Gwenna Kadima is a BIPOC Career Activator and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Consultant. Through her consulting business, Gwenna works with BIPOC students and professionals to help them reach their career potential, and with diverse organizations to address systemic workplace barriers. In this episode of WTJ?, we discuss her unexpected career journey, how the pandemic played a role in her starting her own business, and how organizations can make DEI meaningful and impactful.

Gwenna Kadima is a recipient of the Globe and Mail Report on Business magazine’s 2022 Changemakers award: an annual list of 50 emerging Canadian entrepreneurs, academics, and executives changing business today.

To learn more about Gwenna and her independent practice as a BIPOC Career Activator and DEI Consultant, visit www.gwennakadima.com or follow her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwenna-kadima/.

WTJ is sponsored by TD Insurance.

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What the Job? is a University of Alberta Alumni Association podcast

Hosted by: Matt Rea

Produced by: Jennifer Jenkins and Matt Rea

Music: Cottages by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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