Stachen Frederick, EMBA ’21, has been honoured with the Social Change Award: Regional Impact at the 32nd annual RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards, presented by Women of Influence+.
This award celebrates Frederick’s exceptional contributions to social change and her impactful work in the non-profit sector. She joins six other remarkable women entrepreneurs recognized for their achievements and commitment to driving positive change across Canada.
The validation process of this award is quite extensive. RBC, Women of Influence, and Deloitte do their due diligence in ensuring that the people who are recognized are truly excelling in their entrepreneurship journey. To be recognized by them shows to the world that I am a Woman of Influence and an Entrepreneur making change. But, as with all the awards I receive, the award means a lot to me as it gives me yet another platform to amplify the causes I am passionate about, such as youth and women empowerment." —Stachen Frederick, EMBA ’21
Recipient of several other awards including one of Canada’s Top 100 Powerful Women by Women’s Executive Network and Top 10 Women of Worth by L’Oreal Canada, Frederick has over 20 years of experience in the field of community and program development internationally and in Canada.
Frederick is the Founder of BrAIDS for AIDS, a not-for-profit organization to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS in the African, Caribbean, and Black Communities in Canada and internationally through a culturally relevant practice of hair braiding. She was the Executive Director of Weston Frontlines Centre, a youth charity in one of the poorest ridings in Toronto and that was on the verge of closing when she took over as the ED to now a $5-million organization and ranked one of Canada’s Top Youth Engagement Charities.
In October 2024, Frederick became the President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto. She is a Professor at Sheridan College as well as CEO/Founder of a consultancy firm called Lett’s Consult Community that specializes in grant writing, fundraising, business development and strategy particularly for nonprofits and small businesses and with government bodies on developing community development and partnership plans. She has launched an AI software that supports organizations in writing grants.