Mina Sharif
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Toronto, Ontario
Afghan Women's Rights Activist | Cultural Competence Consultant | Author | Host
- Videos
- Expertise
- Conflict Resolution
- Cultural Diversity
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Gender Equality
- Racial Justice
- Women Of Influence
- Women's Rights & #MeToo
- Women's Leadership
- Public Relations
MINA SHARIF BIOGRAPHY
Mina Sharif is an Afghan raised in Canada, who lived and travelled extensively in Afghanistan for fifteen years. Her experience there focused on utilizing media and grassroots communities to foster connectivity and unity towards a common goal of co-existence and peace building. Experiencing a Global South life, through the lens of her Canadian upbringing, taught her a number of lessons about how we can use our daily opportunities, even within small networks, to make our world a more peaceful and unified community.
Her professional experience includes media training for street children with Save the Children, leading multiple grassroots charity efforts, developing and disseminating nationwide public service campaigns for the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Defense, and directing the Afghan version of Sesame Street. Mina Sharif is also the founder of Sisters 4 Sisters, a mentorship program designed to empower women and girls in marginalized communities through confidence building.
As an engaging speaker, Mina Sharif is often invited to speak on podcasts, panels, and mass media interviews. Sharing her personal experiences of life in the Global South, through the lens of a Canadian-raised woman, makes her presentations accessible to audiences in a way that few can offer. Her shared experiences with Canadian-raised audiences, newcomers, and the diaspora, enable Mina Sharif to inspire in a way that includes everyone in the room and leaves them realizing that we can all be more active members of the global community. Mina Sharif has spoken at schools, been featured on many podcasts, moderated roundtables, has a considerable social media following, and has appeared on a number of TV and print outlets including the Toronto Star, Al Jazeera, and the CBC.
As a hyphenated Canadian, her lived experience has had a great impact on those who face the nuances of the diaspora/identity challenges or want to learn more about them. As a content creator, Mina Sharif helps people connect to Afghanistan beyond headlines. Through the support Mina Sharif has received from her social media following, Mina Sharif has raised thousands of dollars for aid work and founded the Durkhanum Sewing Circle, an emergency response employment opportunity for women who lost their jobs after the fall of Afghanistan, a project for which she was featured in Teen Vogue.
Miss Sharif is now in Canada and continues to lead numerous volunteer aid efforts for Afghanistan. Mina Sharif co-hosts a popular podcast, writes for numerous publications, and serves as a consultant for cultural competence, philanthropy, and best practices to serve newcomers from conflict-affected countries. Mina Sharif speaks as an expert on women’s rights, the newcomer and diaspora experience, communication tools, Afghanistan, diversity, and inclusion.
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Diversity Measures and Intercultural Communication: Steps We Can All Take, To Truly Connect
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A common critisicm of diversity measures in the workplace is that they feel performative rather than inclusive. Learn from Mina Sharif’s firsthand experience, that it can be a few simple tweaks in approach that make the world more harmonious one diverse room at a time.
Mina Sharif was raised in Canada. In 2005 she moved to Afghanistan where she lived for fifteen years. In this presentation, Mina Sharif shares her biggest takeaway from that experience; that we can and must change the way we look at diversity. You will hear firsthand about what it was like to encounter a world she had only seen through news reports. She will share photos, anecdotal stories and steps she took in her life to counter feeling unheard both in Afghanistan and in Canada. She will inspire your audience to excitedly connect more to their own roots, respectfully and effectively learn more about their peers, and all the while appreciate the experience of living in the diversity of Canada.
Effectively Supporting Newcomers
Empowering Women
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Mina Sharif Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mina Sharif Keynote Speaker delivers customized and tailored keynote presentations, workshops, and training sessions on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique and are designed for a variety of audiences, industries, conferences, and event formats.
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