Melissa Sariffodeen
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Summary[edit]
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Melissa (Crnic) Sariffodeen is a Co-Founder and CEO of Canada Learning Code[1]. She advocates for and provides opportunities for people in Canada to learn computer science skills.
Career[edit]
In 2011, Melissa co-founded Ladies Learning Code[2], now known as Canada Learning Code[3]. Her work has garnered attention from national media outlets like CTV[4], Bloomberg[5], Elle Canada[6] and the Globe & Mail[7], secured financial investment from corporate partners like Google[8], Amazon[9], Shaw Communications[10] and the federal government[11], attracted advisory support from board members such as Tobias Lütke, Justin LaFayette and Boris Wertz[12] and been recognized by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.[13]
In 2013, Melissa also co-founded HackerYou[14], now known as Juno College of Technology.[15]
Melissa represented Canada as a delegate for the G7’s Innovation7[16], was a council member for the federal government’s Economic Strategy Table for Digital Industries[17] and was appointed a member of the Future Skills Council.[18]
Education[edit]
Melissa holds an HBA degree from the Ivey Business School at Western University[19], a Master’s in Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto[20] and is a PhD student.
Honours and Awards[edit]
In 2017, Melissa was recognized with the Governor General Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case honouring Canadians who advance gender equality[21] as well as RBC Entrepreneur of the Year[22], WXN Top 100 and Canada’s Top 40 Under 40.[23]
In 2019, Melissa was featured in a travelling Ingenium display: Women in STEM that has been exhibited across Canada including in the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Defienbaker Canada Centre and Perimiter Institute[24][25]
In 2022, Melissa was included as one of twelve women globally with a one-of-a-kind Barbie doll made in her likeness.
References[edit]
- ↑ "8 women in Toronto making big moves in the tech scene". Mar 3, 2020.
- ↑ "Coding's not just for boys: Women learn web progamming in Vancouver classes". vancouversun.
- ↑ "Ladies Learning Code evolves to bring coding to more Canadians | IT World Canada News". www.itworldcanada.com. October 31, 2017.
- ↑ "Melissa Sariffodeen on girls learning to code". CTVNews. May 10, 2019.
- ↑ "Digital literacy should start as early as kindergarten: Canada Learning Code CEO". December 29, 2021 – via www.bnnbloomberg.ca.
- ↑ "Meet 9 Canadian women changing the game". Elle Canada.
- ↑ Sariffodeen, Melissa (October 13, 2016). "We need to teach 10 million Canadians to code or we'll get left behind" – via www.theglobeandmail.com.
- ↑ https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/google-launches-grow-with-google-initiative-in-canada-693480321.html
- ↑ "Amazon invests $3 million CAD, partners with Canada Learning Code, Kids Code Jeunesse, TakingITGlobal on computer science education | BetaKit". January 26, 2021.
- ↑ https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/canada-learning-code-and-shaw-communications-team-up-to-deliver-computer-science-education-programs-to-youth-in-western-canada-801413173.html
- ↑ "Canada Learning Code receives $9.4 million from govt's CanCode program | BetaKit". July 15, 2019.
- ↑ Silcoff, Sean (October 6, 2016). "Shopify CEO leads effort to turn Canada into nation of coders" – via www.theglobeandmail.com.
- ↑ "Trudeau joins campaign encouraging youth to study computer science". thestar.com. 2016-12-05. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ↑ O'kane, Josh (May 20, 2014). "Heather Payne: Closing the gender gap in coding" – via www.theglobeandmail.com.
- ↑ "HackerYou accepted to Y Combinator on back of new tuition model | BetaKit". June 4, 2019.
- ↑ "G7/I-7". Digital Transformation Team.
- ↑ Government of Canada, Innovation (March 13, 2019). "Economic Strategy Table - Digital Industries". ised-isde.canada.ca.
- ↑ https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/future-skills/council-membership.html#:~:text=Melissa%20Sariffodeen%20is%20the%20CEO,in%20our%20increasingly%20digital%20world.
- ↑ "Ivey alumni named to Canada's Top 40 Under 40®". Ivey Business School.
- ↑ "Meet OISE student Melissa Sariffodeen, one of Canada's Top 40 under 40". www.oise.utoronto.ca.
- ↑ General, Office of the Secretary to the Governor (October 17, 2017). "Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case". The Governor General of Canada.
- ↑ "RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards – Page 5 of 6 – Women of Influence".
- ↑ "Canada's Top 40 Under 40: The next leaders for 2020 - BNN Bloomberg". BNN. October 29, 2020.
- ↑ "ingenium canada melissa sariffodeen - Google Search". www.google.com.
- ↑ "Travelling Display – Women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics".
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