I n t e r v i e w S e r i e s
Highlighting local, powerful black voices in London, ON and the GTA.
Angie AntonioAngie Antonio is a third-year honors neuroscience student at Western University. Having been on the executive team of the Black Student’s Association (@bsawestern) since her first year, Angie has accomplished a myriad of endeavours for the organization and wishes to continue the fight against racial inequalities. Through her advocacy work for Black, racialized, and marginalized groups, she hopes to implement tangible ventures that will hold value, further support students, and transcend her time at the university.
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Gabriel NdayishimiyeGabriel Ndayishimiye was sponsored to study in Canada through the Student Refugee Program at Huron University College in 2016. He is the author of Run, Elvin: The Rising of a Rejected Stone (forthcoming). Currently, he works as the Equity and Diversity Advisor to the President at Huron. In that capacity, he has conducted a series of interviews and surveys to establish areas for urgent and ongoing improvement with regards to campus inclusivity at Huron.
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Jason "Burt" BurtJason Burt is a Human Rights and Equity Lead Administrator at the Avon Maitland District School Board. He is committed to ensuring equity, anti-racist, and anti-oppression education and inclusivity permeates all aspects of the district’s education, guidelines, programs and procedures. In his new role as the System’s Administrator: Human Rights and Equity Lead Administrator, he will lead the full and ongoing implementation of the responsive AMDBS Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Action Plan 2021-2024 and the Ontario Equity Education Action Plan.
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