Making your way up

Two young black African women.
Two young black African women.

Making your way up

The project Making Your Way Up , created by Sayaspora and funded by Canadian Heritage, addresses the barriers to employment and career mobility faced by marginalized and systematically underrepresented young women aged 18-30 in the African diaspora (including communities in the Maghreb, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern and Eastern Africa and the Caribbean).

The project proposes a two-pronged response, offering tools to negotiate entry into key employment sectors while developing an awareness campaign to help employers and the public better understand the various issues arising from systematic racism and how it operates in the workplace.

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Making your way up is...

A bilingual online educational platform for...

Women of the African and Caribbean Diaspora, the general Canadian public and Canadian employers.

Awareness campaigns

Designed and launched for the public to influence dominant discourses and negative stereotypes that prevent a broader understanding of systemic racism in the employment sectors.

A national online educational networking event

Offering workshops and conferences for young women in the African diaspora.

A mentorship program

For 25 young women of the African and Caribbean Diaspora in collaboration with 10 mentors.

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I am a woman from the African and/or Caribbean diaspora

Girl, we know that navigating the Canadian job market is no easy task. So we have compiled relevant resources and created spaces for conversations that we hope will benefit your professional and personal development.

I am a member of the Canadian community

What is systemic racism in reality? It's an abstract concept that everyone talks about, but many people struggle to define. So we've compiled some fun, educational and explanatory resources on this much-debated form of racism.

I am a Canadian employer

The common goal is to create a more inclusive and accessible job market for all. We have compiled a some resources to help you take your first steps towards a workplace where diversity, equity and inclusion are constant values.

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Resources

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March 28 2023

How to define your career path?

March 19 2023

Let’s take a quick look back before we continue our way up

March 7 2023

Making your way up: The cohort demystifying networking

February 18 2023

An economic approach – Through the financial looking glass 

May 25 2022

6 resources to further your understanding of systemic racism

May 25 2022

2 agencies that help your business become more inclusive 

A series of creative publications capturing the essence of our uniqueness.

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    Introduction

    Introduction to the conversation series

    In open and honest conversations, our guests sit down to talk about systemic racism and its impact on the Canadian labour market.

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Conversation 1

Systemic Racism 101

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Conversation 2

From social determinism to career advancement

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Conversation 3

Employment challenges for African and Caribbean diaspora women

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Conversation 4

Entrepreneurship: A response to lack of representation 

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Conversation 5

Deconstructing perceptions 

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Conversation 6

Solutions for a more inclusive job market in English too

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Two young black women looking intently at their laptop

The Making your way up cohort

The Making your way up cohort is a space of resources and connections between young women of African and Caribbean origins and 10 women, leaders and mentors in their fields.

Would you like to be part of a positive change by working with Sayaspora to implement the project?

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