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Claiming YOUR Space in the Workforce

Future Black Female partnered with organizations in the Niagara region to host a conference focused on the unique needs of Black girls and women entering the workforce.


The conference drove towards systemic change as we advocated for an inclusive workforce in Ontario.


About the Keynote Speaker: Dr. Beatrice (Betty) Moraa Ombuki-Berman, PhD, ME, BSc, a Full Professor of Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Computer Science, Brock University was the Keynote Speaker. Raised in Kenya and educated in Japan, she was the past Graduate Program Director of Brock’s Dept. of Computer Science and the Founding & former Interim Chair of Brock’s New Department of Engineering. She was an inspirational multi-lingual Black woman who claimed her space in a field with very few Black women. She currently Co-Directed Brock’s Bio-Inspired Computational Intelligence Group.


Workshops and panels focused on:

  • Ageism - how GenZers experienced discrimination due to their age.

  • Micro-aggressions against Black girls and women in professional spaces (including school/college/university).

  • Diversity - what exactly did that mean and why was it relevant to the success of Black girls and women in the workforce.

  • Mindfulness and self-care for professionals.

  • Professional development skills (e.g. interview and resume building).


This conference provided strategies for equity and inclusion of Black female youth in the workforce and made sure their careers began in nurturing environments where they were empowered to make meaningful contributions.


Merci à nos sponsors

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Future Black Female, with head offices in St Catharines, Niagara Region, would like to acknowledge the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples, many of whom continue to live and work here today. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties and is within the land protected by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum agreement. Today, the home to many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples is home to us too. We acknowledge the sacrifices made, forced and freely, by the Indigenous peoples of Canada in the formation of the country we call our home. As we acknowledge their continued contributions and their presence and ours upon this land, we are committed to being responsive to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and to our relationship with Indigenous peoples.

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