Please join in welcoming Shani Ocquaye, BSocSc, JD, to the role of Junior Project Manager for the Healthy & Inclusive Campus and the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Programs. In this role, Shani will be working alongside the Humber Community to advance Pillar 3 in the 2018-2023 Strategic Plan. Shani will report to the Director, Human Rights, Equity & Diversity and the Dean of Students.

Shani is an advocate who is passionate about community-based organizing, empowering marginalized communities and working with youth. She strives to incorporate critical race theory and anti-oppression principles into her day-to-day work. Shani holds a joint Honours degree in criminology and women's studies from the University of Ottawa and a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. Shani previously worked at the Office of the Children's Lawyer, an independent government law office, where she provided legal representation to youth in the areas of child welfare and family law, before working as a family lawyer for a boutique firm. In her most recent role, Shani worked as a program and project manager for a non-profit organization, where she managed the organization’s human rights and equity programming for law schools across Canada and redesigned their empathy training to be delivered to law students and justice sector professionals.

Kind regards,

Ian Crookshank, Dean of Students
Nancy Simms, Director, Human Rights, Equity & Diversity