ELN Communications Lead Sean Mackay is a digital marketing and communications professional working in Toronto’s real estate industry. Sean works as Managing Director at Livabl, an online publication that helps consumers better understand and navigate the real estate market. Sean is a mentor with the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC), an organization that addresses […]
Event Recaps
What matters this election? Some insights from Hamilton young leaders
2018-20 ELN Communications Lead Alyssa Lai is a permanent resident in Canada. While she can’t vote in Canadian elections, she enjoys being a fly on the wall as she observes and follows election and current affairs news. Alyssa is fascinated by the discourse around various social, economic, and political issues and shares her thoughts regularly […]
Dishing about diversity’s key ingredient: inclusion
Written by Pranav Sidhwani Pranav Sidhwani is an ELN member and works as a management consultant and sees cities as his natural habitat. Connect with Pranav. As a newcomer to Canada, I’ve been looking to build my community and meet people who share not only my concerns for the world we live in, but also […]
Let’s Get Rooted
Written by Shiva Mazrouei Shiva Mazrouei is Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Doctors Without Borders Canada and is a passionate equity and inclusion advocate as well as an active ELN member. Want to know more? Connect with Shiva. — In true millennial fashion, I have moved several times between cities for work, which had me […]
Oh the Places You’ll Go
Written by Crystal Kyabaggu Crystal Kyabaggu is a CPA and graduate of the Richard Ivey Business School at Western University. Crystal has a deep love for music and works as an Accountant and Business Manager within the Entertainment industry. Want to know more? Connect with her! – I’ve been to my fair share of career […]
You don’t find passion. It finds you.
Written by Jelena Lazarević. Jelena is the Senior Communications Advisor on our CivicAction Team. She is always looking for ways to contribute her strong digital media and graphic design skills to a variety of causes. When she’s not tweeting away, you’ll find her traveling, behind the camera, or indulging in good food. Find out more […]
“Walk It Talk It”? Provincial party leaders court youth vote at Laidlaw Foundation Youth Town Hall
Written by Seher Shafiq. Seher is the DiverseCity Fellows Program Manager at our CivicAction Leadership Foundation. She is extremely passionate about civic engagement and was heavily involved in get-out-the-vote efforts during the 2015 federal election, so expect to see her tweeting and sharing information and thoughts on the upcoming elections! Find out more about her here. […]
Flexing your mentorship muscles
Written by Alyssa Lai. Alyssa is a 2018-2019 ELN Communications Lead, 2017 DiverseCity Fellow and Digital Marketing Coordinator at Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation. Find out more about her here. — In my ten years in Canada, I’ve had many mentors, both formal and informal. I’ve benefited tremendously from mentorship in many different ways. From helping me understand cultural […]
Black on Bay Street author Hadiya Roderique joins ELN for some vital and mind-expanding Real Talk
Written by Sean MacKay. Sean is a 2018-2019 ELN Communications Lead and Managing Editor at BuzzBuzzHome. Find out more about him here. — Like so many of those who read Hadiya Roderique’s Black on Bay Street essay in The Globe and Mail, I was blown away by her powerful story of representation, exclusion, and oppression, at […]
ELNers Bridge the Know-Do Gap
Post written by Nima Ranawana. Nima Ranawana is a current ELN Executive Committee Member and Consultant of Corporate and Financial Practice at Environics Communications. Nima also serves as a Volunteer Advisor to the non-profit organization Sri Lankans Without Borders. A food enthusiast who is curious about anything cultural, Nima loves discovering new restaurants in Toronto. […]
ELN Talks Mental Health: Reversing Three Layers of Stigma
Post written by Abhishek Sarathy. Abhishek is a current ELN Executive Committee Member and Senior Manager of Creative Services at Sun Life Financial Canada. He is also a member of United Way Toronto & York Region’s GenNext Cabinet and a CultureLink mentor for newcomer volunteers at Luminato Festival. He often reflects on his Indian heritage and time […]
CivicSpark Public Policy Case Competition: University Students tackle Affordable Housing
Post written by Nataliya Pekar. Nataliya is a fourth year Civil Engineering student at the University of Toronto, and is currently in the process of completing a 16-month work term with the City of Toronto’s Pedestrian Projects Unit. When she’s not studying, she spends her time contributing to the U of T community as […]
ELN Art-Works: My three takeaways
Post written by Arjun Lombardi-Singh. Arjun is a current ELN Executive Committee Member and Communications Manager at RBC. Working and living in the heart of Toronto, he is always on the lookout for the people, places and organizations that contribute to the vitality of urban life and showcase the diversity of our region. Alongside his professional career, […]
ELN Rings in 2017 with a “Snowcial”
On January 26th, the ELN gathered at Facebook Canada’s new office to celebrate the network’s accomplishments in 2016 (including its 10 year anniversary!) and to ring in the new year! ELNers had the opportunity to connect and reconnect with members of the network while enjoying some refreshments, great music and great company. Check out pictures from the […]
ELNx – Celebrating 10 Years of the ELN…Together!
On August 17, new and long-standing members of the ELN gathered at the newly-renovated Labatt Brewery to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Emerging Leaders Network. What a sight to see such a diverse group of passionate rising leaders come together to share stories, laugh and make new connections! CivicAction CEO Sevaun Palvetzian and former […]
Emerging leaders talk transformation in Toronto’s East Harbour
On Thursday July 28th, ELNers had their say on the potential transformation of the east downtown Toronto area known as East Harbour. The tour (which included a behind the scenes look at the former Unilever Soap Factory) was part of a series of consultations that the developer is hosting to see how arts, culture and […]
We the EAST! Next Gen Leaders Head to Durham Region!
On June 27th, the ELN travelled east to connect with leaders and learn about the exciting work taking place in Durham Region! Co-hosted by the Economic Development & Tourism Division of Durham, a group of 30+ ELNers took the GO Train to Whitby where they received an interactive tour of some of Durham Region’s most innovative organizations including the Lakeridge […]
ELNshowcase 2016: And the winner is….!
On Thursday, May 5th, five teams of emerging leaders presented rapid-fire project pitches at the 3rd annual ELNshowcase – a Dragon’s Den-style event to support the incubation of new and unique city-building ideas. Congratulations to Get Outside! Toronto Parks + Trails App which took home the grand prize package of $1500, 100 hours of co-working space at the Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), […]
Celebrating Rising Leaders in the GTHA!
On February 23rd CivicAction celebrated emerging & established leaders that have and continue to champion city-building and hold a passion to see our region reach its full potential. The Lifetime Achievement Award for Civic Leadership was awarded to Ratna Omidvar who has been a consistent champion for equity & diversity through her work as Executive Director of Global Diversity […]