She helped establish one of Indias first early psychosis clinics and co-leads a project in Bangladeshi and Nigerian slums. Here, Fox studied at the Chef School at George Brown, where she now teaches her own Caribbean Cooking Course. She founded and spearheaded an annual Leader-2-Leader conference to foster discussion on topics impacting the workforce. Briones is the lucky mom of two amazing, strong and inspiring humans: Carmen, 9, and Nico, 14, who also have their own business! Yu embodied his bicultural identity and has dedicated the vast majority of his working life to bettering the lives of others in the community. He retired seven years ago. She is now proudly a Mexican-Canadian serial entrepreneur with retail, food and online businesses (Global Pet Foods, Freshii, Karla Briones Consulting and SEENwear) all businesses which she owns and operates). He was selected as a Canadian delegate for the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance 2019 that was held in Japan. This years official selection at the Sydney World Film Festival, it received the 2021 Best Foreign Short Documentary Film from the San Francisco Short Film Festival. American Roots was considered primarily a local clothier, as court records noted It grew into a national movement showing the world how much one person can accomplish fighting racism. than economics, than it did in North America: 116 in Canada, 4 in the United States and 136 in Founder and director, Canadian Advisory of Women Immigrants. The self-employment program by MicroSkills, a specific one-year program for women with a business background from back home, helped her to start her business and the journey in Canada was begun. In 2021, she was named a Champion of Mental Health. Shohreh Sabaghpour stands at the forefront of one the fastest-moving technology industry trends: LED lighting solutions. He hails originally from Nigeria and was born to a family of five, raised by both parents along with his two elder siblings. ECC has recruited international students who were interns as full-time employees. He is the past president of the Canadian Chapter of AACE. He was a member of the National Research Council from 2018 to 2021. She has reached more than 23,000 people and brought awareness of economic abuse in Canada. In 2015, Budman and Green sold a majority stake to Searchlight Capital Partners, though the founders remain prominent shareholders. She later focused on her childhood love of balloons and started to create large-scale art installations all from balloons. BAC provides services and support for more than 100 individuals every day through its adult Residential Rehabilitation Centre, 10 community homes and employment centres, and various outreach programs. Recognizing the volatility of a They have also offered free services to teenager moms that cannot afford dental services. For Target, it She started everything from scratch. Roots delivery details. He was the National Finalist of Startup Canada Awards 2017 (Category: Newcomer Entrepreneur). In September 2018, he was honoured as a Clean50 Emerging Leader, for demonstrated leadership in sustainability through the development of his innovative solution for recycling electronic waste, and his project was named as one of Canadas Clean50 Top Project Award winners. 16 on the list, doesn't have to explain its support for women when they occupy the CEO, chief financial officer and chief product officer. 2016), a grassroots organization inspired by the experiences of herself and the people around her battling loneliness. After fleeing Syria to Lebanon, he and his family made their way to Canada in 2015. I saw how hard they worked and managed our family. stores by April 2015. Dr. Georgette Zinaty, MBA, MSc, DBA, is currently the Executive Vice-President at Corporate Class Inc and practice lead for their Centre for Diversity and Inclusion. Having immigrated in 2010 from India, Sen Rai had an academic degree in hospitality with more than 15 years of experience working overseas. As a volunteer, Blonder is a subject-matter expert for the City of Toronto Expanding Housing Options in our Neighbourhoods committee, a board member of affordable housing provider Kehilla, has co-authored the Housing Affordability Report of the Ontario Association of Architects, and served at the Design Review Panel of the City of Burlington where she provided urban design advice for development applications. Currently shes the senior editor at Liisbeth, an online magazine for enterprising feminists looking to connect, grow and flourish. Read 3 more responses. City: Winnipeg Shirin Ariff is an author, inspirational speaker with over three million global views, a transformative learning coach and a proud single mother of four beautiful children. Her husband and business partner, Shawn, patiently supports, encourages and contributes to the success of it all. He is a City of Toronto Honour Guard guardsman, Princes Trust Canada mentor, Canadian Forces College Foreign Student Liaison, advisor for Sheridan College and Knowledge Flow Cybersafety Foundation, Toronto Police Service 14 Division Community Police Liaison and Rotary Club of I2 London (England) Peace Envoy. Holding a bachelors and masters degree in mechanical engineering, he started his career based on his patent-pending technology for recycling end-of-life electronics waste. He received his PhD in 2000 from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Member of Provincial Parliament of ParkdaleHigh Park. For the past 20 years, she has been actively involved in the human rights field, interviewing victims as part of investigations to document abuses and engaging in targeted advocacy to press for change. She also aims to enrich students extracurriculars, from STEM experiment courses to improving students communications skills with APASS public speaking and debate program. Beyond work, Meers career is marked by a desire to give back to the community a responsibility he embraces as a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and a Canadian immigrant. He fulfils his passion by serving as a regular speaker on diverse panels and teaching business and soft skills to young professionals across the country. This January, Lumesmart was invited to join the Women in Cleantech event at the Dubai Expo. Cristina Carpio is a media personality, entrepreneur and philanthropist. His devotion to do good and make the world a better place is not limited to his professional life. Being named one of the worlds Top 2% Scientists for career impact, his publications on H2S biology and medicine have received the highest total citations in this field in the world. So he launched his first project, which included job searching skills, resum writing and interviewing skills for other newcomers. campaigns efforts that surpassed the New Jersey version of the brand. planning, Roots re-entered America in 1988 and maintained steady growth Major cornerstones of her initiatives addressed labour skills shortages issues, foreign-trained credential recognition, and HR services to address the impact of domestic violence in the workplace. They also share her values such as kindness and sharing and strive to contribute to the community they live in B.C. great outdoors, culture, sports and diversity were considered sources of in other countries while at the same time running a made in Canada operation. He worked his way up and got his first supervisory position in Extra Foods and with his hard work, passion, determination and his affinity for leadership he was promoted as grocery manager, assistant manager and as a store manager thereafter. The Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines, through the Commission on Filipino Overseas, will confer on him this year the Pamana Presidential Award. She was one of the pioneers in multicultural marketing, helping national and multinational companies understand the importance of cultural connect. During the past year, Li, now 29, helped build a community of more than 2,000 immigrants on ImmiSearch. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Peacock, along with her community partners, have discovered a great deal of unlikely connections and opportunities. I was introduced to networking, sales and customer experience at a very young age and understood how hard work and communication generated positive returns. In May 2022 he will run the Vancouver Marathon and raise funds for Pieta House, a suicide prevention organization in Ireland. Through the Immigrant Services Society of BC, Spillane has mentored immigrant entrepreneurs and volunteered to speak at seminars. In his words, Persistence is the key to success in our professional and personal lives. Li was voted one of Canadas 50 Best Executives by the Globe and Mail in 2020, and recently recognized as one of DMZs Women of the Year. Her goal is to make an impact through coaching, mentoring and guidance to other young women who come to Canada as international students or new immigrants and aspire to build a career for themselves, integrate and settle. Nature 424 , 26-27 ( 2003) Cite this article. IRIS was also awarded the Smart 50 Awards, in partnership with Smart Cities Connect recognizing IRIS Smart Cities project in Ontario and its transformational impact. Iyers ACCESS ideas are now shaping Canadas growing investments in youth mental health. Registration includes: She is the founder of the Canadian Centre for Womens Empowerment, the only Canadian organization addressing economic injustice with a keen interest in addressing systemic barriers and other challenges that prevent women and girls from fully realizing their economic rights in the context of gender-based violence. Ariff is a founding member of Immigrant Women in Business (IWB), a non-profit organization dedicated to helping immigrant women from diverse backgrounds succeed as entrepreneurs. Canada's leading specialty coffee retailer "Second Cup", unveiled a hot new Caf Collection designed exclusively by Roots Canada's lifestyle brand for Second Cup's Certified Baristas and Coffee Agents. Upon graduation, he got a position at JDS Uniphase and ended his career as a trainer prior to the tech meltdown in early 2000s. She has been nominated for the Surrey Board of Trade Innovation Awards Large Business Category 2019 for MOSAICS SCENE Project (Social and Civic Engagement for Newcomers and Immigrants) and awarded a bursary to attend the 2019 Women Deliver conference in Vancouver. Twice nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Theatre Award for outstanding performance and winner of the prestigious Toronto Theatre Critics Award for Best Actor, Sun-Hyung Lee continues to pursue excellence both onstage and screen. Born in Birmingham, England, Rupreet (Roop) Sidhus family moved to Canada when he was a baby. The amount that Searchlight Metrics. Despite most retail companies looking to reduce overhead and have all their products made It was co-founded by fashion designers and businessmen Michael Budman and Don Green, both from Detroit, Michigan. He lived there for nearly two years, and subsequently moved to Edmonton, Alberta, where his social work began and flourished. When shes not travelling, Marques-Zachariah loves reading and doing yoga sun salutations. Her vision and leadership played a key role in leading the province through the resettlement of refugees during the Syrian refugee crisis, and the influx of refugee claimants arriving in Manitoba during the Trump administration. 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He serves as a regular keynote speaker for high schools, universities and broader community-based organizations across the country and has most recently delivered his second TEDx talk. Shortly after, he volunteered as an Arabic translator with Edmonton Public Library. Taking on one international crisis after another, Deif plays a vital role in global efforts to advance justice and accountability for the worlds most persecuted people. signed a creative partnership with novelist and artist Douglas Coupland to release a collection of clothing and accessories. Chadha is currently working a program manager with City of Ottawa overseeing rail operations with annual budget of over $70 million. She has been involved in the undergraduate and postgraduate education in the HHSC. She has raised mental health awareness in an annual Mothers Day campaign for the last three years. Chadha migrated to Canada with his parents and younger brother at a young age of 16 with a big dream. Briones is also a business strategist and coach and part of the team of independent business advisors at Invest Ottawa, the local economic development agency. Arora has earned the APEX Leadership Award, Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerces leading professional, and the Metropolis Policy Maker of the Year awards, among others. The key goal of BARPPP is to contribute in improving breastfeeding rates in Canada, especially among women who are Indigenous, refugee, immigrant, homeless, displaced after natural disaster, and/or negatively affected by COVID-19 pandemic. Li is actively involved in the community and lends her time and energy to a number of technology and education initiatives, while simultaneously acting as an advocate for women and people of colour. In October 2019, he was called to serve as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Heritage, Sports, Tourism and Culture Industries, helping to support this hard-hit industry during the Covid-19 pandemic. She has founded Mission Kind (Kids In Need of Dentalcare), to help children aged six to 16 obtain much needed dental work at no charge. the company to create the now iconic beaver From 2004 as a beginner in his office to her current position in a key leadership role, she has proven to be a valuable asset to the community in this new and important role. As a BBA and MBA graduate, with numerous credentials and certificates, Sidhu continues to leverage education to propel his businesses. A project she worked on was recognized for Forbes 30 under 30 in the health care category in 2019. He has given 172 lectures and keynotes around the world and trained more than 125 graduate students and other research personnel. During the pandemic, it became a safe space to connect and share information on coping about the pandemic. She knew she could comfortably stay in her own Chinese community in the Vancouver region, speaking only Chinese and working only with fellow Chinese. Mohamed Lachemi, PhD, is president and vice-chancellor of Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), first appointed in 2016. Funding sources for his work include the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Ontario Innovation Trust, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Ontario Centres of Excellence, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, HydroQubec and various industrial partners. In November 2020, he was recognized by many government officials and Prime Minister Trudeau for his efforts and achievements with EcoSikh Canada. Passionate, industrious, and innovative are adjectives that are often used to describe Emil Sylvester Ramos, CEO and co-founder of IRIS R&D Group Inc., an award-winning Ontario AI and Smart Cities Solutions company. venture, Toronto designers Robert Burns and Heather Cooper collaborated with Rui Wang, PhD, has been the dean of the Faculty of Science of York University since 2020. For Mothers Day 2018, her giant confetti balloon graced a magazines front cover. Another goal of BARPPP is to facilitate implementation of baby-friendly initiatives in hospitals and community-based settings of Canada. Pam Farrell immigrated to Canada in 2001 from Switzerland. Named one of Canada's Top 20 Women in Cyber Security by IT World Canada and Diversity and Equity Alumni of the year by Schulich School of Engineering, Monika Tamber is currently the director of security governance at Payments Canada. In 1973, Boa completed the Her clinical experience in the assessment and treatment of mental health disorders, her commitment to learning and diversifying to meet the changing needs of our population and her collaborative, person-first approach has helped hundreds of people with varying abilities reach their full potential, improve their quality of life and maximize their independence. An outstanding educator, prolific scholar, impactful, award-winning academic leader and administrator, Janaka Ruwanpura, Ph.D, P.Eng, PQS, MRICS, FCSCE, NAC, is the vice-provost and associate vice-president research (international) and a tenured professor at the University of Calgary. He is a part-time professor with the University of Toronto and small business owner in addition to his primary job of leading the Canadian P&C sales division for AI insuretech leader, Shift Technology. She is a scholar and published author having received national and international attention for her work. District records show that the It's the ideal match of two of the hottest brands in Canada. Creatively bringing together this intersection of public art and technology, and using it as a vehicle for fundraising,was the first of its kind in Western Canada. Leen Li is the chief executive officer at Wealthsimple Foundation, a charity focused on enabling a brighter future for everyone in Canada through access to post-secondary education.