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Kenyan-born Evelyne Nyairo was the only Black student in her university program in Edmonton. She went on to become a successful biochemist and later created a skin care line run by women with the goal of igniting "meaningful conversation around gender equality."
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When she went to settle the bill, she was told she must pay the woman’s husband as a sign of respect, despite the fact the woman was the one who did the labour of picking the fruit.
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“I was told, ‘If you want to keep working in this community, you must respect the norms,’ ” said Nyairo, who immigrated to Canada from Kenya on her own at age 16.
“It just reminded me that this inequality happens everywhere in Africa but also in boardrooms in Calgary.”
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