Calgary teen wins Diana Award for helping youth get into law It s about diversity and representation and giving youth opportunities they wouldn t typically get as a high-schooler
Author of the article: Jason Herring
Publishing date: Jul 04, 2021 • 6 hours ago • 2 minute read • Eighteen-year-old Calgarian Jolie Gan, who has received the Diana Award for starting the Youth Leaders in Law organization, poses for a photo in downtown Calgary on Friday, July 2, 2021. Youth Leaders in Law aims to create opportunities for young women of colour to pursue a career in law. Photo by Azin Ghaffari/Postmedia
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A Calgary teen working to give women of colour an opportunity to pursue a career in law has received a British award for youth who make significant contributions to their community.
CALGARY As thousands of Alberta students get set to graduate from post-secondary institutions in just a few months, many are worried about the prospect of obtaining work in the province where they grew up. Mohammad Ali is among a vast group of long-time Calgarians with big dreams to work in Alberta’s energy sector. The graduate of Sir Winston Churchill High school enrolled at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business hoping his supply chain management degree would be a strong stepping-stone to working close to home, but that’s not the case. Instead, Ali will head south for more opportunity in the United States once he graduates this spring.