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Director, Staff and Executive Committee

Miguel Gonzalez Perez

Tameka Samuels-Jones

Interim-Director (July 2026 - June 2027)

Associate Professor
International Development Studies Program, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies

Campus Building: Kaneff Tower # 815
Campus Address: 74 York Blvd.
Email: migon@yorku.ca
Phone: (416) 736-2100 ext. 55237

Director (July 2024 - present) - on sabbatical

Associate Professor, Law, Governance & Accountability, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies.

Vice-President, Canadian Association for Latin American & Caribbean Studies (CALACS)

Campus Building: Kaneff Tower # 827
Campus Address: 74 York Blvd.
Email: tsjones@yorku.ca
Phone: (416) 736-2100 ext. 55237

Camila Bonifaz

CERLAC Mural by Quijano 1994. Somos la frescura de la tierra.
Toronto-Mexico.

Coordinator
Campus Address: 74 York Blvd.
Email: cbonifaz@yorku.ca
Phone: (416) 736-2100 ext. 55237


Executive Committee

  • Tameka Samuels-Jones (CERLAC Director; ex-officio)
  • Camila Bonifaz (CERLAC coordinator, ex-officio)
  • Jeannie Samuel (faculty member-at-large; returning)
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau (faculty member-at-large; returning)
  • Alejandro Zamora (faculty member-at-large; returning)
  • Danielle Robinson (faculty member-at-large; returning)
  • Tamanisha John (faculty member-at-large; new)
  • Ivan Vargas Roncancio (faculty member-at-large; new)
  • Maria Paula Vidal Valdespino (student representative; new)
  • Clifton Grant (student representative; new)

Sub-committees

CERLAC Student Caucus: Ashley Chintan, Maria Paula Vidal Valvepino, Clifton Grant, Shanique Mothersill, Nordiah Newell

Baptista Events: Tameka Samuels-Jones, Simone Bohn, Danielle Robinson, Ivan Vargas, Jarrod Williams

Membership and Outreach: Harry Smaller, Tameka Samuels-Jones

Awards: Simone Bohn, Antulio Rosales, Tameka Samuels-Jones,

Resource Centre: Danielle Robinson, Simone Bohn, Luis van Isschot, Debbie Ebanks, Jean-Pierre Merchant, David Fernandez,

See our Past Directors