
Meet The Team
Our team members are located across the country and speak over 20 languages.
Management Team Members

Faye Ying
Founder & Executive DirectorFaye respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) Nations.

Carla Caruana
Director of Public EducationDr. Caruana does not reveal her location for safety reasons, but the entire country is legally and morally obliged to respect that Indigenous nations hold sovereignty and title here, and it is long since time for reparations.

Parker Li
Director of ResearchParker respectfully acknowledges that he is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.

Raghu Rajendran
Director of Business Management and Organizational DevelopmentRaghu respectfully acknowledges that he is located on the territory covered by Treaty 1 and that the lands on which we are gathered are part of the traditional territory of the Anishinabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene peoples, and of the homeland of the Métis nation.
Dena Sharafdin
Overseas Canadians Engagement OfficerDena respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the unceded territory of the Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Métis, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

Nina Russell
Compliance OfficerNina respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People.
Gemma Hauser
Youth Engagement OfficerGemma respectively acknowledges that she resides on Treaty 1 territory ,traditional territory of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation.

Anna Petroseniak
Youth Engagement OfficerAnna respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabeg, Huron-Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nations.

Hadya Ashraf
Data AdministratorHadya respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat people. She also acknowledges that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.
Nehal Gupta
Research AssociateNehal respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm Musqueam People.
Maira Malik
Research AssociateMaira respectfully acknowledges that she resides on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territory of the coast Salish peoples–Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations, and is grateful to be able to do so.
Alexia Chambers
Research AssociateAlexia respectfully acknowledges that she lives and works on the traditional and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) People.
Navneet Bhangu
Research AssociateNavneet respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of Coast Salish peoples, specifically the Kwantlen, Katzie, Semiahmoo, and Tsawwassen First Nations.

Hannah Stojicevic
Research AssociateHannah respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) Nations.

Arnold Yung
VolunteerArnold respectfully acknowledges that he is located on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinabewaki, Wendake-Nionwentsïo and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation

Shahnur Haque
Research VolunteerShahnur respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the traditional territories of the Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Métis, and the Mississaugas of the Scugog, Hiawatga, and Alderville First Nation.

May Zhao
VolunteerMay respectfully acknowledges that she is located the territory covered by Treaty 1 and that the lands on which we are gathered are part of the traditional territory of the Anishinabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene peoples, and of the homeland of the Métis nation.

Moriah Bennett
Community Engagement and Research VolunteerI would like to respectfully acknowledge that I am located on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People.