Research Advisory Committee
The Research Advisory Committee (RAC) is designed to provide the infrastructure that is necessary for ongoing communication, relationship building and collaboration with community partners. The RAC will provide ongoing guidance and leadership to identify and work towards the project’s research, community engagement, and advocacy goals to better understand how immigration and child welfare policies and practices impact immigrant families and how migrant communities respond to intersecting systemic inequities through collective action.
Interested in getting involved with our Research Advisory? Please send us an email at borderingpractices@utoronto.ca
Please find our Terms of Reference here.
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​Apondi Odhiambo: Community Member at Large
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Carla Neto: Women's Habitat
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Cheyenne Ratnam: Ontario Children's Advancement Coalition
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Danette Edwards: Black Legal Action Centre
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Gulay Kavak: York Region Centre for Community Safety
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Harmy Mendoza: WomanACT—Toronto
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Haleema Sahib: Moving Forward Family Services
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Keishia Facey & Ajirioghene Evi-Cobbinah: One Vision One Voice – OACAS
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Liz Okai & Danielle Ungara: Child Welfare Immigration Centre of Excellence
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Mary Birdsell & Sarah Pole: Justice for Children & Youth
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Meena Dhillon: South Asian Legal Clinic of British Columbia
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Omar Chu: Community Member at Large
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Shalini Konanur: South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario
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Terry Smith: Community Member at Large
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Travonne Edwards: Toronto Metropolitan University
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Xeni Pop: British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development
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Zoha Salam: Anti-Racism Directorate, Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism