Women in AI Canada team is launching the WaiMentorship Program in order to facilitate mentors to connect with other women who are looking to advance their career in AI.
The main purpose of this program is to assist those women who are already in their early career or aspire to be in a career in AI to reach their desired career goals.
We are looking to find mentors and mentees to create this community of mentorship.
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Purpose
The purpose of the mentorship program is to create a community of two categories of women.
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Women who already have careers in AI
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Women who are interested or aspire to have careers in AI.
The main goal of the initiative is to assist women from both categories to advance quickly in the field of AI. It will be a platform where women from both categories can gain crucial skills needed for a successful career in AI
Mentorship Program Categories
Entrepreneurship
Provide support to women envisioning to build their own AI startup.
Career and Development
Provide support to kick-start or grow your career in AI.
Leadership
Provide support to help women transition from technical to leadership roles.
Mentorship Areas of Interest
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Data science/Machine Learning
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Natural language processing
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Reinforcement learning
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AI engineering
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AI ethics and Responsible AI
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AI privacy and security
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AI research
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Robotics
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AI applications
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Project management for AI projects
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Business analysis for AI projects
Mentorship Program Requirements
Entrepreneurship
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Mentors
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Has successfully started a company that is Artificial Intelligence related, at least 2 years old and the company is still running successfully.
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Must possess the following skills: listening, advocacy, and teaching.
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Be able to provide a suitable referee
Mentees
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Interested or recently started a company that is artificial intelligence related.
AI Career & Development
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Mentors
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Have at least 5 years of professional experience and at least 2 years in Artificial Intelligence related field.
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Must be able to provide advice that will help mentee build and develop their career further.
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Must possess the following skills: listening, advocacy, and teaching.
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Be able to provide a suitable referee
Mentees
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Interested or recently started a career in artificial intelligence.
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Interested in building and developing their careers in artificial intelligence
Leadership
Category
Mentors
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Must have been in a leadership role for at least 5 years and in Artificial Intelligence for at least 2 years, such as team leads, managers, directors, vice president, presidents, and C-suite executives.
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Must be able to provide advice that will expose mentees to leadership opportunities and increase visibility
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Must possess the following skills: listening, advocacy, and teaching.
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Be able to provide a suitable referee
Mentees
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Interested in or recently transitioned to a leadership role in Artificial Intelligence.
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Interested in building and developing their leadership skills.
How does it work?
Step 1
Register yourself to express interest in being a mentor.
Step 2
Mentorship team matches a mentee with a mentor based on their categories, areas of interest and goals.
Step 3
Mentorship team connects mentors and mentees
Step 4
Two mentorship sessions scheduled within three months
Step 5
Filling in evaluation forms at the end of each mentorship sessions and feedback surveys at the end of program
MEET OUR MENTORSHIP TEAM
Gbemisola Banjoko
MENTORSHIP PROGRAM LEAD
Maviya Shaikh
MENTORSHIP TEAM MEMBER
Cathy Ong Ly
MARKETING MANAGER
Frincy Clement
CANADA AMBASSADOR
Kimberly Eltanal
MENTORSHIP TEAM MEMBER
Diana Rogachova
MENTORSHIP TEAM MEMBER
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Riya Eliza
MENTORSHIP TEAM MEMBER
Yetunde Fagbolagun
MENTORSHIP TEAM MEMBER
