With over seven years of strategic marketing communications experience and a passion for civic engagement and empowerment, Charanya Thiyanavadivel brings with her a unique perspective on the nexus between business and social impact. She is currently the Product Marketing Manager for The Institute for Health and Human Potential. She also serves as Group Leader for Results Canada – Scarborough. Charanya is dedicated to taking a holistic, innovative, and human-centered approach to ending gender-based violence, making quality education more accessible, and alleviating extreme poverty. Leveraging her passions for writing, learning design, and creative storytelling, she has collaborated with organizations like UN Women, International Organization for Migration, and World Literacy Foundation to develop content and programming that reach global audiences. With her expertise in product development and marketing, she has also led projects geared towards rehabilitating child trafficking survivors, increasing workplace inclusion, and providing clean water in both her local community and internationally.
About ‘Ending Violence Association of BC – Fall Training Forum, Building Resilience’
EVA BC’s Training Forum was a unique professional development and networking event. The annual event brought together subject matter experts to deliver keynotes and workshops focused on emerging and ongoing issues in responding to gender-based violence. Their Fall 2021 Training Forum enhanced the capacity of anti-violence workers to support survivors of gender-based violence and their communities through uncertain times. The Training Forum was designed for anti-violence workers, cross-sectoral partners, government representatives and other individuals with a role in preventing or responding to gender-based violence. The forum focused on advanced, skills-based workshops to build on participants’ knowledge and capacity to respond to emerging and ongoing issues in the sector.”