This Purpose-Driven Leader Aspires a Career in Brand Management

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This Purpose-Driven Leader Aspires a Career in Brand Management June 7, 2021 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 […]

Real Talk: Decolonizing Design with Dr. Dori Tunstall

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Real Talk: Decolonizing Design with Dr. Dori Tunstall Mar 23, 2021 By: Chanel Williams, Human Resources professional and AHF’s Social Media Lead “As a design anthropologist, people always say, “design anthropologist? What do you design?” I say, “I design the conditions of possibility.” – Dr. Dori Tunstall  It was an absolute honour to sit down […]

Learn How this Award-winning Coach Helps Youth Reach Career Goals

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Learn How this Award-winning Coach Helps Youth Reach Career Goals Mar 19, 2021 Recognized as Talent Egg’s 2020 Career Coach of the Year, Ibiyemi Balogun is a Career Coach who passionately provides career development services with clientele from Technology, Financial Services, Retail, Post-secondary, Nonprofit, Entrepreneurship, and everything in between. With an extensive background in HR, […]

AHF Founder Recognized as one of 50 Changemakers by The Globe and Mail

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AHF Founder Recognized as one of 50 Changemakers by The Globe and Mail Feb 28, 2021 We are honoured and beyond thrilled to announce Accelerate Her Future (AHF) as a Globe and Mail 2021 Report on Business Changemakers Award winner. Congratulations to our Founder, Dr. Golnaz Golnaraghi, recognized as one of 50 entrepreneurs, academics and […]

Real Talk: Legacy Work and Building Communities

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Real Talk: Legacy Work and Building Communities Feb 24, 2021 By: Chanel Williams, Human Resources professional and AHF’s Social Media Lead As we continue our Black History Month series, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Shavonne (Shav) Hasfal-Mcintosh to discuss the important role she plays in creating social change within her community. Shav […]

Synchronicity Brings Two Women Together for Powerful Mentorship

Synchronicity Brings Two Women Together for Powerful Mentorship Feb 15, 2021 Vinutha Seethanadi Bojaraja is a recent MBA graduate from McMaster University, DeGroote School of Business and completed an engineering in Biotechnology in India. She quickly moved to the Information Technology Industry to work as a Quality Assurance Analyst for a tech firm in India. […]

Meet this Creative Leader with Passion for Design and Web Development

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Meet this Creative Leader with Passion for Design and Web Development Feb 8, 2021 Shanakay Hall is a Web Developer at a university in the city by day, and an entrepreneur by night. She recently completed her post-grad in Web Development and has a B.A. in Communications Studies. She loves live music, foodie things and […]

Real talk: Dismantling Systems with Karlyn Percil-Mercieca

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Real talk: Dismantling Systems with Karlyn Percil-Mercieca Feb 3, 2021 By: Chanel Williams, Human Resource professional and AHF’s Social Media Lead As we welcome Black History Month, we at Accelerate Her Future want to bring forth real voices from powerful Black women within our community. Our objective is to highlight their experiences, amplify  their voices […]

Powerful Reflection by Two Early-Career Women on Reciprocal Mentorship

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Powerful Reflection by Two Early-Career Women on Reciprocal Mentorship Jan 27, 2021 Accelerate Her Future is a Proud member of ICUBE — University of Toronto’s place for social entrepreneurship! Thanks to ICUBE’s Startup Experience Grant (project-based micro-placement), AHF was able to hire University of Toronto Bachelor of Business Administration student, Vanshika Agarwal.  As Special Initiatives […]

Learn Why this Creative Leader is Using Design to Impact Social Change

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Learn Why this Creative Leader is Using Design to Impact Social Change Jan 24, 2021 Natasha Sidi is an experienced designer in the areas of graphics, web, and UX/UI. While pursuing her teaching certificate, and a BComm (Spec. Hons) from York University, Natasha realized that she could make a bigger impact in the world outside […]