In 2025, Anita’s work was recognized when she was honored among women leaders at BC Place during the City of Vancouver’s Women Behind the Sound Day, celebrating the women shaping the region’s events and entertainment industry.
Today, Angie is one of Canada’s most experienced practitioners in human rights education, anti-racism, and children’s rights, with more than three decades of work shaping communities and institutions across the country.
For many first-generation South Asian women, success comes with an unspoken rule: don’t take up too much space. Be grateful. Be agreeable. Be realistic. Sonya Singh has spent her career doing the opposite, not out of defiance, but out of necessity.
For Parabjot Kaur Singh, language is not just a subject she teaches. It is an inheritance, responsibility, and bridge. As a high school English and Punjabi teacher in British Columbia, her work inside the classroom is deeply intertwined with the stories she carries from home.
In November 2025, Dr. Sharmila Anandasabapathy stepped into her role as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health at the University of British Columbia (UBC) at a pivotal moment for health both in British Columbia and globally.
At just 13 years old, Ariya Jagpal already wears many hats: athlete, entrepreneur, mentor, and student. A Grade 8 student at Seycove Secondary School, she juggles a busy schedule filled with high-level soccer and basketball, schoolwork, and running her own jewelry business, Gummy Bear Wear.
