Please join in welcoming Adam Benn, M.A., M.Ed., CPT, to the role of Manager, Human Rights, Equity & Diversity at the Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Diversity. In this role, Adam will manage education and training, Humber’s compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and will support initiatives to integrate equity, diversity and inclusion throughout the College. Adam will report to the Director, Human Rights, Equity & Diversity.

As a black, queer man, Adam brings his unique lived experience into the work and is an experienced facilitator, educator and manager. He has worked more than ten years with diverse populations, including racialized people, persons who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, queer (LGBT2SQ), and persons with disabilities, in non-profit and community healthcare organizations. Adam has developed and delivered trainings and workshops on equity focused topics through an intersectional lens and his training approach is grounded in critical theory and anti-oppression practice.

Adam holds a Masters of Arts in Conflict Analysis and Management from Royal Roads University and a Masters of Education in Adult Education and Community Development from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.

Kind regards,

Nancy Simms, M.A. ADR
Director, Human Rights, Equity & Diversity