Meet CSIOP EDI committee members

  • She/Her

    Member and Liaison with the Black Psychology Section

    Founder & President, I/O Advisory Services Inc.

    Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Carleton University

    Helen is a cis-gender woman of Jamaican and Ghanaian descent who has a PhD and is non-disabled, heterosexual, a mom, a wife, and Anglican/Christian.

  • EDI Committee Co-Chair

    Industrial-Organizational Psychology Practitioner

    Founder & CEO, Taylor-Made Strategies 

    Calgary, Alberta

    Aisha is a cis-gender woman of German-, English- and Irish-American settler descent, who has a PhD and is non-disabled, queer/bisexual, and Catholic/Christian.

  • She/Her

    Committee Member

    PhD Student, Saint Mary's University Research Analyst, Pier Labs

    Jocelyn Brown is a cis-gender woman with lived experience as a person with disabilities. She was raised in a community impacted by deindustrialization, with immediate family members heavily involved in labour relations.

  • She/Her

    EDI Committee Member

    Educator & Faculty Coordinator & Faculty, HRM & OB, CNC & UNBC

    Prince George, BC

    Irina is a single mother, a cisgender woman, and a first-generation Canadian of German heritage, who has a non-visible disability. When she's not running her belly dance studio, volunteering, or consulting, Irina is out spending time with her boys.

  • She/Her

    EDI Committee Member, CSIOP Communication Coordinator

    Associate Professor, University of Winnipeg

    Winnipeg, Manitoba

    Sara is a cis-gender woman of Irish-, Scottish-, and French settler descent, who has a PhD, and is non-disabled

  • EDI Committee Member / CSIOP Webmaster

    Ph.D. Student, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, University of Calgary

    Calgary, Alberta

    Alvan is a Canadian citizen of Taiwanese descent (non-Indigenous), currently pursuing a Ph.D. Alvan is a member of the LGBTQ+ community, agnostic, and is no longer disabled.

    • Kemi Anazodo, Faculty

    • Rachel Appiah, Coordinator & Student

    • Elaine Atay, Student

    • Jocelyn Brown, Student

    • Zuraida Dada, Co-Chair & Practitioner

    • Irina Doering, Faculty

    • Samantha Hancock, Faculty

    • Ivona Hideg, Faculty

    • Melanie Grier, Student

    • Sara Murphy, Faculty

    • Helen Ofosu, Practitioner

    • Sandrine Poulin, Student

    • Deboral Powell, Faculty

    • Aisha Taylor, Co-Chair & Practitioner

    • Vincent Wong, Practitioner

    • Alvan Yuan, Student

    • Kemi Anazodo, Faculty

    • Silvia Bonaccio, Faculty

    • Joshua Bourdage, Faculty

    • Ivona Hideg, Working Group Chair & Faculty

    • Jaydum Hunt, Student

    • Janice Lam, Admin & Student

    • Ji-A Min, Practitioner

    • Deboral Powell, Faculty

    • Nouran Sakr, Student

    • Thomas Sasso, Faculty

    • Aisha Taylor, Practitioner

    • Justin Wilson, Faculty

  • She/her

    EDI Committee Co-Chair

    Master's student, Industrial-organizational psychology, University of Guelph

    Toronto, Ontario

    Rachel is a cis-gendered, first-generation Black woman of Ghanaian ancestry

  • She/her

    CSIOP Chair-Elect and EDI Committee MemberCSIOP Chair and EDI Committee Member

    Assistant Professor, York University 

    Toronto, Ontario

    Anja is a cis-gender woman who has a PhD, was born in Serbia, and is non-disabled, heterosexual, and Eastern Orthodox/Christian.

  • EDI Committee Member

    PhD Candidate, Management – Organizational Leadership

    University of Guelph

    Guelph, Ontario

    Zahra is a cisgender, international woman of Iranian background. She is actively engaged in diversity and human rights advocacy.

  • She/Her

    EDI Committee Member

    Doctoral student, Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Montréal

    Montréal, QC, Canada

    Lesly is a cis-gender francophone Black woman, born and raised in Belgium and of Cameroonian descent through both her parents.

  • She/Her

    EDI Committee Member

    ​Senior R&D Analyst,

    SIGMA Assessment Systems

    London, ON​

    Laura is a cis-gender woman of English, Scottish, Irish, German, and Norwegian settler descent with a non-visible disability. She has a PhD, is neurodivergent, bi/ace, and Presbyterian/Christian. She is also a huge geek and loves playing Dungeons and Dragons.

  • She/Her

    EDI Committee Member

    Founder of The Consulting Hub & Doctoral Student at York University

    Toronto, Ontario

    Temporary Lecturer - Employment Law York University

    Natalia is a cisgender woman, a first-generation Canadian of Chilean and Croatian heritage, who is non-disabled, heterosexual, Catholic, and a doctoral student and an LGBTQ+ ally.

  • She/her

    EDI Committee Member

    Professor at the University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Ontario

    Wendi’s research examines the impact of culture on communication, for example what is said and what is not said. She is an active contributor to Indigenous Workways and icEdge.

  • He/him

    EDI Committee Coordinator

    MSc Student at the University of Calgary

    Calgary, Alberta

    Jacob is a cis-gender man of Acadian heritage.

  • She, her

    EDI Committee Member

    PhD candidate, York University

    Toronto, Ontario

    Daniela is a cis-gendered, first-generation graduate school student, and a first-generation immigrant from Macedonia. She is neurodivergent, activist, and spiritual. She speaks English, Macedonian, and Serbo-Croatian fluently, and understands Bulgarian and French.