Black Women in Leadership event facilitates discussion and networking
In March, the Ted Rogers School of Management’s Black Business Graduate Student Association (BBGSA) collaborated with the Ted Rogers MBA Women in Leadership Association to put on a Women's month event. The event, "Black Women in Leadership: Actualize Your Purpose (external link) ," was a guided roundtable discussion event that included networking. Special guests included Evangeline Chima (Black Mentorship Inc.), Faith Tull (MaRS Discovery District), Amanda Bartley (KPMG Canada), Yvonne Allanah (Loblaw Companies Limited) and AJ Apenteng (Avanade).
From left, Alexis Stackhouse, vice president of Ted Rogers Black Business Graduate Students Association and Morgan Blackett, president of the Ted Rogers Black Business Graduate Students Association.
This was BBGSA and WiLa's first event of this kind, according to Morgan Blackett. “As a Black-focused group, we wanted to collaborate with WiLa to create an intersectional event that created a platform and safe space for Black women to share their stories and encourage future leaders to actualize their purpose,” he said. (Photo credit: BBGSA)
Alexis Stackhouse, vice president of Ted Rogers Black Business Graduate Student Association welcoming guests to the event.
“As a Black woman in a leadership position myself, it was incredibly fulfilling to create a space where we could learn from one another, support each other, and build community,” Stackhouse said. “The interactive goal workshop component gave us a chance to reflect on our aspirations and to chart a course for our own leadership journeys.” (Photo credit: Morgan Blackett)
The Black Women in Leadership event facilitated a roundtable discussion with special guests from KPMG, Loblaw Companies and MaRS Discovery District. (Photo credit: Morgan Blackett)
Black Women in Leadership event facilitated a roundtable discussion with special guests from KPMG, Loblaw Companies and MaRS Discovery District. (Photo credit: BBGSA)
“What made this event particularly special, was that it was an interactive event that really created a sense of community between the participants and the audience,” said Morgan Blackett, president of the Ted Rogers Black Business Graduate Students Association. “People made real connections and actionable plans.”
From left, Darshan Bhavsar, Jessica DaSilva, Madison Lalonde, Nicole Dominato, Ashley Patora, Sukriti Dutta, Danielle Fox, Sneha Kaluskar, and Ritika Singh. (Photo credit: Alexis Stackhouse)
From left, Evangeline Chima, founder and executive director of Black Mentorship Inc. (BMI), Amanda Bartley, senior manager, advisory services at KPMG Canada, Faith Tull, senior advisor for talent at MaRS Discovery District, Alexis Stackhouse, vice president of Ted Rogers Black Business Graduate Students Association, Nicole Dominato, president of the Women in Leadership Association (WiLA), Yvonne Allanah, director of operations, strategy and projects at Loblaw Companies Limited, Morgan Blackett, president of the Ted Rogers Black Business Graduate Students Association and AJ Apenteng, consultant at Avanade. (Photo credit: BBGSA)
From left, Danielle Fox, Ted Rogers MBA candidate, Madison Lalonde, Ted Rogers MBA candidate, and Alexis Stackhouse, vice president of Ted Rogers Black Business Graduate Students Association. (Photo credit: BBGSA)
“As a Black woman and vice president of BBGSA, I am incredibly proud to have co-organized an event that celebrated the power and resilience of black women in leadership,” Alexis Stackhouse said. “I am immensely grateful to everyone who attended and made it such a memorable evening.”