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“Career Exploration Series” is back!! Learn from this diverse panel representing the areas of Forensic Psychiatry, Digital and Web Literacy, Veterinary Medicine and Architecture. The panelists will discuss their education journey and work experiences as well as will provide insights into what a typical day looks like and the current and emerging opportunities in these respective fields.

Target Audience: Senior Secondary and Post-Secondary Students and their Parents
Date and Time: Sunday, Oct 22nd 2017 at 1:00 PM EST, 10:00 AM PST, 11:00 AM MST
Limited spots are available

Objectives:
• To learn about the fields of Digital & Web Literacy, Forensic Psychiatry, Veterinary Medicine and Architecture
• To gain insights into the educational requirements, growth opportunities and practical tips for navigating these fields
• To broaden perspectives and create awareness of diverse career paths

Register by clicking Here.

Panelists:

Amira Dhalla- Lead of Gender and Education, Mozilla Foundation
Amira Dhalla works at the Mozilla Foundation as the Lead for Women and Web Literacy programs that focus on providing an accessible, safe, open and innovative web for women. She develops programs, writes curriculum and runs trainings, all with the help of key collaborators like UN Women, Web Foundation, Ford Foundation, World Economic Forum, ITU and others.

Like many others, she loves the Internet and the power it gives to individual people. And like Mozilla, she wants the Internet to remain an open and innovative place that is accessible to all people.  Amira has worked for many years building communities and movements among nonprofits, startups, social enterprises and technology-focused organizations. She is a skilled facilitator and presenter who speaks about her passion on protecting the web, creating change for social good, developing inclusive learning spaces and female empowerment.

Izzy Hirji- Veterinarian, Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary
Izzy (Ismail) Hirji is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and holds an honours B.Sc. in Zoology. With a passion for primate conservation and medicine, he has worked with many apes, monkeys and other wildlife around the world. Most recently, he held the role of resident veterinarian and assistant camp manager for the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Sierra Leone, caring for over 80 chimpanzees and managing both the staff and grounds. Over the last decade, he has gained extensive experience through training and volunteering with several wildlife centres, sanctuaries and zoos around the world. He currently acts as the primary veterinarian for Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary in Durham, Ontario.

For the past decade, Izzy has been actively engaged with local and global organizations involving the environment, social justice, animal welfare, politics and faith. He is extremely passionate about environmental conservation and One Health – integrating animal health, human health and environmental health.

Alia Noormohamed- Senior Designer, FNDA Architecture Inc.
Alia has been an artist and a designer since childhood. Growing up in a household with both parents being designers, and encouraging her artistic side, she was able to nurture and explore her creativity through art and design. This nurturing and exploration led her to scholarships and awards for her art in high school and has since sold many works. As an artist, she has been participating in group and solo exhibitions since 1999. Her other work includes furniture design, custom cabinetry, light fixtures, photography, clothing,
costume and graphic design, with undergraduate studies in architecture, receiving her degree from Carleton University.

She received a 2007 ADEX award for design excellence for her coffee table and lamp design and a 2013 Northwest Design award for best contemporary room design for a house in North Vancouver. Her paintings, furniture, and lighting have also been published in 4 magazines, and a project was featured in September 2014 on television. She had the privilege of taking part in an event named “dinner by design”, where selected designers are given a 12x12x12 space in CBC studios to design a structure or space with a dining space and an intricate “table scape” for a large charity event. Most recently, she was named the winner of the Fantini Design award, which she will be receiving in Milan in October 2017. In addition to many different types of projects she has been the design lead for 4 Jamatkhanas: Kingston JK, ON, Calgary Westwinds JK, Alberta, Downtown Toronto JK, ON, and Ottawa JK, ON

Dr. Sameer K Bandali- Forensic Psychiatrist, Essex National Health Service Trust
Dr. Sameer K Bandali graduated in 2007 from the University of Liverpool with Honours in Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB Hons). Post graduate he completed his 2 year foundation training with the Mersey Deanery across multiple specialities including trauma and orthopaedics, Upper GI surgery, general medicine and Accident and Emergency medicine before settling on a medical career in Psychiatry. He spent the subsequent 4 years training as a Junior doctor in psychiatry with the London Deanery across a number of sub-specialities including general adult psychiatry, old age psychiatry,child and adolescent psychiatry and high secure forensic psychiatry. In 2014 he gained membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and spent the next 3 years doing higher training as a forensic psychiatrist across male and female low and medium secure services.

In July of this year following the completion of his training he took up his first Consultant position as Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist for Low Secure Women’s services. Aside from this position he has special experience and expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorder. As a forensic psychiatrist he works with Courts (both Crown and Magistrates), Barristers (both prosecution and/or defence) as an expert witness to identify mental health issues relevant to the case, its impact on ones offending, potential future risk and to advise on sentencing options if necessary.