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2024 Women of the Year Awards: Diversity and inclusion champion

The winner and runners-up for the Diversity and inclusion champion category of the 2024 Women of the Year Awards

By Alyssa Hirose /

Anthonia Ogundele

Winner
Anthonia Ogundele
Founder and executive director, Ethọ́s Lab

Yasmin Abraham

Runner-up
Yasmin Abraham
President, Kambo Energy Group

Jennifer Smith

Runner-up
Jennifer Smith
President and CEO, Everything Podcasts

Alyssa Hirose

Alyssa Hirose

Alyssa Hirose is a Vancouver-based writer, editor, illustrator and comic artist. Her work has been featured in Vancouver magazine, Western Living, BCBusiness, Avenue, Serviette, Geist, BCLiving, Nuvo, Montecristo, The Georgia Straight and more. Her beats are food, travel, arts and culture, style, interior design and anything dog-related. She publishes a daily autobiographical comic on Instagram at @hialyssacomics.