Members of the Centre for Leadership & Diversity (CLD) include faculty from the Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education (LHAE), OISE and other universities, as well as students, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers.

There are two categories of membership: core and affiliated. Many of the core members are from OISE and include both faculty and students across the Greater Toronto Area. We continue to recruit affiliated members from school systems, other universities, and other education stakeholders and internationally. Core members normally participate in various day-to-day activities of the CLD. 

Current Members

Ann Lopez, Centre for Leadership & Diversity Director.

Ann Lopez

Centre for Leadership & Diversity Director


Co-Director, Centre for Black Studies in Education 
Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education (LHAE)

 

 

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Carol Campbell

Core Faculty (LHAE)

Ruth Childs
Ruth Childs

Core Faculty (LHAE)

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Joe Flessa

Core Faculty (LHAE)

Stephanie Tuters
Stephanie Tuters

Core Faculty (LHAE)

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Coleen Scully-Stewart

Core Faculty (LHAE)

Njoki Wane
Njoki Wane

Core Faculty (SJE)

George J. Sefa Dei
George J. Sefa Dei

Core Faculty (SJE)

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Whitnee Garrett-Walker

Core Faculty (LHAE)

Affiliated Members

  • Nouman Ashraf, University of Toronto Rotman
  • Denise Armstrong, Brock University
  • Lauri Johnson, Boston College 
  • Herveen Singh, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
  • Jackie Button, Vice Principal, Halton District School Board
  • Lawrence DeMaeyer, Professional Learning Advisor, Ontario Principal Council
  • Cynthia Dillard, College of Education, Seattle University
  • Mayamba Sitali, School of Education, Kwame Nkrumah University, Zambia
  • Lucy Effeh Attom, Faculty of Social Sciences Education, University of Education Winneba, Ghana
  • Felix Kwabena Donkor, Department of Geography Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana
  • Tayyibah Roohi, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan 

Graduate Students

  • Yvonne Chan (Coordinator)
  • Fatema Hossain
  • Nia Spooner
  • Eun Gi (Cathy) Kim
  • Shernett Auld (Graduate Assistant, 2022-2025)
  • Lawrence DeMaeyer (Graduate Assistant, 2024-2025)
  • Greg Farrell
  • Parsa Shahid
  • Racheal Kalaba
  • Grace Garlow
  • Entisar Yusuf
  • Correnda Downey
  • Nicole Cummings-Morgan
  • Mingyi Li
  • Jasmine Jackman (Graduate Affiliate)
  • Zainab Zafar (Graduate Affiliate)

Former Directors

Reva Joshee

John Portelli

Jim Ryan