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Black Canadians are twice as likely as those in the overall Canadian population to have low incomes, get shot, be unemployed and to encounter systemic bias that interferes with equal access to goods and services. The financial world is no exception.

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Imani Murrell is a marketing consultant who helps business owners who feel overwhelmed by their marketing save time and energy by developing and implementing personalized digital marketing strategies on their behalf.

Personally, she’s just out here tryna stay alive and sane in the time of Covid without travel, novelty and touching, her literal favourite things.

Find her at imanidigital.co or connect with her on Instagram: @imanidigital

A daughter of the Jamaican soil, Danae is an intelligent, resourceful, leader, coach and change maker.

She holds undergraduate degrees in Communications & Linguistics and Urban Studies (cum-laude) from York and a Masters of Applied Environmental Science (Local Economic Development) from University of Waterloo.

As Chief Executive Officer of CHRY Community Radio for over a decade, Danae was responsible for the successful reorganization and establishment of social enterprise VX3 Exchange Inc (for vocational training in media arts), and the creation of VIBE 105FM (Toronto's Diverse Music Mix). Her experiences at CHRY/VIBE were amongst the topics of her 2015 TEDx YorkU' Ricochet series presentation.

Upon completion of CHRY's transition to VIBE, Danae successfully embarked on a professional transition to health care. Building on her educational background and tenure as past president/chair of Black Creek Community Health Centre, she is currently the Lead Administrator for a pair of Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics in Toronto.

She is the owner of Peart Media + Business Consulting, through which she consults to entities such as VX3, co-manages artists, and provides small business and entrepreneurial advisement. In her alternate business hours Danae may be found debating politics or ideology, hosting radio shows, events, concerts, panels or pursuing her love of acting and comedic ventures.

Danae Peart

BA. BA. MAES

Dynamic entrepreneur Ian Peters possesses a diverse and successful background encompassing Video Production, Real Estate and Wellness. He is known across his areas of expertise as an expert communicator who forms quick and genuine personal connections. Since 2000, Ian has served as the Executive Producer and Owner of Dept. of Media, providing digital media solutions for sports, music, corporate, and independent clients. He focuses on delivering 360° services, encompassing everything from music videos and model casting to post-production, to significantly increase engagement. A few of his recent projects include a New Balance Minimus Shoe video campaign; a RV 101 educational series for Go RVing Canada, NYC production support and more. Ian became a New York City Licensed Real Estate Agent in April 2015. Real Estate seemed a natural fit for Ian’s well-honed marketing and entrepreneurial skills. His perfectionist work ethic and broad database of contacts ensures that his listings always receive maximum visibility, and that his buyers, sellers and renters have every possible option available to them. Ian always offers his keen attention to detail, dedicated follow-through, and friendly, positive approach to every client and each transaction. In 2014, Ian established Sports Wellness Summit (SWS), drawing on his own love of sports and athletics and his passion for guiding individuals to adopt a holistic approach to nutrition, training, and healing. SWS is a one-day summit where attendees can connect with and learn from health professionals in various arenas to gain an understanding of treating the whole body. Former clients and colleagues note Ian as being a charismatic, dedicated, and a creative leader who is talented in motivating and encouraging others, linking clients with industry leaders, and building strong relationships with his clients and team members.

Pierrette Walker-Enniss Pierrette Walker-Enniss is a passionate educator that seeks to champion students in their success. She was recently appointed as an Interim Vice Principal with the York Region District School Board. She believes in the transcendent possibilities of learning and leading in Education. Her “butterfly” spirit has seen her venture down diverse career paths, including working abroad in Kenya, Trinidad and Tobago, supervising youth programming in the Lawrence Heights Community, teaching grades 5-11, facilitating conference workshops and supporting healing circles for women.  She has a love for random encounters with human beings, wine gums, long walks by the water and everything made in mustard yellow, including the sun.

Diana Imonikhe has about 12 years of experience in the financial services and pension asset management industry. She currently works for TD Bank and has worked for other reputable companies such as Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and CIBC Mellon Global Securities.

 In addition, she loves to learn and is committed to teaching and educating as a lecturer at York University where she teaches courses in Leadership and Stakeholder Management. 

On a personal note, she enjoys traveling, baking and spending time with her family as a wife and mother of two boys. 

David Bosveld (AKA David Banner)

David Bosveld is a Field Services support worker at Bell Canada who has previously worked as a trainer

during a career that spans 25 years. David was the first elected President and served in a variety of roles

within CEP Local 6006 now known as UNIFOR. He also spent 3 years as Organizing Director at

Communications Workers of America (CWA-SCA Canada) advocating for workers in the media and

communications sector. Most important to David are his children 13 year old Tristan and 7 year old

Gabriella. David is a community and worker advocate fighting for Black equality and an end to anti Black

racism and white supremacy. As a member of Advocacy Peel (Peel African Youth Advocacy) David is

committed to holding the Peel District School Board (PDSB)accountable for its’s egregious treatment of

the Black community. David is a Founder of the Black Education Fund, a fundraising organization

dedicated to providing Black students with scholarship money for post-secondary studies.

Instagram @dbkix

Instagram @blackeducationfund.ca

Facebook Page Black Education Fund

Email [email protected]

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Kemba Byam is the Director of Organisational for Global Leadership Village. She is a Sacred Leader with Sacred Women International. Kemba is a freelance workshop facilitator and mental wellness counselor. She has worked with organisations throughout the city of Toronto.  As well as being a York University graduate, she holds a certificate in Community Healing and Peacebuilding from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto (OISE). She is currently pursuing her ordination certification.

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Moe, short for Monique. She’s 27 years of age and loves cooking! Her fresh, funky, quality style of food is impeccable. Moe is self-taught while inspired by the people around her. She loves philanthropy and retaining new information or skills by actively asserting herself. She’s also outgoing, optimistic and a wildly caring woman. Sometimes too much!

Alison Isaac is a Caribbean-Canadian writer and teacher from Toronto. She co-founded an English-language resource on Santiago de Cali called Hola Cali, and manages Global Narrative, a blog that documents Black culture internationally. She's been living in Colombia for the past 6 years and is in the process of publishing her first children’s book.

https://holacali.com/

@holacalicity (IG and FB)

https://globalnarrative.ca/

https://medium.com/@alisonisaac

@alisonisaac (Twitter and IG)