-identifying Black, Indigenous and women of colour (BIWOC) to launch their careers in...