Meet Our Team

Ganiyat Sadiq

Co-Founder & Co-Executive Officer External

Ganiyat Sadiq is an advocate who aims to establish substantial solutions to address growing political and social inequity.

Recruitment Director

Oluwadamipe Aladesemipe is a Social Work Major and Law and Society minor at the University of Calgary.

Finance & Resource Coordinator

Atiyat Oyegoke is currently fourth year accounting student at the University of Calgary.

Programming Coordinator

Tomide Leshi is a 4th-year environmental science student at the University of Calgary.

Co-Founder & Co-Executive Officer Internal

Keren Harrison is a community leader, social justice activist, and policy advocate with over four years of anti-racism experience.

Programming Director

Demilade Odusola is a fourth-year student at the University of Calgary majoring in Communications and Media Studies and Biological Sciences

Administrative Coordinator

Taslimah Oyeyemi is an Honours BSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology graduate that is passionate about social change.

Programming Coordinator

Abisola Adegbulugbe is a recent graduate of the University of British Columbia, where she
completed an Honours Bachelor of Science in Microbiology.

Marketing Director

Benin Alman is a Sociology and Gender Studies student at Mount Royal University.

Finance & Resource Director

Alexander Gorecki is an experienced Quality Assurance Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the services industry.

Administrative Coordinator

Stephanie Otieno is a fourth year political science and psychology student at the University of Alberta.

Marketing Coordinator

Bisola Anifowose is currently second-year business student at the University of Calgary.

BIA was founded by five Black youths who wanted to make a change within their community.

Ganiyat Sadiq

Keren Harrison

Ornela Thieba

Bohlale Bam

Fayo Abdi