Bean Gill
Keynote Speaker | Edmonton, Alberta
Change Maker
Resilience & Adversity | Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Expert
Bean Gill Expertise Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Neurodiversity, Gender Equality, Accessibility, Inclusive Leadership, Unconscious Bias, Disability, Resilience & Adversity and Inspirational & Engaging.
About Bean Gill
Benveet "Bean" Gill is an Inclusion Warrior, Paralysis Recovery Pioneer, and Change Maker who defies the odds. In 2012, she faced a sudden spinal injury while on vacation, leaving her paralyzed from the waist down. Determined not to succumb to despair, Bean chose to persevere. Today, she takes laborious steps with a walker, a testament to her unwavering strength.
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Benveet Bean Gills story serves up a dose of reality like you’ve never heard before.
In her 20s, Bean Gill was working as an X-ray technologist in a cardiac catheterization lab. But, in 2012, when she turned 30, everything changed. She left an abusive relationship, her dad left her family and, during a trip to Las Vegas, a virus paralyzed her from the waist down. While relaxing in a hotel room with close friends, she felt a sudden, stabbing pain in her spine.
Multiple neurologists told Bean Gill a virus was likely to blame, and she would regain full use of her legs within weeks. After several months of no progress, Bean was forced to come to grips with her new reality. A once athletic young woman who enjoyed modeling, kickboxing, and weightlifting, she struggled with betrayal by her own body. She couldn’t roll over, sit up, or get out of bed without help.
After several months of no progress, Bean was forced to come to grips with her new reality. A once athletic young woman who enjoyed modeling, kickboxing, and weightlifting, she struggled with betrayal by her own body. She couldn’t roll over, sit up, or get out of bed without help. She was forced to find her way through an inaccessible society, all the while living with paralysis and learning how to love herself – disability and all.
Benveet Bean Gill took her health into her own hands, seeking out the answers and help she needed to confront her challenges head-on. Eventually, Gill found her confidence again. She worked to regain movement in her legs and pushed herself to try sports she never would have attempted before being paralyzed. If it wasn’t for the worst year of her life, Gill wouldn’t be who she is today.
Her sudden onset paralysis opened her eyes to the many injustices, inequalities, and challenges that are a part of life for those with disabilities. Bean Gill went from dealing with a new identity of life in a wheelchair to using her situation as a platform to help others.
In 2017, Bean Gill co-founded ReYu Paralysis Recovery Center – a non-profit she started with her Neuro-Exercise Specialist and zero capital. The wellness center exists to inspire, motivate, and promote recovery with increased function for individuals with spinal cord injuries and associated neurological disorders.
Bean Gill is an inclusion warrior runway model, paralysis recovery pioneer star, who helps organizations with diversity equity inclusion initiatives. Being a woman of color who also has a visible disability, Bean Gill is an example of unwavering strength and resilience. By confronting adversity and sharing her story, Bean Gill breaks down barriers and changes stigmas surrounding people with disabilities.
Bean Gill earned her local and national recognition, including the Top 40 Under 40, RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award, and Global’s Woman of Vision Award. Bean is the reigning Miss Wheelchair Canada and was recognized by Mattel as one of Canada’s top 60 inspiring women as part of Barbie’s 60th Anniversary.
There is a Lesson in everything about Benveet “Bean” Gill’s story serves up a dose of reality like you’ve never heard before with impactful messaging we can all learn from to be kind to ourselves and one another.
Bean Gill Topic Presentations
Bean Gill Edmonton, Alberta, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.
Rejecting Impossible: Standing Strong When Life Gets Flipped Upside down
Modeling Diversity: the Transformational Impact of Unrelenting Inclusion
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