Leadership, Race, and the Power of Personal Story

On this episode, Annie Simpson, Associate Director of Troost ILead at the University of Toronto, is in conversation with the co-founder of Anima Leadership,  Annahid Dashtgard about leadership, race, and the power of personal story and the important impact that this has for engineering students and professionals looking to create systems change. Let’s have a listen.

About Annahid Dashtgard:

Annahid has over 25 years experience designing systemic change initiatives and coordinating programs at local, national and international levels, in government, education, non-profit and healthcare sectors. In her career, she has moved from organizing national political campaigns targeting broad scale change to studying the psychology of individual behaviour.  Her systems approach draws on both ends of this change spectrum to best leverage personal learning for collective growth.  A dynamic speaker, published writer and intuitive facilitator, Annahid is able to serve the highest potential of any client she has the privilege of working with. Her memoir Breaking the Ocean: Race, Rebellion and Reconciliation launched August 2019 to early rave reviews.  A few of her favourite things include: swimming in summer lakes, reading anything she can get her hands on, crafting cocktails and as many hugs as she can wrangle from her two little ones.

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“This is a beautifully written, sensitive memoir fraught with painful memories but also touched by hope, an illuminating meditation on finding your own voice and identity in a new land.” – Booklist Review