Countdown to GEMinar #5
Just 4 days to go to GEMinar 5! Looking forward to seeing our mentees and mentors at this cohort’s closing.
Thank You Dr. Khatri
Thank you Dr. Khatri, clinical psychologist, gerontologist, neuroscientist and educator, for spending time with GEMgirls to discuss “Life, Interrupted” during COVID. Watch the session below or on our YouTube channel.
Celebrating #GivingTuesdayNow
Support GEM in celebrating #GivingTuesdayNow; a global day dedicated to unifying support for charitable organizations providing important services during COVID-19. If you haven’t yet supported GEM this year, we urge you to donate now. From just $10 a month, you can become a member of GEMcircle, an important part of GEM’s dynamic community of donors […]
Executive Director Thanks GEM Mentors
GEMinar #4 – Getting Your Goals Hosted by RBC
GEMinar #4 ‘Getting Your Goals’ was held on March 7th, 2020 and hosted by RBC. It was a great day of discussion and workshops, with a focus on learning how to navigate interviews with confidence. The session started with a keynote from Ramin Fazel, the regional vice president of the Toronto Downtown RBC office, who […]
The Impact of COVID-19 on GEMGirls
GEM recently checked in with our mentees to determine how the pandemic has had an impact on their daily lives, and their concerns for the future. Our goal was to understand the health and wellness of GEM mentees both now and in the future, and how they think GEM can best adapt to this […]
Connect, Empower and Inspire Early to Overcome Gender Barriers: How Mentorship of High School Girls Supports #BalanceForBetter
Today is International Women’s Day: a day to celebrate women’s progress and accomplishments while also acknowledging that gender inequality still exists. This year’s theme, #BalanceForBetter, is focused on changing the way we see gender represented in our communities, on our televisions, in our boardrooms, in our classrooms and in our world as a whole. I […]
An Important Message on COVID-19
Dear GEM Community, GEM was founded on the simple premise that by connecting girls to women for mentorship, these relationships can create lasting social and economic impact. Since 2012, GEM has achieved exactly that, nurturing hundreds of relationships resulting in transformational change for many GEMgirls. The outbreak of the COVID-19 global pandemic has been particularly […]