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.
Raghu Rajendran
Organizational Development ManagerI would like to respectfully acknowledge that I am located on the territory covered by Treaty 1, the traditional territory of the Anishinabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene peoples, and the homeland of the Métis nation.
Joseph Ong
Project Manager, Digital Products and ServicesJoseph respectfully acknowledges that he is located on the traditional territories Haudenosaunee and Anishnaabeg peoples.
Leo Lam
Project Manager, Operations & ComplianceWe acknowledge we are gathered on Treaty 1 Territory and that Manitoba is located on the Treaty Territories and ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Anishininewuk, Dakota Oyate, Denesuline and Nehethowuk Nations. We acknowledge Manitoba is located on the Homeland of the Red River Métis.
Vicky Huang
Project ManagerVicky respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the traditional territories of the Tsawwassen, Musqueam and other Coast Salish peoples.
Gemma Hauser
Participant Success Manager, Social MediaGemma 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.
Harriet Chiu
Participant Success Manager, Social MediaWe acknowledge we are gathered on Treaty 1 Territory and that Manitoba is located on the Treaty Territories and ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Anishininewuk, Dakota Oyate, Denesuline and Nehethowuk Nations. We acknowledge Manitoba is located on the Homeland of the Red River Métis.
May Zhao
Immigrants Engagement OfficerMabel respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the territory covered by Treaty 1, the traditional territory of the Anishinabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene peoples, and the homeland of the Métis nation.
Helen Guan
Youth Development CoordinatorHelen respectfully acknowledges that she resides on the unceded traditional territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Zaynah Mohamad
Research AssistantI would like to begin by acknowledging that we are in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq People. This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship” which Mi'kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) people first signed with the British Crown in 1725.
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.
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.
Blair Maddock
Research AssistantI would like to recognize that I am on the traditional territory of the Oromocto First Nations, seized in the Anglo-French war of 1758.