A ROCK STAR OF THE EDUCATIONAL WORLD: Billan won the Leaders and Legends Award from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in 2016, her talk on The Future of Education at TEDx was highly lauded and later adapted into a workshop for Ontario students and she delivers regular keynotes to the educational sector. She is also the president and CEO of Jobs in Education, a for-profit job board bringing together candidates and employers in the educational world.

FREQUENT SPEAKING AND MEDIA APPEARANCES: Dr. Billan is a contributor for the leadership channel on Forbes.com and has been featured in The Globe and Mail, Thomson Reuters, HR Professional Now,The Canadian Teacher Magazine, Global Citizen Digest, Metro News, Huffington Post, City Life Magazine, and Educon among other publications. She is represented by National Speakers Bureau. This book was based on a TEDX Nova Scotia talk that she delivered called ""Who do you want to be when you grow up?"" that has received 16,000+ views on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch v=NDp8Lv9C1SU)

A STORY FEATURING DIVERSE CHARACTERS: Some of the main characters in the book are people of colour, including the protagonist's mother and teacher, so it highlights diverse ethnicities in a positive, nuanced way. Billan herself is an honouree of the Sikh Centennial Foundation, recognized for making significant contributions to the Sikh community.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCE MATERIALS: A lesson plan, teacher's guide, and parent's guide are all available as free downloads from the author's website. Billan has also published French and Spanish editions of the book.

 

This book was recognised by the Nautilus Book Award.

This book is part of a book series called I Want To Be .

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Page Two Books, Inc. .

Dr. Rumeet Billan is an award-winning, internationally recognized entrepreneur, learning architect and humanitarian. At the age of twenty-five, and again three years later, Rumeet was named one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women's Executive Network. She has been profiled as a Generation Entrepreneur by Forbes. com, and her work has been featured in the Globe and Mail and The Financial Post. Rumeet is the President and Chief Learning Architect of Viewpoint Leadership where she has designed and facilitated programs, courses, and training sessions across industries and sectors. She has delivered several TEDx talks, and her talk on The Future of Education at TEDx in Halifax, Nova Scotia was highly lauded and later adapted into a workshop for Ontario students, titled, Who do you want to be when you grow up? (TM). She provides a platform that encourages youth, women, communities and organizations to envision what could be possible. Rumeet lives in Oakville, Ontario. Michelle Clement is a children's book designer and illustrator. She was a Chronicle Books Children's Design Fellow in 2016, and now works alongside award-winning children's book author and designer Sara Gillingham in her cozy Vancouver home studio.