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Tracelyn Cornelius

rebsl — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 20:18:34 +0000

Tracelyn Cornelius is a doctoral candidate in the Sustainability Management program and a graduate of the Master of Environment and Business (MEB) program at the University of Waterloo. Her research primarily focuses on knowledge mobilization and issues related to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). Tracelyn's scholarly contributions involve the development of evidence-based frameworks for assessing knowledge mobilization and the formulation of processes that integrate EDI accountability within knowledge mobilization initiatives. Beyond her academic pursuits, Tracelyn serves as a Special Lecturer of Black Studies at the University of Waterloo. She also holds a part-time position as a Professor at Conestoga College, where she teaches courses such as sustainability operations, sustainability management, sustainable business plan, change management and facilitation, sustainable leadership, and supervisory and leadership practices. With over two decades of professional experience in Communications, Tracelyn is also the Director of Inclusive Communications in University Relations at the University of Waterloo. Her multidimensional engagement in academia, coupled with her professional expertise, underscores her commitment to bridging theoretical and practical aspects of sustainability and inclusive communications. Notably, Tracelyn's contributions have been recognized through her nomination for the Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Woman of the Year Professional over 40 award, a testament to her impactful presence and achievements in her field.

Rosemary Sadlier, OOnt

rebsl — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:57:10 +0000

Rosemary Sadlier OOnt (Order of Ontario) is a social justice advocate, researcher, writer, consultant, and, international speaker on Black History, anti-racism and women’s issues. She is the past President, serving for 22 years as the unpaid leader of the Ontario Black History Society – the only Provincial Heritage Organization in Canada with a focus on Black History. An advocate, building on the work of Dr. Dan Hill and others, she initiated and was the driving force of the secured commemoration of February as Black History Month at all levels of government achieving a national Declaration in Dec, 1995; consequently, she was the only non-elected leader invited to address the first national BHM celebration in Ottawa in February 1996. She secured August 1st as Emancipation Day municipally in 1994 and provincially in 2008 with a national declaration passed in March 2021 making this a national commemoration in Canada. She saw to the creation of the national day for the Hon. Lincoln Alexander. She gave deputations to the UN Rapporteur on Race Relations, the Federal and Provincial Governments and provided consultative work with the Royal Ontario Museum, the CMHR, The Ward Heritage Interpretative Group, the Bi-National �첥��Ƶ of the Underground Railroad and heritage conferences.

Her work on committees includes the final selection committee of the national Mathieu Da Costa Challenge for Canadian Heritage for 10 years (until the end of the initiative) and 2 terms with the Canada Post Stamp Advisory Committee. An educator, she has developed or contributed to African Canadian curriculum, inter/national exhibits and publications. She is a Fellow of the Ontario Teachers Federation. She was an appointed member of regulatory committees with the College of Early Childhood Educators and is now with the Ontario College of Teachers and the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario.

An author, Sadlier has written 7 books on African Canadian history. Combining her love of the arts with Black History, she has been subject expert or appeared in a range of African Canadian/African American films and television productions (eg. Discovery Channel’s Underground Railroad; BLK – an Origin Story and Oscar Peterson: Black & White).

A consultant, she effects diversity, equity and inclusion projects, and, is the Equality Lead for the Americas and the Caribbean with the Royal Commonwealth Society. A governance leader, she was appointed to Rogers Groups of Funds overseeing the financial support of innovative film and television projects.

Selected honors include the Order of Ontario, the Harry Jerome Award and the annual Rosemary Sadlier Freedom Award that was created in her honour and has been presented annually since 2020 on national television in celebration of her work to achieve Emancipation Day. In October 2022, Sadlier was identified as one of the 100 Most Influential Black Canadians by Afroglobal Television and the Transformation Institute. She was selected to be part of a special photo exhibit with the Toronto Archives featuring Women of Influence. In January 2023, she was honoured with the Martin Luther King Jr Community Service Award.

Sadlier is dedicated to social justice and using the frame of Black History, seeks to educate and empower others.

Andrea González

alexall5 — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 01:27:30 +0000

Andrea González is a masters student in the Public and International Affairs program at Glendon

Akolisa Ufodike

rebsl — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 04:02:41 +0000

Akolisa Ufodike is an Associate Professor at �첥��Ƶ, where he teaches auditing, and he also holds an appointment in the graduate program in Public Policy, Administration, and Law, where he teaches public sector finance. He holds adjunct associate professor roles at Toronto Metropolitan University, the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary, and Royal Roads University in Victoria; across these three institutions, he supervises doctoral students.

He is a last Visiting Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury’s School of
Accounting and Information Systems.

His research has been supported by two major SSHRC grants totalling nearly $1 million. His work examines accountability, governance, public sector finance, actor networks, common-pool resources, and public-private partnerships.

Before entering academia, he spent 25 years as a finance executive across telecommunications, banking, oil and gas, utilities, and consumer packaged goods. He is also the founder of the John Ware Institute and has held senior public service leadership roles, including serving as Deputy Minister for two ministries in Alberta—first Trade, and subsequently Immigration—as well as senior corporate leadership positions.

He earned his PhD from the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary and his MBA from the Johnson School of Business at Cornell University. He is a Fellow of Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, a U.S. CPA, and a U.K. Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He is also an ICD.D-certified corporate director. He is a recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal and the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Meda

Keywords: Accountability, common pool resources, EDI, productivity, fiscal resilience, public private partnerships (P3)

Jamie Robinson

rebsl — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 03:33:22 +0000

Jamie is Assistant Professor of Acting and Directing for �첥��Ƶ’s Department of Theatre. He has been a Toronto-based professional artist since 1997 as an actor, director, producer, teacher, and writer. Upcoming, Jamie will be directing the world premiere of 1184 in collaboration with The Aga Khan Museum in spring 2022. Other director credits include: Madness with Rocks (CBC Gem/Obsidian Theatre), Spanish Golden Age Period �첥��Ƶ (George Brown Theatre), Copy That (Tarragon Theatre), Scotian Journey (Black Theatre Workshop), 365 Days/365 Plays (U of T Mississauga), She Stoops to Conquer and Romeo & Juliet (Guild Festival Theatre, also as Artistic Director), and was Obsidian Theatre’s coordinator for their mentor/apprentice program. Select Theatre acting credits include: Four seasons with the Stratford Festival of Canada, Much Ado About Nothing and Measure for Measure (Canadian Stage in High Park), Risky Phil (Young People’s Theatre. Dora Award Winner, Outstanding Performance), Gas Girls (New Harlem Productions. Dora Award Nomination), Title role in Richard III (Metachroma Theatre. META Award nomination), Comedy of Errors (Western Canada Theatre/Theatre Aquarius), Cake and The Rochdale Project (Theatre Passe Muraille), Medea (Mirvish/MTC), Escape From Happiness (Factory Theatre).

His film/TV acting credits include: Hudson & Rex (Rogers), Private Eyes (Global), In Contempt (BET), Falling Water (Universal), Conviction (ABC), The Expanse (SyFy), Saving Hope (CTV), Murdoch Mysteries (Shaftesbury), The Rick Mercer Report (CBC), Celeste in the City (ABC), and a recurring role in Condor (AT&T). Additionally, Jamie has taught acting for the University of Toronto Mississauga, George Brown College and The Armstrong Acting Studio.