Credentials

RECOGNITION:

• YWCA Women of Distinction Award, 2022
  Community Leadership Category
  
  
• Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) Young Worker Award, 2022
  
  
• Illuminessence Political Leadership Award
  Evelyn Myrie Political Action Category 2018
  
  
• Leadership in Action Award
  Ontario Student Leadership Conference 2018
  
  
• John C Holland Award
  Evelyn Myrie Political Action Category 2017

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Sessional Instructor: INSPIRE 3II3- Intro to Disability Justice, 
  McMaster University, Hamilton SPRING SEMESTER 2022
  
  
• Executive Director JUNE 2021 - ON-GOING, 
  Disability Justice Network of Ontario (DJNO)
  
  
• Co-founder and Senior Organizer SEPTEMBER 2018 – JUNE 2021
  Disability Justice Network of Ontario (DJNO)
  
  
• Senior Program Coordinator, SEPTEMBER 2019 – ON-GOING
  Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion
  
  
• Program Coordinator, APRIL 2018 – AUGUST 2019 
  Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion
  
  
• Outreach Coordinator, APRIL 2017 – 2018
  Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion
  
  
• Consultant, OCTOBER 2016 – 2017
  Hamilton Wentworth District School Board

 

• Community Engagement Liaison, FEBRUARY 2017- APRIL 2018
  City Hall, Hamilton ON
  
  
• Orientation and Transition Assistant, MAY 2015 – DECEMBER 2016
  McMaster University, Hamilton ON
  
  
• Program Coordinator, MAY 2014-AUGUST 2014
  PATH Employment Services, Hamilton ON                        

 

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:

• CUPE 3906 Unit 2 Strike Committee Chair, JUNE 2022- ON GOING
  
  
• Volunteer Contact Organizer, DECEMBER 2018- OCTOBER 2019 
  Matthew Green Hamilton Centre Campaign
  
  
• Co-Campaign Manager, JULY 2018- OCTOBER 2018
  Nrinder Nann Ward 3 Election Campaign
  
  
• Co-President, APRIL 2016- APRIL 2017
  The McMaster Womanists, Hamilton ON
  
  
• President’s Advisory Committee on Building an Inclusive Community (PACBIC) Student Representative, APRIL 2014- APRIL 2017
  McMaster University, Hamilton ON
  
  
• Research Assistant 
  St. Joseph Hospital, Mental Health Department, Hamilton ON, MAY-SEPTEMBER 2014
  
  
• Crisis Support Worker
  Sexual Assault Center of Hamilton (SACHA), Hamilton ON, JANUARY 2014 

GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE

• Council Member, APRIL 2017 – APRIL 2019
  Hamilton Immigration Partnership Council, Hamilton ON.
  
  
• Board Member
  Ontario Public Research Interest Group (OPIRG), DECEMBER 2016- MARCH 2017
  
  
• Ontario Director, NOVEMBER 2014-NOVEMBER 2016
  National Educational Association of Disabled Students, Canada