Our Impact
See how our fellowships shape future leaders and create lasting change.
While UARR has been around for almost 50 years, the Diversity Youth Fellowship has been around since 2015. Since then, we have made a great amount of progress in traction gained, Fellows impacted, and have even been able to create new fellowships that include many more demographics, and have expanded our programs to other provinces in Canada.
Take a look at the timeline below to learn more about the Diversity Youth Fellowship’s humble beginnings, to its extensive impact.
2015
Idea of DYF conceived by Mohammed Hashim and Nora Hindy (board members of Urban Alliance on Race Relations) together with many community leaders.
2019
As a result of the success of the Muslim Youth Fellowship, City Council voted to expand the program to other racialized communities, including the Tamil Youth Fellowship.
2017
The Muslim Youth Fellowship (MYF) was created with approval from Toronto City Council.
2021
Tamil Youth Fellowship and Filipino Youth Fellowship launch their inaugural cohorts.
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Here’s what our past fellows have had to say about their experiences in the Diversity Youth Fellowship.
“The fellowship showed that there are so many ways policies can be developed and implemented especially as racialized folks. I witnessed many racialized folks in leadership capacities which encouraged me to continue pursuing my interests and passions”
“The mentorship helped me immensely - I still keep in contact with my mentor to this day, as he is a Filipino-Canadian lawyer. Having someone with the same values of me in a position of leadership made me feel more comfortable and able to relate to them. It was one of the best things that resulted out of my fellowship and experience.”
“My community project aimed to look at “Let’s Talk About Local Governance” was created to better understand civic engagement and participation among Tamil Youth in Toronto. I developed a survey to help highlight existing barriers and work towards the development of policy recommendations and actions needed to better equip Tamil Youth to navigate local government spaces and issues. This provided me with the opportunity to collaborate with the team and community, develop project management skills, and deepen my understanding of issues that Tamil youth face.”