Gwenna Kadima (she/her) is an award-winning, Toronto-based BIPOC Career Activator and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Consultant empowering marginalized individuals to achieve their highest professional potential through targeted macro and micro-interventions.
Taking a “for us, by us” approach to her work, Gwenna catalyzes equality at the individual level as a BIPOC Career Activator offering seminars, workshops, and other culturally-relevant career development services to BIPOC students and professionals. Her primary offering is the COR Model for Career Advancement™: a tactical, proprietary framework that inspires and equips students and professionals of colour with the strategies and tools needed to accelerate their careers.
Simultaneously, Gwenna addresses systemic workplace barriers as a DEI Consultant developing and executing intentional DEI strategies and programming. Her areas of expertise are sustainable Employee Resource Group (ERG) enablement and inclusive employee experience design.
Before launching her independent practice, Gwenna was a Talent & Organization Consultant at Accenture, a Fortune 500 technology and professional services firm, partnering with clients to cultivate memorable and inclusive employee experiences enabled by innovative technologies. Here, her client delivery focused on workplace DEI strategy and programming, change management, employee experience, and HR transformation.
Also at Accenture, Gwenna led and contributed to various internal DEI projects including as Founder and National Recruitment Lead of BOLD, Accenture Canada’s Black Employee Resource Group (ERG) and founding the BOLD Student Mentorship Program (BSMP) which has paired 130+ BIPOC-identifying post-secondary students with Accenture Canada employees for three months cohorts of mentorship, community-building, and holistic professional development. Additionally, Gwenna launched an AI-powered DEI employee engagement survey to 900+ internal respondents, developed and delivered a 3-hour inclusive leadership curriculum, and facilitated dozens of internal and client-facing panels, workshops, and keynote discussions on DEI and Anti-Racism topics.
Due to her work at Accenture and in the community, Gwenna was a recipient of The Globe and Mail 2022 Report on Business Changemakers award for her commitment to making Corporate Canada more inclusive for all.
Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Gwenna holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction from the University of Alberta. Her written work can be found on Medium.