Our Team

Leadership

Dr. Kwame McKenzie – Chief Executive Officer
Brenda Roche – Director of Research
Jesse Rosenberg – Director of Policy
Judy Noordermeer – Director of Communications and Partnerships
Tina Svensson – Director of Operations

Staff

Abinaya Balasubramaniam – Researcher
Christine L. Sheppard – Researcher
Colleen MacDonald – Communications Officer
Emily Mooney – Project Lead, Community Knowledge Program
Jemal Demeke – Researcher
Maura Eswaradas – Researcher
Mauriene Tolentino – Researcher
Rishika Wadehra – Policy Officer
Sarah Sanford – Researcher
Shannon Elliott – Administrative Assistant, Research
Sophie Baker – Researcher, Thrive Toronto
Yu-Ling (Yuri) Yin – Researcher

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.