A Passionate Community Builder and Business Consultant
A Passionate Community Builder and Business Consultant Aug 21, 2022 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. During her time in Toronto Metropolitan […]
A Multi-Talented Leader and Full-Stack Developer in Tech
A Multi-Talented Leader and Full-Stack Developer in Tech Aug 16, 2022 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 of Science in Computer Science […]
A Leader in Tech Who Advocates for Empathy
A Leader in Tech Who Advocates for Empathy Jul 18, 2022 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
Planting the Seeds to Pursue a Career in Business and Law Jun 27, 2022 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 […]
Why Safe Spaces Are Key For Indigenous and Racialized Women on Campus
Why Safe Spaces Are Key For Indigenous and Racialized Women on Campus Jun 15, 2022 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 intersectional lens. […]
A Fierce Advocate for Racialized and Indigenous Women in Data Science
A Fierce Advocate for Racialized and Indigenous Women in Data Science May 8, 2022 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 on […]
Accelerate Her Future™ Receives Funding from Ontario’s Skills Development Fund for Virtual Career Accelerator Program
Accelerate Her Future™ Receives Funding from Ontario’s Skills Development Fund for Virtual Career Accelerator Program May 3, 2022 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 […]
Creating a Sense of Belonging Through Community and Allyship
Creating a Sense of Belonging Through Community and Allyship Apr 22, 2022 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 […]
Creating Value While Leading with Values
Creating Value While Leading with Values Mar 29, 2022 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 teams and solving problems with empathy, inclusion, and psychological safety. She […]
Leading the Way through Community Impact
Leading the Way through Community Impact Mar 8, 2022 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 as […]