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Tapfuma Musewe

Facet	Description
Graduation Year	BSc 2006 Innis College
Inside the Classroom	Major: Biology Major: Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Minor: African Studies
Alognside the Classroom	NSERC Scholarship for summer research internship, Professor Emerita Patricia Romans lab (malaria research), Department of Zoology
Outside the Classroom	Member, African Students Initiative Member, Black Students’ Association Member, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Participant, martial arts (Wing Tsun Kung Fu) Volunteer youth mentor, Regent Park
Further Education	Global Executive MBA, Rotman School of Management, U of T, 2020 Project Management Professional Certificate (PMI), 2017 MA, Theology and Mission, Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture, 2012
Career Accomplishments	Community development with youth and refugees, South Africa, 2006-10 Social entrepreneurship, logistics company, South Africa, 2010-14 Business development, Pargo (e-commerce/logistics start-up), South Africa, 2015 Senior operations manager, In On Africa (market intelligence company, consulting multinational companies seeking to break into African markets), 2016-17 Founder, Eschaton Solutions and Afrifursa (highlighting and facilitating trade/investment with African markets), Canada, 2017 Managing director, Raygan Mills (private equity investing in African growth companies), Canada, 2021-present
In the Media	LinkedIn profile

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Mahsa Alimardani

Facet	Description
Graduation Year	HBA 2012 Innis College
Inside the Classroom	Major: Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Major: Political Science
Alongside the Classroom	Communications Intern, Doctors Without Border (Medicins Sans Frontieres)
Outside the Classroom	Writer, The Varsity Newspaper Broadcaster and Producer, U of T CIUT 89.5
Further Education	PhD, Information, Communication and the Social Sciences, University of Oxford Masters in New Media and Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam
Career Accomplishments	Iran Program Officer, ARTICLE 19 Editor, Global Voices Producer, Jensiat, Graphic Novel Researcher, DATACTIVE, University of Amsterdam Research Manager, ASL19 Writer, The Huffington Post Co-Director, Iran Voices
In the Media	LinkedIn profile Twitter Academic Publications by Mahsa Alimardani Oxford Internet Institute CBC Metro Morning: Iran Talks Iran’s censors struggle to block Bieber, Kardashian as Instagram Gains Popularity NATO Association of Canada, Mahsa Alimardani In Iran, even Bloggers who Stay Away from Politics can be Arrested, Slate Publications Read more about Mahsa here

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