Amplify & Insights
Our latest blogs, articles, profiles and insights.
A Seasoned Strategy & Transformation Leader Actively Prioritizing Community
Meet Noelle Roque, one of our delightful Mentors from AHF’s 2021 Fellowship Circle. Noelle Roque is a seasoned Strategy and Transformation Leader. She is an Industrial Engineer by training and has built a career in management consulting as a generalist and strategist....
A Passionate Community Builder and Business Consultant
Meet Rodas Beraki, one of our wonderful Fellows from AHF’s 2021 Fellowship Circle. Graduating from Toronto Metropolitan University in 2021 with an Honors Bachelor of Commerce and specialization in Law, Rodas is currently a Functional Consultant at NetSuite Oracle....
A Multi-Talented Leader and Full-Stack Developer in Tech
Meet Deborah Mepaiyeda, one of our amazing Fellows from AHF’s 2021 Fellowship Circle, panel speaker on AHF’s 2021 Virtual Summit, and a member of AHF’s Virtual Career Accelerator program advisory group. Graduating from Toronto Metropolitan University with a Bachelor...
A Leader in Tech Who Advocates for Empathy
Meet Banu, one of our brilliant mentors in AHF’s Fellowship Circle in 2021. Banu is currently a Digital Product Manager at Ernst & Young. Her diverse career over the last decade building digital solutions for customers has spanned North America, the EU and the...
Planting the Seeds to Pursue a Career in Business and Law
Meet Sabiha Jogiat, AHF Fellow and a young leader passionate about business and law. Sabiha is a student at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Ted Rogers School of Management where she is majoring in Law and Business. Sabiha chose to major in Law and Business because...
Why Safe Spaces are Important for Black, Indigenous and Women of Colour on Campus
by Simran Bakshi Simran Bakshi is currently completing an Honours Specialization in Biology at Western University. She strives to amplify the voices of Black, Indigenous, and women of colour and investigate action-based solutions by conducting research through an...
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...