Harleen Kaur Panesar (she/her) brings 10+ years of systems change and advocacy experience in the non-profit, academic, and public sectors engaging, influencing, and working constructively within multi-disciplinary/multi-stakeholder environments to advance innovative equity-based research, evaluation, and policy initiatives.

She has had the honour and privilege of supporting many community-driven initiatives that advance the interests and priorities of equity-deserving communities in Ontario. She is trained

and experienced in trauma-informed and harm-reduction approaches that prioritize community wellbeing.

Harleen has also supported organizational governance and strategy execution by building strong relationships grounded in mutual trust and respect in order to advance anti-racism, anti-oppression, reconciliation, and equity-based vision/mandates. She holds an HBA and an MSc Urban Planning both from the University of Toronto.