GEMinar 2: Connections That Matter with Magna (2021-22)
Thank you to Magna for sponsoring GEMinar 2: Connections that Matter! We started the session with an inspiring keynote address by Joanne Horibe, the VP Ethics and Chief Compliance Officer at Magna International Inc. Joanne spoke about her life experiences, including her career journey. She encouraged the GEM girls to proceed to an area […]
GEMinar 1: Personal Branding with LinkedIn (2021-22)
Thank you, LinkedIn, for hosting our very first GEMinar for the 2021-22 Program Year! This GEMinar session is concentrated on personal branding and building a LinkedIn profile. We started off by having an encouraging keynote from Haleema Ahmed, who is a GEM alumna from the 2020-21 Cohort. Haleema talked about her journey to post-secondary school […]
2021 Summer Update
The GEM Team is excited to share our 2021 Summer Update! Click HERE to see what we’ve been up to.
Meet Our Newest GEM Ambassador!
GEM’s most recent Champion, HP Canada hosted our April GEMinar for GEMgirls. As the President and CEO of HP Canada, Mary Ann Yule is among a very small group of women at the helm of a tech company. We are very excited and proud to welcome this outstanding leader as our newest GEM Ambassador. […]
GEM Lab Update
The GEM Lab research team are hard at work this summer researching a Customized Mentorship Intervention Case Study. This research is being conducted in partnership with Dr. Micheal Shier, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto. The study will explore various aspects of improving mentorship outcomes for low-income adolescents. Welcome GEM Lab Research […]
Statement on Islamophobia
Dear GEM Community: Our thoughts and hearts are with the Muslim community after a horrific hate crime in London, Ontario took the lives of a beautiful family. At GEM, we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to succeed despite where they come from or what barriers they face. Racism, Islamophobia and hate have no […]
2021 Yorkville Virtual Run
Each year, our community rallies to raise funds for GEM in the Yorkville 5km Run! Join #TeamGEM on September 12th by walking, running or wheeling with us!
Announcing GEM’s 2020-21 Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to our 2020-21 GEMScholarship Recipients and thank you to all our generous donors for your support of GEMgirls and their academic success! Thank you to all the members of our Scholarship Committee for your dedication to GEM! Follow us on social media to see each of the winner profiles.
Introducing Our New Program Placement Student, Liliana Furlani!
Hi Folks! My name is Liliana Furlani and I’m the new Programs Placement Student for the Summer term. I’m super excited to be part of the GEM team and really looking forward to learning and contributing to the organization. I’m finishing up my second year at George Brown College in the Social Service Worker Program […]
GEMinar 5: Owning Your Future
In partnership with our program funder RBC, on May 22nd, we held our final GEMinar, closing off the 2020-2021 cohort with much celebration! Mary Lee, GEM’s Board Co-Chair, opened up our session and congratulated all the GEMgirls for completing the Mentorship Program. Mary also introduced our Keynote Speaker, RBC Olympian and Paralympian Erin Latimer. Erin shared with […]
Introducing Our New Communications Associate, Fatima Zaidi!
Hi everyone, my name is Fatima Zaidi, and I am the newest Communications Associate here at GEM! I am currently completing an HonoursBachelor of Arts in CCIT with a minor in Professional Writing & Communications and Ethics, Law and Society at the University of Toronto. I gained interest in this field after taking a first-year […]
Thank you SABA!
Last week, the South Asian Bar Association of Toronto hosted a Legal Career Panel for GEMgirls. During this panel, GEMgirls had the opportunity to hear from Jasmine Singh, Vice President of SABA and in-house Counsel at BMO Financial Group, Melissa Krishna, Associate General Counsel at BentellGreenOak, Sarah Malik, Assistant Crown Attorney at the Ministry of the […]