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Navigate & Elevate

Career Strategy Event for Marginalized Women
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Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026  Location: Edmonton, Alberta 

More About This Event

Navigate & Elevate is a transformative one-day intercultural event bringing together up to 100 marginalized women from various communities to address workplace discrimination and build powerful career strategies.

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This isn't just another career workshop; it's a space where women from different cultures come together to share experiences with workplace racism, learn from each other's journeys, and create actionable plans for advancement.

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Through facilitated workshops, honest panel discussions, and cross-cultural collaboration, you'll gain clarity on your career path, develop strategies to navigate systemic barriers, and form accountability partnerships with women from different communities who understand the unique challenges you face.

 

Leave with: A written 3-month career action plan, cross-cultural accountability partner, practical tools for negotiation and advancement, and a network of women committed to lifting each other up.

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Key Event Components

Morning: Understanding & Dialogue

  • Workshop 1: Career clarity and identifying personal strengths
     

  • Panel: Women from different communities share real experiences of workplace discrimination

  • Intercultural group discussions on barriers, microaggressions, and systemic challenges
     

Afternoon: Action & Collaboration

  • Four concurrent workshops (tracks):
     

    • Promotion & negotiation

    • Switching careers

    • Work-life balance

    • Entrepreneurship
       

  • Working session: Participants build a written 3-month action plan
     

  • Cross-cultural accountability partnerships: Each participant paired with someone from a different community​

 
EXPECTED OUTCOMES

  • 100% complete a career vision statement and 3-month plan

  • Increased awareness of racialized barriers

  • Increased confidence and clarity

  • Strengthened cross-cultural relationships

  • Improved career readiness

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