When they returned from Ireland, they both secured co-op work terms with the United Nations (UN) through a partnership between the Goodman School of Business and the United Nations Association in Canada (UNA-Canada).<\/p>\n
\u201cWe tell all our students during orientation it\u2019s up to them to make the most of their experience with us,\u201d said Goodman Dean Barry Wright. \u201cZade and Hamza not only added impressive skills and experiences to the resum\u00e9, but they have also become thoughtful, socially responsible leaders that are tremendous ambassadors for our School.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Zade Pasha during a tour of the United Nations Headquarters in New York.<\/p><\/div>\n
However, it was a lesson in Wright\u2019s leadership class that inspired the twins on their own leadership journey.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lesson Dean Wright taught was one of empathetic leadership \u2014 that leaders go first,\u201d Hamza said. \u201cThat lesson has always stuck with us and inspired us to always take the leap of faith and to always inspire those around us.\u201d<\/p>\n
The brothers took the global perspective they gained through their time at DCU and their experience as immigrants to Canada from Pakistan into their UN co-op terms. Due to Government of Canada travel restrictions, both co-op terms were completed virtually. They considered the chance to work at the UN as a dream come true.<\/p>\n
Zade\u2019s UN co-op term saw him work as a Junior Consultant for UN Habitat out of their global headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, on their flagship Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Cities program.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe worked to help cities become safer, more inclusive, resilient and sustainable and created what essentially became a global information network of best sustainability practices,\u201d Zade said.<\/p>\n
For Hamza\u2019s UN co-op position, he joined the International Organization of Migration based out of Romania as a Junior Consultant working as a data analyst and research assistant at the beginning of Russia-Ukrainian war. At the time, Romania had a million people come into the country in the span of 30 days and his team was making recommendations to the EU, Ukrainian and Romanian governments on what to do with the influx of refugees.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we got to do was work with the data and really take something that at one point was numbers and communicate it in a way that has a tangible impact on the lives of people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
When the restrictions lifted, the Pashas were able to visit the office in Romania as well as the UN headquarters in New York.<\/p>\n
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Hamza Pasha looks at the gates of the UN International Organization of Migration in Romania.<\/p><\/div>\n
The next step on the brothers\u2019 journey is to continue their studies in a post-graduate computer science program at the University of British Columbia.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been interested in entrepreneurship for so long, and at a certain point technology and entrepreneurship become kind of synonymous,\u201d Zade said.<\/p>\n
When Hamza reflects on the decision to choose Brock, he compared Goodman to a high-growth start-up rather than a company that\u2019s been established for hundreds of years.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you a product of your environment? Or is your environment a product of you,\u201d he said. \u201cAt Goodman, your experience can shape and help pave the paths for others and I wanted my environment to be a product of me, to do things and make an impact beyond the scope of the classes I took.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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