The Equity Gap
A straight talk podcast focused on infusing a justice lens into the advancement of equity in the world with your host, Shahzia Noorally.
Shahzia Noorally is someone who stays grounded in the possibilities, and her purpose is rooted in influencing a more equitable and just world. She's a diversity and inclusion professional who centers equity deserving people while teaching those in positions of power to use their privilege to advance anti-racist and equitable workplace cultures. She's a proud first generation, Pakistani-Canadian Muslim, a dog mom to a senior rescue dog named Ollie and a late in life diagnosed ADHDer who lives, works and plays in traditional Treaty 7 territory in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
The Equity Gap
How to navigate being an "only" in leadership
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