Bridging for Change: Social Impact & Entrepreneurship
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 from 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: CEAD, 115 McCaul St., 3rd Floor
RSVP Required: https://bit.ly/BridgingForChange
Join us for a casual conversation with Zahra Ebrahim on essential strategies for creating inclusive businesses, co-designing with community, and building successful ventures with a lasting social impact. Zahra will share insights from her own journey and expertise on maintaining social principles while conducting a business, navigating the entrepreneurial landscape, and exploring the balance between success and social responsibility.
Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions during the event.
Zahra Ebrahim is the Co-Founder of Monumental. She is a public interest designer and strategist, and an established bridge builder across grassroots and institutional spaces. Her work has focused on community-led approaches to policy, infrastructure, and service design. Prior to Monumental, she built and led Doblin Canada, Deloitte’s Human-Centered Design practice.
In her early career, Zahra led one of Canada’s first social design studios, working with communities to co-design towards better social outcomes, leading some of Canada’s most ambitious participatory infrastructure and policy programs. Zahra has taught at OCADU, MoMA, and is currently an Urbanist-in-Residence at the University of Toronto’s School of Cities and an Adjunct Professor at the Daniels School of Architecture. She has been recognized as a Next City Vanguard Civic Leader, Ascend Canada’s Mentor of the Year, one of “Tomorrow’s Titans” in Toronto Life magazine, one of WXN’s Top 100 Women in Canadian Business, and most recently recognized as one of the Urban Land Institute’s WLI Champions.
Zahra is currently a Board member of the Toronto Arts Council, the Canadian Urban Institute, and Board Chair for Park People. Her work has been featured across international media, and she regularly delivers speaking engagements to audiences across the country.