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Mauriene Tolentino

Researcher
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Mauriene Tolentino (they/them) is a researcher and community organizer based in Scarborough/Williams Treaties. Their research is focused on mental health, public health policy, and access to health among racialized, migrant, and/or LGBTQ2S+ communities.

Mauriene holds a Master of Public Health from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health with a specialization in Women and Gender Studies and Public Health Policy. Prior to joining Wellesley Institute, they led and worked on programming, research, and policy analyses supporting access to rights and health for migrant and undocumented people, racialized Scarborough residents, and LGBTQ2S+ communities in Tkaronto.

Recently Published by Mauriene

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.