The Equity Gap
Uncovering inequity. Empowering change.
Hosted by diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practitioner Shahzia Noorally, The Equity Gap is where bold conversations meet transformative action. Through candid interviews with leading experts and thought-provoking solo episodes, Shahzia explores the real-world impact of systemic inequity—centering the lived experiences of equity-deserving individuals and challenging power structures across workplaces and beyond.
From race and gender to neurodiversity and anti-fat bias, each episode tackles hard truths and invites listeners to reimagine what equity really means—on personal, organizational, and societal levels.
Whether you're a DEI professional, a leader ready to use your privilege for good, or someone seeking to deepen your social consciousness, The Equity Gap will educate, unsettle, and inspire.
Join the conversation. Close the gap.
Episodes
57 episodes
Dismantling your anti-fat bias with Vinny Welsby, TEDx speaker, and best-selling author
Vinny Welsby (they/them) is a world-leading expert on dismantling anti-fat bias and diet-culture, TEDx speaker, and best-selling author. They went from being homeless and abused with self-esteem that was achingly low into the courageous fat act...
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Progressive until Palestine - The silence of equity practitioners in an urgent time. A conversation with Chris Hooten, Speaker, Strategist, Writer and Educator
I first came across Chris Hooten on LinkedIn about a month ago when I had so many thoughts swirling in my head around the silence of so many equity and inclusion professionals in my circles of influence with the ongoing genocide in Gaza. A ...
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How urgency culture harms us all with Lydia Phillip - Storyteller, Published Writer and Researcher
Today you're in for a real treat, a conversation with someone who has a beautiful capacity to help us all rethink the way we work and the way we resign ourselves to urgency culture, to upholding the systems of white supremacy and capitalism - t...
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38:10
#FreePalestine
I’ve been away from this platform for so long navigating through several big changes in life and on the brink of burnout but with everything going on in Gaza, I am so called to build on what I’ve already publicly said because without a s...
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59:42
From saviorism to solidarity in the workplace - a conversation with Dr. Golnaz Golnaraghi - Changemaker, Speaker, Author & Founder of Accelerate her Future
Sit back with a notebook, pen and a cup of tea and listen to the thoughtprovoking, dynamic and awe-inspiring Dr. Golnaz Golnaraghi (she/her) talk about workplace saviorism and ho...
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The truth about working in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Come on an honest exploration with me about the ugly and real truth about working in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. A space often overrun by performative, comfort upholding initiatives, where real solutions based on equity are often overlooke...
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"Reverse racism", "I don't see colour" and other problematic things people say about race
To those that proclaim to not see colour, to claim reverse racism, who use the word woke as a weapon and who believe in the idea of a meritocracy, this episode is dedicated to you. Let's unpack all the problematic things people say about race.<...
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Do you know the reference man? How this invisible force upholds white supremacy and sexism in our workplaces
Do you know the reference man? He's been the biggest and most invisible force in your life and workplaces and you likely have no idea who he is. Let me tell you more about him in this episode and walk through how our workplaces are designed to ...
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28:56
Living with ADHD as a "model minority"
Take a peek inside my ADHD brain, my late in life diagnosis and how the intersections of race, gender and being first generation Canadian make the process of coming to terms with such a diagnosis more complicated and nuanced. If you...
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Dear white people: here is what you really need to know about allyship
This first episode of the Equity Gap podcast is a sort of calling in to the white people in my circles of influence and any white person listening to this on how to engage, do the work and walk the walk. With anything you’ll come to expec...
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Episode 2
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Introducing the Equity Gap podcast
Introducing the Equity Gap Podcast - a space to talk about race, gender and other forms of marginalization in the workplace and beyond. If you ever want to connect, provide feedback, share your story or give me any perspective on to...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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Stop calling us resilient - a conversation on burnout, wellness and self-care with Chivon John - Global Wellness Lead at Shopify
Resilience should no longer be a point of celebration - too many of us carry the weight of expectations to work harder, do better and play a constant game of proving ourselves in workplace environments that aren't designed for us as Black, Indi...
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55:21
Honouring the immigrant experience with Moji Taiwo - Author, Speaker, Coach and Host of the Immigrant Experience Show
Meet Moji Taiwo: Creator & Host - The Immigrant Experience Show, Author, Speaker, Coach, Facilitator and Retired Civil Servant Moji Taiwo is the author of - I GIVE because I’M BLESSED – I’M BLESSED because I G...
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Why I no longer subscribe to hustle culture
Hustle culture feels outdated, archaic and unnecessary in a world that has shifted so deeply. So many of us have had awakenings around our relationship to work and labour in the last 2 years, yet reconciling that within ourselves is complicated...
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19:58
You deserve career joy, here's how to obtain it
"If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive" - Audre LordeSo much of the journey to finding career joy and a path that fulfils you is root...
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33:56
What if you just stopped trying to fix yourself?
I don't know, there is something I hate about the pressure to create and fulfill new year resolutions that are often rooted in fixing things we find flawed or imperfect about ourselves. The desire to fix what isn't even broken in the first plac...
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Advice to my younger self
If you stick around, what you'll find in this episode is a compilation of all my musings, learnings and ah ha moments that may help you see your path a little more clearly and ideally set you up for whatever is to come for your career in 2022. ...
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A former recruiter's open letter to job seekers
When I started my career in HR, I somehow ended up in recruitment - truly by accidental happenstance. And boy did I learn a lot - about what it was like to be on both ends of the job searching process. I discovered so many things about how unde...
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Why you need to throw out your long term career plans
Planning, visioning and setting goals should be my Capricorn selfs dream, yet they really aren’t. And naturally, the last 18 months have me rethinking, a lot, about what it means to be so focused on goals, career plans and making decisions base...
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3 signs it's time to break up with your job...
I think it’s time we all get out of the scarcity mindset. You know the one - where you stick through, hang out where you’re not all that excited to be, stay in the job to collect that pay cheque or rack up that experience because we’re told we ...
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16:39
Why you need to be kinder to yourself
I've felt for a long time that the happiest and most successful people amongst us have a gentleness in which they speak to themselves, in which they look at failure and move through adversity. Yet I wonder why so many of us struggle with self-c...
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The realities of workplace trauma for women of colour
As women of colour, our sense of community, belonging and the ability to truly thrive in the workplace is limited immensely by the representation we see, by how many of us are in leadership, how differences are managed and how welcome we are ma...
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Lessons from being a "Covid Hire" - how I got the job and got promoted in the middle of the pandemic
In May 2020, I made the difficult decision to move on from a company I had an incredibly successful run with for nearly 6 years. I left because I was itching to do something new, to challenge and rebrand myself. I decided to not only leave the ...
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Building a personal brand that gets results with Chanéle McFarlane, Certified Career Strategist, TEDx Speaker, Writer and Podcast Host
Today’s conversation is one I’ve been eager to bring to you all. It’s with someone I deeply admire and respect, whose expertise in personal branding is second to none. She’s thoughtful, engaging, genuine and full of practical and insight...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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