The Equity Gap
Uncovering inequity. Empowering change.
Hosted by diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practitioner Shahzia Noorally, The Equity Gap is where bold conversations meet transformative action. Through candid interviews with leading experts and thought-provoking solo episodes, Shahzia explores the real-world impact of systemic inequity—centering the lived experiences of equity-deserving individuals and challenging power structures across workplaces and beyond.
From race and gender to neurodiversity and anti-fat bias, each episode tackles hard truths and invites listeners to reimagine what equity really means—on personal, organizational, and societal levels.
Whether you're a DEI professional, a leader ready to use your privilege for good, or someone seeking to deepen your social consciousness, The Equity Gap will educate, unsettle, and inspire.
Join the conversation. Close the gap.
The Equity Gap
How to navigate being an "only" in leadership
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Navigating being an only - the first, the only woman of colour in leadership, is exhausting, isolating and almost forces you to confront the things that make you uncomfortable about your lived experience, but you’re not alone and you deserve to have those experiences seen and heard and for spaces to be created where you can thrive in spite of the things that have systematically held you back.
In this episode join me as I speak to my own experiences being an "only" in senior leadership and the work I did and do to this day to actively practise moving past the feelings of isolation to navigate the experience in leadership and beyond.
The incredible research cited by Dr. Kecia Thomas in this episode can be found here:
https://gender-summit.com/images/GS3NA_ppts/Thomas.pdf
Some women of colour who I follow and find solace and community in through their lived experiences and their storytelling include:
https://www.instagram.com/itsviviankaye/
https://www.instagram.com/iamjamgamble/
https://www.instagram.com/_anishinaabekwe/
https://www.instagram.com/thetransplanter/
https://www.instagram.com/adi.barreto/
https://www.instagram.com/celly_speaks/
https://www.instagram.com/sunshineblackbird/
https://www.instagram.com/statuesse/
https://www.instagram.com/latesha_byrd/
https://www.instagram.com/michellekimkim/
Some communities that serve to connect and engage BIWOC:
Accelerate her Future
Canadian Women of Colour Leadership Network
Licensed intro music from NoMo
