DOMANIQUE GRANT IS AN IMAGINATION ARCHITECT.
“My dream is to inspire every young person to imagine beyond the limits of their postal code.”
Domanique Grant is an award winning Canadian singer/ songwriter, keynote speaker and a social entrepreneur. Beyond her music, Domanique is the founder of The Imagine Summit, one of Canada's largest mental wellness and professional development summits, aimed at increasing mental health and financial literacy access for emerging creatives, entrepreneurs and underserved youth.
Whether, singing or speaking, Domanique is a thought leader known for inspiring hope, empowerment, imagination and innovation in her audiences. Domanique has opened for Les Brown, one of the Top 5 American speakers in the world and has captivated audiences on stages including for TedxYouth, The United Nations and World Aids Day.
Domanique’s topics that include; education, innovation and sustainability, mental health, women's empowerment, affordable housing and diversity and inclusion.
In response to the global pandemic and the global mental health crisis impacting youth, Domanique founded the Imagine Summit, , presented by RBC and in collaboration with the TIFF Bell Lightbox and the city of Toronto. The Imagine Summit helps equity-deserving entrepreneurs reprogram neurological pathways tied to the fear and trauma that impact their economic sustainability. The Imagine Summit programs global thought leaders in the area of mindfulness, mental health, and creative innovation. In 2023, Domanique shared the stage with keynote speakers; Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Melanie Fiona, Global Head of Education and Lifestyle Vanessa Craft, and more.
My Story
Domanique’s childhood consisted of navigating the socio-political systems of affordable housing, education, and statistics, that tried to define her narrative as a young black girl in Canada. Domanique was told at the age of six that she had a learning disability and would never make it through the education system. Raised by a single parent, in a downtown Toronto housing cooperative, Domanique also had to navigate the realities of growing up, during one of the city's highest periods of gun violence, impacting racialized youth.
Gifted with determination, imagination, a passion for storytelling, and a mother that is a teacher, Domanique learned how to use tenacity, visualization, music, and theatre, to reshape her reality and create new narratives. She graduated high school and university with honors, where she transferred her passions in community development, wellness, and the arts into an honors double major in International Development and Theatre from York University. After being invited to work in Uganda, she would receive her first Humanitarian award at the age of 21, for developing arts-based education and wellness programming, that would help create access for children from underserved communities across Uganda, who did not have access to education.
Simultaneously, Domanique pursued her dream of becoming a singer/ songwriter, where she channeled her adversities into award-winning music and songwriting that she performed for the communities that she worked in.
Today Domanique’s award-winning music has been used to elevate some of the largest global movements of our time. In 2020 her single Till We See The Sun was named “the anthem of our time” by CTV national after, a clip of Domanique performing in the streets of Toronto during the lockdown, went viral, bringing together frontline workers from over 20 countries.
In 2020 Domanique founded Grant Creativity Inc. an award-winning social enterprise that uses entertainment and wellness programming to increase access for equity-seeking communities.
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INITIATIVES
The narrative that we accept influences the world that we see, writing our own story than becomes the key to shaping the belief systems that inform what we think is possible for our lives. In this presentation Domanique teaches audiences how to reprogram neurological pathways tide to fear, anxiety and belief systems, that impact creative, mental health and financial blocks. Using music, award winning group visualization and meditation exercises, this interactive presentation will help audiences create a sustainable vision for themselves, while learning how to transform narratives and use self manageable mental health tools to increase their longeivity.
Womens Empowerment
& Global Development
“A voice of our generation”
- United Nations
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Shanti Uganda | Supporting the reproductive rights of women
In December I had the privilege of travelling back to Uganda to work with an organizations that is building a strong foundation for maternal rights in Uganda. In 2012 I began my journey in Uganda working on development projects with Shanti Uganda. This year shanti Uganda celebrated their 10th anniversary supporting maternal care for mothers across the country.
Domanique speaks at the the United Nations to speak on the importance of Gender Parity and access.