Tanya Hayles is an award-winning creative storyteller using various mediums to evoke emotions, create change, build movements, and color in white spaces.
She is the founder of Black Moms Connection, an online global village of 30,000 and a non-profit providing culturally relevant programs and resources to educate and empower the Black mother and her family.
The work of diversifying motherhood was the reason behind launching the anti-Black racism consulting business Color In White Spaces, changing the conversation of diversity and inclusion and making it real and relatable.
She was the 2019 BMO for Women award recipient for Community & Charitable Giving, the 2020 L’Oreal Woman of Worth honoree, and selected as one of Canada’s Top 25 Women of Influence in 2021.
She has spoken at the Collision Conference, Unilever Canada, RBC, Government of Canada, and Facebook appeared in media such as Today.com, Washington Post, USA Today, The Real, and Associated Press, and written for Teen Vogue, Today’s Parent, HuffPost, and more.
She writes and speaks to 3 core pillars: Black culture (diversity, inclusion, and representation), entrepreneurship, and parenthood. She does this in a way that fans, friends, and followers alike, trust her word because she knows they mean things.
No matter the medium, Tanya brings her fresh brand of authenticity everywhere she goes, using storytelling to change the world.
Speaking Topics -
The ROI of DEI: In this keynote, we create conversations looking at the past, present, and future of your industry and how Anti-Black racism shows up. Infusing pop culture and humor to diffuse an otherwise tense conversation - the mission is to make the conversation real and relatable.
Build a Brand: Online to Offline Success: This keynote will guide you through how to use social media to build a loyal community before building your business, allowing you to perpetually solve a problem and create a cycle and circle of champions.
Diversifying Motherhood: A featured Tedx Talk, this keynote focuses on the unique challenges of Black mothers and representation, inclusion, and diversity in motherhood conversations. An entrepreneurial case study showcasing the power of being the change, seizing a moment, and changing the world.
Be Your Creative Storyteller: An inspirational and motivational talk; this keynote focuses on the world's oldest form of communication - storytelling. From bedtime fables becoming fairy tales or generational recipes - Tanya uses her love of storytelling to share her life journey and inspire others to paint their own.
“Meet Tanya Hayles. A skilled wordsmith. A social influencer to watch. A mutli-talented entrepreneur. An authentic and refreshing force making her mark in the city - and online.”
“Meet Tanya Hayles. A skilled wordsmith. A social influencer to watch. A mutli-talented entrepreneur. An authentic and refreshing force making her mark in the city - and online.”