9 JUN 2019 · Anne O'Neill is the founder of I Am Mending the Gap, a platform that educates and increases the awareness of gender inequality in athletics. According to Anne, it is a platform that allows your story to become our story. She believes that by starting the conversation , you are creating a movement.
Anne was part of the 2018 Youth Innovation Summit held by the British Council and the United Nations Association in Canada. We caught up with Anne just ahead of an exciting announcement for the organization.
Find out more at https://iammendingthegap.com
6 JUN 2019 · Tania De Gasperis has her feet firmly placed in the present, she is also very immersed in thinking about the future. Tania de Gasperis is completing Master’s Degree in Strategic Foresight and Innovation at OCAD University. Tania is also the founder at Over Under Inside Out (https://www.overunderinsideout.com), A multi-disciplinary design studio with a focus on product development and strategic design consulting.
15 FEB 2019 · Abdeali Saherwala is a student in York University's Faculty of Environmental Science.
23 JAN 2019 · Smruti Patel is a banker by day, but a global thinker through and through. Smruti came to the Active Citizens Training Workshop weekend with a vision to help others who were looking to make a difference in the world.
For more information on the Active Citizens program and other work of the British Council in Canada, visit the British Council (https://britishcouncil.ca)
For more information on the work of the United Nations in Canada, visit https://unac.org
23 DEC 2018 · Deng Pan is a Toronto-based management consultant for Deloitte and was one of the participants in this year's Active Citizens workshop weekend.
Listen in as Deng talks with Stephen Hurley about his views on citizenship in the modern world, "voluntourism" and his idea to offer support to young social innovators in our local communities.
10 DEC 2018 · Trishia Nashtaran is a blogger, activist, and the founder and Coordinator of Meye, a non-profit, women-led network of Bangla-speaking women which advocates women's rights, empowerment and leadership.
It won't take you long to sense Trishia's vision for her work and what it could mean to women all over the world.
4 DEC 2018 · In this second episode of the Active Citizens Podcast, we catch up with Henry Agassi, a motivational speaker and author with a big plan for a school in his home village in Nigeria. Learn about Henry's work, his passion and his views on the world he wants to see.
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