Founder, 10Fold-HFX

Metropolis: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Nation of origin: Turkiye

Named certainly one of Atlantic Canada’s Most Inspiring Immigrants in 2024, Burcu Kaptan’s journey displays resilience, dedication and a profound dedication to social duty.

Initially from Ankara, Turkiye, she started her Canadian journey in 2002, settling in Halifax, Nova Scotia, whereas eight months pregnant, establishing roots. Similar to the newcomers she helps right now, Kaptan confronted quite a few challenges as a everlasting resident, navigating the unfamiliar territory of a brand new nation with out her established assist techniques as an immigrant lady and mom.

Together with her worldwide expertise and post-graduate research in human sources administration from each Istanbul College and NSCC in Atlantic Canada, she launched into a journey of skilled development intertwined with neighborhood empowerment.

Kaptan’s advocacy extends to figuring out expertise and supporting people to achieve their potential, particularly immigrant girls, and advocating for function fashions in senior management positions. As president of Turkish Society of Nova Scotia, her efforts encourage newcomers to work towards their futures and keep within the Atlantic area and Canada. Her dedication to fostering inclusive communities earned her recognition as a frontrunner dedicated to social impression, range and supporting the Turkish neighborhood. This recognition was additional solidified by her lively involvement in neighborhood aid efforts following the Turkish earthquake, the place she performed a pivotal function in supporting the reunification of affected households.

Moreover, leveraging various platforms, Kaptan has devoted herself to linking totally different generations of immigrants, spanning from kids to worldwide college students, newcomers and rising companies, with Canadian companions all year long. By means of her LinkedIn and Instagram account @KanadaliKadin, she has constructed a neighborhood of over 5,000 girls from Canada and Turkiye, providing steering on navigating the Canadian expertise. She repeatedly works towards gender equality for ladies and accessibility to data for newcomers, fostering real alternatives for integration.

After a 20-year Canadian company profession and public service, Kaptan has launched into yet one more journey as an entrepreneur in digital HR, establishing 10Fold-HFX. Her focus extends past sharing her experience in systemic change and digitizing individuals and tradition applications; she is dedicated to supporting the immigrant neighborhood and dealing on a venture for the mixing of newcomers and constructing a stronger and extra inclusive neighborhood throughout Canada.

Past her skilled endeavours, she stands tall not just for herself but in addition for all immigrant girls throughout Canada who’re redefining success regardless of the limitations they face and striving to achieve their true potential. Furthermore, she serves as a founding govt committee member of the Canadian Turkish Enterprise Council-Girls’s Community, additional supporting her dedication to empowering immigrant girls.

Her journey serves as a testomony to the transformative energy of dedication and neighborhood constructing, embodying the resilience and spirit of immigrants who enrich their environments with various views and experiences they carry to the desk. Kaptan fittingly concludes her neighborhood speeches with the profound reminder that in a neighborhood, there isn’t any “me” or “you,” solely “we,” and collectively, we’re stronger.