Tania Das Gupta is a Professor in the Department of Equity Studies (also cross-appointed to Sociology) in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University. Her publications and research interests are in the following areas: South Asian diaspora, race and racism, anti-racism, immigration and refugee issues, state policies, and women, work and families….
Uzma Shakir recently joined the City of Toronto, as the Director of Office of Equity, Diversity & Human Rights. She has been a community-based researcher, advocate and an activist. She is the past Executive Director of Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA) and the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO). In the last…
Dr. George Dei is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, and is cross-appointed to the Department of Anthropology at University of Toronto. He served as the first Director of the Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies (CIARS) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)/University of Toronto (1996-2000), and…
Gary Pieters is a school administrator with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) with over 15 years of experience in the educational sector. He served as an elementary school teacher prior to becoming a school administrator. He is currently in his 7th year as an elementary school vice-principal in the TDSB. Gary sees his leadership role…
Debbie Douglas has been the Executive Director of the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants, (OCASI) for the past 10 years. Prior to arriving at OCASI, Ms. Douglas spent over 15 years working in the non-governmental (NGO) sector in direct service organizations as a manager, director and consultant. As a consultant Debbie designed and delivered…
Ceta Ramkhalawansingh is the volunteer President of the Learnxs Foundation, National Chair, The Word on the Street Canada, Honorary President, Grange Community Association and also serves on the board of the Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care. At the University of Toronto, Ceta is a principal’s appointee to the Innis College Council, serves on New…
Alok Mukherjee has been Chair of the Toronto Police Services Board since September 2005. He is the first South Asian to occupy this position. As a Vice President of the Ontario Association of Police Boards and Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Association of Police Boards, Dr. Mukherjee is actively involved in efforts to promote community-based policing…
Angela Robertson has spent her life helping other women. Currently the Director of Equity and Community Engagement at Women’s College Hospital, she has been an active member and leader of the Black and women’s communities, helping implement various programs to help support those in need. As the previous Executive Director of Sistering – A Woman’s…
Martha Kumsa is an Oromo born and raised in Ethiopia. She worked as a journalist in the latter half of the 1970s Ethiopia and was incarcerated without charge or trial for ten years (1980-1989). She was released when Amnesty International, PEN International, and PEN Canada launched a successful campaign on her behalf. Dr. Kumsa teaches in all streams of the social…
Grace-Edward Galabuzi is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, and a member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies, at Ryerson University. He is also a research associate at the Centre for Social Justice in Toronto. He is the author of “Canada’s Economic Apartheid: The Social Exclusion of Racialized Groups in…
