Candid Conversations with the CBSA

This Week, executives Kalkidan Tafesse and Glenn Omwega sit down with Concordia alumni  & Software Engineer Eddy Essien to discuss all things finding your place. From staying at a company too long to knowing how to put yourself out there, these three talk about what it's like working a career after university. 

This episode  is a sit down with Naomi Otogbolu and Vinamrara Arora  and Dr. Bukola Salami, an associate professor at the faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta. They discussed choosing a path of nursing over medicine, and her decision to focus on research on immigration policy and mental health for black individuals. She talks about navigating her work through the pandemic, as well as making way for herself to succeed. 

This week's episode is with Ingabe Gashayija is a conversation worth all the ears. Executives Hermella & Kalkidan dive into what its like running a project meant to support black women, coming from immigrant parents and navigating life as a young women, and wanting to feel confident within ourselves. 

This episode features a conversation between Lily Woldeabzghi and Ijoema Webonga & Kelechi "Kaycee Madu" Kaycee is a Nigerian-Canadian Lawyer who is the current Minister of Justice and Solicitor General of Alberta. Our interviewers discuss moving to Canada at the beginning of his career, his reasons in choosing Alberta and some wonderful advice about how to push our youth forward!

This first episode, both executives Hermella Haile and Ijoema Webonga have a conversation with Edmonton Local Jesse Lipscombe about his roots in Edmonton, his journey and success to an acting career, and the drive to start the #MakeitAwkward campaign. While they shared laughs about his goals, and things he wishes he would have done differently, he discussed how his parents are his inspiration, and that nothing stops us from doing what makes us happy, except ourselves. Jesse offered a lighthearted conversation while also sharing an ample amount of gems we can all learn from.