Thank You for Attending Humber's International Women's Day Forum

Thank you to the Humber community for joining us on Saturday, March 6, 2021 for our International Women’s Day (IWD) Virtual Forum, hosted by the Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion. Participants heard from four (4) phenomenal Black women who shared their stories on groundbreaking leadership.

We are deeply grateful to Dr. Njoki Wane PhD, Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard PhD, Celina Caesar-Chavannes MBA, and Dr. Kathy Hogarth PhD for sharing their inspirational and motivating stories. A special thanks to Gina Antonacci, Associate Vice-President, Academic, for hosting the event and to Sylvia Sweeney, Associate Dean, Film, Acting & Media Production from the Faculty of Media and Creative Arts for moderating the panel.

The virtual nature of this year’s IWD forum enabled guests from all over Canada and across the globe to participate in learning about Black women and leadership. Attendees joined from Barbados, France, Ghana, Germany, Jamaica, Kenya, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, the United States, Yemen and many other countries.

Here is some of the feedback that was received following Humber’s 2021 IWD virtual forum:

  • Thank YOU to all panelists...THANK YOU for staying the course...Ubuntu: I am because you are.
  • I just want to send you a quick note to say "meegwetch" (thank you) for helping to organize the event. It was truly exceptional, and so very well organized.
  • Thank you Humber College’s Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion. You brought us much needed inspiration.
  • This was a wonderful event - thank you again for inviting me to be a part of it! …We are all connected and all strong, powerful, phenomenal Black women, clearing pathways for future generations.
  • It was just amazing. Thank you. I logged off just being so full.
  • Thanks to organizers for this POWERFUL ENERGY today!!! So motivating!!
  • Thank you for such an impactful and thought provoking set of presentations and stories. Much to reflect on. Thank you.
  • Thank you to the Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion for putting on this panel for IWD. What a great panel of speakers!
  • Happy to have celebrated International Women’s Day by tuning into this event. Thank you to Humber’s Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion team for putting this on. Looking forward to what you have planned next!

With deep humility and gratitude,

Nancy Simms
Director, Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion