ABOUT SHIRAH

Shirah  is an Online Consulting Firm based in Calgary, Alberta. Since 2017, we have worked to offer professional services to people who want to study, work, and live in Canada. We focus on facilitating student admission processes, IELTS tutorials, settlement, business, and visitor opportunities to Canada.
Over the years, we have garnered a solid track record of multiple successes through our proven records and testimonials. Through our professional experience and training, we deliver accurate and client-focused service to help our clients live their dreams.
Over the years, we have garnered a solid track record of multiple successes through our proven records and testimonials. Through our professional experience and training, we deliver accurate and client-focused service to help our clients live their dreams.

THE BOARD

Shenneile Henry

Shenneile Henry

Advisory Board Member

Shenneile Henry has a passion for working with individuals and organizations to help them unlock their fullest and brightest potential. She is the President of Young Women in Business Calgary, a nonprofit organization that empowers emerging female leaders to define their own success. By day, she works in Commercial Financial Services with the Royal Bank of Canada.

She has held numerous board positions; leading strategic initiatives including serving as Cofounder of an organization whose mandate is to provide Black Professionals with development tools and resources to harness their leadership skills.

Shenneile also served as Vice President of her condominium corporation, and as Board Committee Lead for numerous successful regulatory, compliance, and security litigation cases.

Bukky Wonda

Bukky Wonda

Founder & CEO
Bukky Abaniwonda is the Founder & CEO of Shirah Migration, a licenced immigration consultant, an immigration columnist, DMZ nominee, Business Leader, Filmmaker, and Business mentor. She is the visionary behind Shirah. She cares about helping immigrants thrive and live a good life in Canada. Her experience as an international student turned immigrant business professional propelled her to help thousands achieve the Canadian dream. She founded Shirah in 2018 with the purpose of helping immigrants globally make a smooth transition to Canada. Till date, she has now assisted over 1000 people at different stages of their relocation and settlement process in Canada. She is a strong advocate for immigrants and speaks out concerning various immigration issues across media platforms. To this cause, she has made appearances on National Canadian Television, CTV and writes a column on Immigrant Muse. In 2022, she was among the nominees for DMZ Women of The Year Awards for her innovative and impactful contribution in the Canadian tech space which has helped change and touched the lives of many for good.
Babatunde Lawal

Babatunde Lawal

Advisory Board Member

Babatunde Lawal is a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA, UK) and Chartered Professional Accountants, Ontario (CPA Ontario). He has over 9 years of progressive experience as a professional Accountant/Financial analyst.
He is currently the Regional Associate Manager for a medium-size Public Accounting firm in Calgary, providing strategic directions and implementing actions for the expansion of the firm’s operation in the west coast of Canada.

Babtunde was formerly in a Senior Accountant position for a British Institution in Ikoyi-Lagos from 2015- 2019. Prior to that, he held a senior executive position for a mid-sized Audit firm from 2013- 2015. Also, he served as the Youth President of the Nigerian Red Cross Society, Calabar chapter.

OVER 2000 PEOPLE

Our TEAM

Adepoju Aderayo

Adepoju Aderayo

Marketing Executive / Social Media Manager

Adepoju Aderayo is the Marketing Executive – Social Media at Shirah. As a member of the Digital marketing Team at Shirah, she is involved in content creation, strategy, scheduling and management of all Shirah platforms, she also doubles as team lead for internship programs for students who join the Shirah while they gain work experience.

Aderayo has a first and second degree in agriculture but has solely deviated into the creative world where she has functioned in video production houses,  content strategy teams, directed a couple video productions for comedy and commercial purposes.

 Aderayo enjoys travelling and story telling. 

Sandra Okonkwor

Sandra Okonkwor

IELTS Expert
Sandra has a BA in Linguistics and Languages and an MA in Cultural and Media Studies. She demonstrates a proven ability to create and cultivate a high performance team, with on and offshore resources, that focuses on developing lasting client relationships and loyalty. She has a great customer relationship that promotes retention and ultimately improving custom lifetime values and ensures all customers are successfully using the services they’ve purchased from the company. As Client Success Executive at Shirah, she maintains direct contact with clients, keeps them up to date on their immigration processes from start to finish and serves as a liaison between the clients and the licensed immigration consultant.
Taiwo Ojo

Taiwo Ojo

Accounts Manager
Taiwo is a Chartered Accountant that is accurate and detail oriented, a finance professional that is skilled at managing accounts payable, performing detailed cost analysis, maintaining all accounting records and files, and developing budget estimates. She is a communicator with great analytical skills and excellent teamwork abilities. Taiwo is in charge and takes care of all transactions and accounting tasks at Shirah.
John Agbai Ole

John Agbai Ole

French Language / TEF Canada Instructor

John Agbai Ole is a practical and patient French Language / TEF Canada instructor committed to instilling comprehensive knowledge of French Language and culture in students. John offers competency in TEF Canada preparation in addition to fluency in English Language. Competent in teaching students from basic to higher levels.

Committed French Language instructor with expertise in the language’s grammar and other aspects. Passionate about promoting cultural awareness in students.

Offering over four years of experience instructing and designing curricula for learners. John has extensive experience teaching adults and children in formal settings. Offering professionalism and brilliance to deliver effective learning with exceptional results.

Ayomipo Onamade

Ayomipo Onamade

TEF Canada Instructor

Ayomipo is a graduate of French language and integration studies who has consistently over five years helped francophiles to learn French language and culture, also preparing them for professional & certification exams. Ayomipo is a language and culture enthusiast who understands how the metalinguistic elements of language translate into behavioral patterns, thereby understanding the nitty gritty of French language and passing the knowledge to students in a manner that eases their learning and understanding of the French language. Ayomipo currently exercises  his expertise as a TEF Canada tutor to candidates who consult Shirah Migration for their immigration process to Canada.

Adetutu Salau

Adetutu Salau

Client Services Executive

A highly talented, driven and flexible Graphic Designer / Brand Strategist with a proven record of delivering creative and innovative design solutions. Aliu Kehinde is skilled with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, premier pro and Adobe XD). He is a big picture thinker who likes to connect and find solutions to peoples’ problems through creativity. Proven experience in designing in logistics, Immigration, food, media, housing and creative industries. He understands clients wants, thoughts and ideas and tries to give them his creative expertise.

Aliu Kehinde

Aliu Kehinde

Graphic Designer/ Brand Strategist

A highly talented, driven and flexible Graphic Designer / Brand Strategist with a proven record of delivering creative and innovative design solutions. Aliu Kehinde is skilled with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, premier pro and Adobe XD). He is a big picture thinker who likes to connect and find solutions to peoples’ problems through creativity. Proven experience in designing in logistics, Immigration, food, media, housing and creative industries. He understands clients wants, thoughts and ideas and tries to give them his creative expertise.

What They Are Saying

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