Sydney Piggott is the Director of Strategic Partnerships & Initiatives at Mentor Canada. She is an award-winning social impact leader, researcher, and advocate for gender equity with over a decade of experience designing and scaling inclusive programs across sectors. Prior to joining Mentor Canada, she led high-impact initiatives at Shopify, Elevate, and YWCA Canada, where she focused on youth empowerment, economic inclusion, and community engagement.
Sydney has been a subject matter expert at global forums including the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, Women Deliver, RightsCon, and the Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference for Young Parliamentarians. She is a dedicated mentor and has supported emerging changemakers through programs such as the Youth Policy-Maker’s Hub, Apathy is Boring’s RISE program, and Girls With Impact’s Career Accelerator.
She holds a Master of Global Affairs from the University of Toronto—where she was a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee scholar—and a Bachelor’s in International Development Studies from McGill University. Outside of work, she loves to travel, read memoirs and science fiction books, and go to museums.