Month: June 2020

Ep 4: Frontline & Essential: Serving Through The Crisis

During this pandemic, we’re lucky to have many superheroes on the frontlines to help essential services stay afloat. Would you like to find out the driving force behind Loblaw’s recent success in prioritizing their client…
Ensuring an Inclusive Recovery: We must do more than be good. We must overwhelm the bad.

Ensuring an Inclusive Recovery: We must do more than be good. We must overwhelm the bad.

The racial wounds at the centre of the coronavirus pandemic are real – and festering. There has been an uptick in the number of hate crimes against Asian Canadians since the onset of the virus…
Ascend Canada Joins #HealthNotHate Collective to Combat Anti-Asian Racism

Ascend Canada Joins #HealthNotHate Collective to Combat Anti-Asian Racism

TORONTO, June 15, 2020 — Ascend Canada, a non-profit organization with the mission to develop and advance pan-Asian professionals, is the latest organization to support the #HealthnotHate awareness campaign to combat misconceptions about the COVID-19…

Volunteer Video – Bhavna Duggal

Bhavna is a board member that has volunteered with Ascend for 5 years. She speaks to us about how Ascend is changing the diversity and inclusion dialogue across Corporate Canada and how Ascend helped elevate…

Volunteer Video – Farah Qasemi

Farah is a board member and joined Ascend’s volunteers 8 years ago. She describes to us how Ascend is the perfect platform for diversity and inclusion, networking and advancing your career.

Volunteer Video – Rani Turna

Rani is a board member who has volunteered with Ascend for 8 years. She tells us how Ascend and its volunteers have had a positive impact on its members through mentorship, networking and innovative programs.

Volunteer Video – Gautam Mohorikar

Gautam has volunteered with Ascend for 3 years. He shares about how Ascend gives its members the tools to conquer issues and challenges for the Pan Asian community and how it offers a great support…

Ep 3: The Pandemic of Asian Xenophobia

As the world battles Covid-19, stories of blatant racism and violence against the Asian community are surfacing in Canada and United States. In light of this, Health Not Hate (HNH), a campaign that fosters the…

Ep 2: Navigating Career Crossroads

A background in computer science typically leads to careers in analytics and IT. But there are a number of new and exciting roles emerging as both workplaces and consumer needs evolve. In this episode, podcast…