The CIFAL-York Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) Committee is composed of academics, community and industry professionals to provide advisorship to advance, support and elevate understanding, capacity and the application of diversity, equity & inclusion within the work of the UNITAR CIFAL.
The Committee works to 1. ensure that EDI is central and integrated into the ethos of CIFAL York in partnership with UNITAR and York Region and 2. To advance conversations that arise from the intersections of academia, community and industry for impactful knowledge share, and actionable change towards the UNSDGs.
Committee Members
Idil Boran (Chair)
Associate Professor Philosophy; Associate Director CIFAL York, York University
Julia Satov (Co-Chair and Strategic EDI Advisor)
Global Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Litera
Ali Asgary (ex officio)
Director, CIFAL York, York University
Emily Rowe
Senior Manager, Social Enterprise, Blue Door
Joseph Smith
TDSB Vice Principal
Mathias de Dovitiis
TDSB Trustee, Ward 4, Humber River - Black Creek
Nick J. Mulé
School of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, LA&PS, York University
Lee Truong
Public Health Nurse, Durham Region