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Welcome to Curated Conversations, a podcast that discusses issues related to diversity, inclusion and belonging. Join host Sheliza Jamal, founder of Curated Leadership, as she chats with guests from a variety of industries and walks of life about an array of DEI topics. Listen in each month as we dive into our guests' personal anecdotes and experiences, discuss breaking news, and explore the complex world of equity, diversity and inclusion.
Episodes
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
S3 E21: From the Five Lakes to the Five Rivers
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
In this episode, Sheliza speaks with Pardeep Singh Nagra, a multi-hyphenate Canadian. As a lover of sport, human rights advocate, and action-based volunteer, Pardeep discusses his personal value as a citizen of Canada, responsibility towards civic engagement and reconciliation, human rights and racism in sports, and other topics important to all Canadians. Pardeep also connects his Sikh heritage and faith to what it means to be “Canadian”.
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Want more of Pardeep? Visit his website: www.pardeep.ca
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
S3 E20: The Taste of Food Justice
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
In this episode, Curated Leadership founder, Sheliza Jamal, speaks with Omme-Salma Rahemtullah, Interim Executive Director of FoodShare South Carolina.
In this podcast, Sheliza and Omme discuss how food system are created, who has access to healthy choices, food apartheid, and how our grocery stores affect us without even knowing it!
Omme works on building advocacy and energy around state-wide policies such as SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) expansion and Healthy Bucks and assists regional Hubs to engage with their elected officials at all levels. Join us to learn more about the Taste of Food Justice!
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Thursday Feb 08, 2024
S3 E19: The Cost of Volunteerism
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Episode 19: The Cost of Volunteerism - This month, listen to our new episode of Curated Conversations where we speak with Faiza Venzant, Executive Director of the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration. Faiza and Sheliza talk about who gets to volunteer, what it means to be able to give your time and resources to others and at what cost!
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
S2 E18: Developing Leaders & Anti-Racist Schools
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Nadia Bennett, the founder and CEO of When Brown Girls Lead, talks about the importance of leadership in developing anti-racist educational programs and schools. This conversation dives into Nadia's lived experiences as a student, educator and black woman. It raises many questions: how we can challenge the status quo in education, create psychologically safe and brave workplaces for women of colour, and what the future of equity, diversity, and inclusion in education could look like?
With over fifteen years of experience serving school districts, Nadia Bennett has successfully overseen the processes of change management, teacher and leader coaching, diversity, equity, & inclusion and building anti-racist school environments. As a school turnaround strategist for multiple charter organizations that serve communities of color, her work has produced consistent increases in student achievement, staff retention, and college acceptance rates. Now, as an Executive Leader, she supports districts both nationally and internationally.
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
S2 E17: Embracing Our Unique Healing Journeys
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
In this episode, Tristan Mohamed, a qualifying registered psychotherapist and founder of Life Transitions Therapy, shares his personal journey of healing and self-discovery. He discusses his unique approach to therapy, which combines relational embodiment and spiritually integrated psychotherapy. Tristan also explains some of the complexities of working with developmental trauma and emphasizes the need for culturally responsive understandings and approaches to mental health in communities of color. Listeners will gain insights and practical tips on how to navigate their own healing journeys, and will be invited to participate in a brief but effective grounding exercise.
Here are some resources to learn more:
Blog post on somatic grounding tools: bit.ly/3DhkSMf
Values exercise: bit.ly/3OhkCmB
Emotion-sensation-feeling wheel (no affiliation): https://lindsaybraman.com/emotion-sensation-feeling-wheel/
Scheduling a consultation: bit.ly/3rmYYo3
Follow Tristan and Life Transitions Therapy here:
Tiktok: @lifetransitionstherapy
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tristan-mohamed-registered-psychotherapist-qualifying-07271785/
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
S2 E16: Sparking Hope for the Next Generation of Women Leaders
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Narmin Ismail, the founder of The Spark of Hope Foundation, discusses her organization's efforts to empower young women in developing countries through education. In this episode, Narmin shares inspiring stories of students who pursued their academic aspirations and went on to become leaders in their fields and communities. She also explains how igniting hope in young women and investing in their education can help combat gender-based inequality, strengthen local communities and be the key to creating long-term transformational change.
Narmin Ismail partners with universities globally to attract donors for scholarships for women from the Global South, with a focus on areas of conflict. Her efforts have earned her numerous accolades, including the 2021 Meritorious Service Medal from the Governor General of Canada. She is a Kenyan immigrant with a B.A. in Psychology and an MBA.
Want to learn more about The Spark of Hope Foundation? Find them here:
https://thesparkofhope.org/
https://www.facebook.com/SparkofHopeFdn/
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-spark-of-hope-foundation/
https://www.instagram.com/sparkofhopefdn/
Tuesday May 09, 2023
S2 E15: Empowering Youth Toward Self-leadership, Inclusion and Belonging
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tuesday May 09, 2023
In this episode, Jan Frolic and Jennifer Johnson, co-founders of Captains and Poets, share their passion for social emotional learning and discuss how it can help young people develop a positive sense of agency and self-discovery. They discuss the importance of bridging the gap between social emotional learning and equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging and how systemic change can be achieved by involving all stakeholders in supporting young people. Tune in to learn more about Captains and Poets' global impact on creating safer and more inclusive learning environments, and join us as we explore how self-awareness, creativity, vulnerability, and resilience can empower young people to be their best selves!
Want more from Captains and Poets? Find them on:
https://www.instagram.com/captainspoets/
https://www.facebook.com/CaptainsPoets
https://twitter.com/CaptainsPoets
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
S2 E14: The Power of Oral Culture in Education
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
In this episode, Dr. Ardavan Eizadirad and Dr. Njoki Wane tell us about the power of oral culture in education as they launch and discuss their recent co-edited book, “The Power of Oral Culture in Education: Theorizing Proverbs, idioms, and Folklore Tales.” Dr. Eizadirad and Dr. Wane remind us why oral culture, which is often about telling stories, is a powerful and innate tool for transmitting different ways of being and knowing and facilitating anti-racist and anti-colonial community-building. In this conversation, we delve into the limitations of colonial education and suggest ways to become more inclusive of oral cultures, including those of equity-deserving, and deaf and hard of hearing communities. Tune in as Dr. Eizadirad and Dr. Wane share their insights on storytelling, as well as their favourite proverbs and how these words of wisdom guide their activist and educational work.
Find the book here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-18537-3
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Want more of Dr. Ardavan Eizadirad? Find him at:
https://edication.org/
https://twitter.com/DrEizadirad
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ardavan-Eizadirad-2
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/ardavan-eizadirad-665b33229
Email him at aeizadirad@wlu.ca
Want more of Dr. Njoki Wane? Find her at:
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/njoki-wane-b692ba4https://www.facebook.com/njoki.wane
Email her at njokinathani@gmail.com or njoki.wane@utoronto.ca
Don't forget to check out Curated Leadership's free resource bank, and download our glossary of terms to gain more knowledge about the concepts discussed in this episode - and beyond! You can find the glossary here: https://curatedleadership.com/resources.
Monday Mar 06, 2023
S2 E13: Radical Self-Love and Healing
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
In this episode, we're joined by Eloise Tan, Ogho Ikhalo and Shelli Karamath as they bring together their diverse experiences as leaders and educators in the DEI space to talk about what radical self-love and healing mean for them.
We discuss how, in a society that often tries to define our worth for us, practicing self-love, recognizing the importance of healing and knowing your self-worth are deeply radical acts.
Dr. Eloise Tan is a leader with 15 years of experience working in the education research and policy space. She grounds her research, policy and co-design work in an anti-racist and anti-oppression framework and is on a journey to learning how to decolonize research and the policy development cycle. Currently, she is a Manager at the ESDC Innovation Lab where she leads an interdisciplinary team of researchers and design thinkers to co-create policy solutions with those that live on this land. Previously she was the Research Director at People for Education. She created Mama Stay Woke, a free and inclusive parenting group that centred social justice issues facing mothers. She has been a guest on CBC's The Current and Metro Morning, briefed the UN's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, guest lectured at the Maytree Foundation's Policy School and lectured at University of Toronto, McGill University, and Dublin City University. She holds a Ph.D. in Education from McGill University in Culture and Education and was previously awarded Best New Scholar in Qualitative Research from the Canadian Education Research Association. She is proud to serve on the board for the Jane Finch Centre.
Ogho Ikhalo is an experienced leader with more than 15 years of academic and professional experience. She has an extensive background as a strategic communicator, a diversity, equity and human rights specialist, and a social justice community advocate. Prior to her current role as Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Talent Acquisition at Hydro One, Ogho served as the Director of Women’s and Human Rights at the Ontario Federation of Labour.
Shelli Karamath (she/her) is an educator for liberation, equity and inclusion. She has been a Primary/Junior educator with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) since 2008. Shelli recently completed her Master of Education in Social Justice Education at OISE, University of Toronto. Shelli currently teaches Grade 3/4 and enjoys learning with her students every day! She also teaches steel band, decolonizing music education, and leads the Equity Committee where she works with community partners towards making the school a more inclusive space. She is a professional musician of 30 years, a visual artist, and a world traveller.
Want to learn more about our podcast guests? Find them on:
https://www.instagram.com/mamastaywokeTO/
www.instagram.com/afrodisiacto/
https://www.instagram.com/elo_here
https://www.instagram.com/ogs7
https://www.instagram.com/msk.aramath
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/ogho-ikhalo
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/eloise-tan
https://shellikaramath.ca/
Monday Feb 06, 2023
S2 E12: Troubling White Supremacy and Allyship in Education
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Dr. Arlo Kempf, a prominent scholar and educator in anti-racism, anti-colonialism, and critical Whiteness talks to us about the role White privilege plays in our educational system and how his background and relationship with schooling led him to study implicit race bias. He also shares strategies for how we can start to work toward dismantling White supremacy through meaningful allyship and action.
Dr. Arlo Kempf is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT), where he teaches in the areas of race and equity in education.
Follow Stand Up For Racial Justice Toronto and Justice for Children and Youth here:
https://www.instagram.com/surj_toronto/
Want to learn more about Arlo? Find him on:
https://utoronto.academia.edu/arlokempf
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/should-we-get-rid-of-standardized-testing-arlo-kempf
You can also e-mail him at: arlo.kempf@utoronto.ca