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Throwback! 📽 Last year, our startup Frodillah explored the innovations happening at True Blue Expo during U of T’s entrepreneurship week, full of events and celebrations of startup activity at the Mars Discovery District: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sz4Ud-eltg

Don't miss this year's events! Next week, join U of T’s entrepreneurship community on March 4-7 for a week of events to showcase, celebrate, and reward innovation and startup activity. University of Toronto Entrepreneurship

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Frodillah Recap: True Blue Expo 2023 | U of T Entrepreneurship Week Throwback - Last year, our startup Frodillah explored the innovations happening at True Blue Expo during U of T’s entrepreneurship week, full of events and c...

Five things to look forward to at Entrepreneurship Week 2024 The University of Toronto is gearing up for its annual tri-campus Entrepreneurship Week, a four-day showcase of U of T’s diverse and extensive entrepreneurship ecosystem. Taking place from March 4 to 7, Entrepreneurship Week features more than 15 events across U of T’s three campuses, including ...

Join us in collaboration with UTSC Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office (EDIO) and the Department of Management for an afternoon of learning and conversations about the body. Join us on Tues, March 19, 2024 at 12-2pm
at The Hub (HL-280). This event is open to all Staff, Faculty, Students, Librarians, and members of our community.

In this panel discussion, you will hear from esteemed panelists who, together, share reflections on their journeys of advocacy and resistance, and challenge normative understandings and perceptions of the body. They will address how Blackness, gender, and fatphobia intersect and produce meanings about how we ought to live and experience our bodies, and how, then, our bodies inform daily interactions.

Register now: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=JsKqeAMvTUuQN7RtVsVSEA8tTIx3e5JLlDlL4PMrXytUNFdXQ1VPSUJaM1AzUUEzSjBVMFZBMzYyUy4u

Meet Fennella Bruce, she is a veteran television producer and writer, now at the helm of FKB Media Solutions / Productions Inc. – a media consulting business and a media production house. Having worked in the field of journalism for over 20 years, Fennella has produced both of Canada’s national morning shows – Your Morning and Canada AM. She has been the senior writer or producer at numerous major market television stations including CTV News Channel, CTV National, CP24, CityTv, Toronto 1 and BET.

For six years, Fennella taught Media Literacy Theory at Centennial College and has also served on journalism boards and on many critique juries, including the Canadian Screen Awards, The New York Festivals International TV Broadcasting Awards and the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for the Juno Awards.

She has her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto and her Bachelor of Applied Arts in Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University, formerly Ryerson University. Fennella volunteers her time and expertise with Dr. Roz’s Healing Place - a centre that aids women and children escaping from violent situations – where she served as Vice-President of the Board of Directors and was a Board member for four years. She is currently the Vice-President of the Foundation Board of Women in Film and Television.

Fennella was named the 2023 IABC/Toronto Communicator of the Year, 2022 Businesswoman of the Year by the Women Empowerment Awards and is one of 2020’s 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women.

Join us at The Hub to celebrate International Women's Day with our inspiring guests: Fennella Bruce and Melanie Ratnam ✨

📅 Tue, Mar 5 2024, 4:00pm - 7:00pm

📍The Hub, HL 280, University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC)

Learn more about our incredible leaders and UTSC alum in a panel and networking session. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eKGygYTJ

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Meet Dr. Melanie Ratnam, President of The Society for Canadian Women in Science & Technology (SCWIST). With a mission to champion four decades of advocacy, Melanie represents SCWIST at gender equality and STEM policy forums across Canada.

Melanie’s national initiatives at SCWIST are deeply rooted in her Scarborough origins where she has mentored over 1000+ elementary, high school, and university students to solve critical twenty-first-century challenges such as climate change and transportation, through innovation in science and technology.

Her family story as immigrants is foundational to her journey, shaping her commitment to strengthen the collective voices of Canadians for a more equitable future that fuels Canada’s economic growth through advancements in STEM. She has a PhD in neurobiology from the University of Toronto where her research focused on microglia cells and cerebral ischemia.

In 2023, Melanie was honoured by Woman and Gender Equality (WAGE) Canada during Women’s History Month for her contributions to advancing gender equality and equity in STEM.

Join us at The Hub to celebrate International Women's Day with our inspiring guests: Fennella Bruce and Melanie Ratnam ✨

📅 Tue, Mar 5 2024, 4:00pm - 7:00pm

📍The Hub, HL 280, University of Toronto Scarborough

Learn more about our incredible leaders and UTSC alum in a panel and networking session. Sign up here: https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/thehub/international-womens-day-fennella-bruce-and-melanie-ratnam

University of Toronto University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) University of Toronto Entrepreneurship University of Toronto Alumni

Join us March 4-7, to celebrate the positive impact that innovation and startups can have on everything from your health to the planet. This week of public events is open to students, mentors, alumni, business leaders, investors and anyone else who wants to be inspired and learn why U of T is THE place for entrepreneurship. Learn more: uoft.me/uteweek

Next month! On March 5th, join us at The Hub to celebrate International Women's Day with our inspiring guests: Fennella Bruce and Melanie Ratnam ✨ Learn more about our incredible leaders and UTSC alum in a panel and networking session.

Fennella Bruce, Founder, FKB Media Productions Inc | 100ABCWomen - Toronto Communicator of the Year 2023

A veteran television producer and writer, Fennella Bruce is now at the helm of FKB Media Solutions and FKB Media Solutions / Productions Inc – a media consulting business and a media production house. Having worked in the field of journalism for over 20 years, Fennella has produced both of Canada’s national morning shows – Your Morning and Canada AM.

Melanie Ratnam | President SCWIST | Founder Indaggo | WAGE Canada - Women in STEM for WHM 2023

Dr. Melanie Ratnam is President of Society for Canadian Women in Science & Technology (SCWIST). With a mission to champion four decades of advocacy, Melanie represents SCWIST at gender equality and STEM policy forums across Canada.

📅 Tue, Mar 5 2024, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
📍The Hub, HL 280, University of Toronto Scarborough

Sign up here: https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/thehub/international-womens-day-fennella-bruce-and-melanie-ratnam

University of Toronto Entrepreneurship University of Toronto UTSC Alumni Association

Join us March 4-7, to celebrate the positive impact that innovation and startups can have on everything from your health to the planet. This week of public events is open to students, mentors, alumni, business leaders, investors and anyone else who wants to be inspired and learn why U of T is THE place for entrepreneurship. Learn more: https://uoft.me/uteweek

Are you a young, ambitious, or aspiring entrepreneur? Join us on Feb 7th from 4-7 pm at The Hub for Business Startup Information with Canada Afghanistan Business Council. Our key speakers will be Donovan Dill, Operations Lead at The Hub and Andrew Ko, Business Development Manager at Futurepreneur

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/business-start-up-information-2024-tickets-783226390217?aff=oddtdtcreator

“Now is the time for all of us – individuals, institutions, companies, and policymakers – to come together and understand our roles in creating the equality and inclusivity needed to be successful in the future.”
Dr. Melanie Ratnam, President, Society for Canadian Women in Science & Technology (SCWIST) is leading the way in creating a safer and more inclusive future for women and girls in STEM!

With funding from WAGE, they are building on their Safe STEM Workplaces and Make DIVERSITY Possible initiatives to help Canadian STEM companies address and prevent GBV in the workplace with tailored support, tools and training.
Learn more: https://scwist.ca/programs/supporting-safe-stem-workplaces/