Presenters & Speakers
Our roster of speakers features esteemed individuals such as Dr. Wade Nobles and Dr. Wesley Crichlow, alongside other notable professionals. Each speaker contributes a depth of expertise, experience, and enthusiasm, promising a profound and enlightening event for all participants.
Speakers & Presenters
Dr. Amy Gajaria
Dr. Amy Gajaria is an associate scientist in the Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth, & Family Mental Health and a psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). She is also an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Dr. Gajaria completed her postgraduate training in psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Toronto. She has a specific interest in supporting the needs of racialized young people and was a recipient of a Public Psychiatry Fellowship from the American Psychiatric Association.
Dr. Akwatu Khenti
Dr. Akwatu Khenti Ph.D. is the special advisor to the City of Toronto’s Targeted COVID Equity Action Plan and Chair of the Black Scientists’ Task Force on Vaccine Equity. He is an Assistant Professor with the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and there he also serves as Special Advisor on Equity and Inclusion. Among notable affiliations, Dr. Khenti is a Scientist with CAMH where he was also the Director of Transformative Global Health, holds a Ph.D. from York University and served as Deputy Minister for the Province of Ontario Anti-Racism Directorate. As Chair of the Task Force he brings his expertise in anti-Black racism, mental health and the adaptation of mainstream health to Caribbean and African cultures.
Bo Turpin
Executive Director Bo Turpin has been a driving force at Upstream Ottawa Mental Health Community Support since 2000, having spent the majority of that time at the helm of the organization. An active member, and former chair, of the Mental Health Community Support Services table he contributes his expertise to the Ottawa Youth Justice Services Network and the Executive Board of the Ottawa Black Mental Health Coalition. Additionally, Bo represents Upstream at the Champlain Mental Health and Addiction table as well as the Ottawa Health Team and sits on their Health Equity Working Group. As a member of the Black community, he’s passionate about serving the African, Caribbean and Black communities through culturally affirming, anti-racist, strengths-based lenses. In 2021, in partnership with the Center for Addictions and Mental Health, he lead the Ottawa implementation for a Black mental health and substance health initiative titled – Substance Abuse Program for African Canadian Caribbean Youth. Ontario’s first provincially coordinated mental health and substance health program for Black youth aged 12-29.
Chidera Emesobum
Chidera Emesobum is a committed social worker with a strong background in counselling, mental health advocacy, program and community development. With experience across nonprofit and grassroots organizations, she supports individuals and communities through counselling and navigating social systems through culturally responsive approaches. Chidera has facilitated initiatives that address emotional well-being, community empowerment, and access to essential services—particularly for marginalized and underserved populations. Her work is grounded in a deep commitment to personal and community building, collaboration, and improved wellbeing.
Chioma Nwebube, MD Candidate, Class of 2027
Chioma Nwebube is a second-year medical student at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at University of Toronto. Currently, she is a Senior Executive of Community Outreach for the Black Medical Students’ Association, and one of the executives for the iREACH program at the University of Toronto.
Debbie Nicholls
Debbie is a Holistic & Creative Wellness Professional who draws from her cultural, social and spiritual experiences as a way of giving permission to others to freely take up their own space. For almost 25 Debbie has been evolving as a creative and cultivating Movement Medicine as a point of connection with her students, peers and herself.
Debbie had been a professional dancer for 25 years and continues to perform in Dance and/ or Theatre productions locally and internationally. Debbie was the Director of the (TDSB) Toronto District School Board’s Dance Co-op for high-school students for almost a decade.
As a Holistic Practitioner, Debbie is the Founder of For Your Temple a Wellness company that provides unique offerings of Holistic modalities and Sacred self-care/selflove practices. She has a specialization as Women’s Wellness Practitioner and is a Level 2 Breathmaster.
Debbie is the Creatress of AfrikCore; one of her flagship offerings of For Your Temple. AfrikCore is an experience that focuses on movements from the African/ Caribbean Diaspora as a Rehabilitative and Healing modality. AfrikCore allows participants to AWAKEN, ACTIVATE, RELEASE and to tap into the physical, emotional and spiritual potential of their deep core, hips, pelvis and spine; this process is a journey of alchemy! AfrikCore classes are modified for specialized populations (Couples, Seniors, Athletes, Dancers, Feminine focused).
Donna Alexander, MSW, RSW
Donna Alexander is a Social Worker specializing in addiction and mental health. She currently serves on the Clinical Equity & Inclusion Council at the Department of Psychiatry and is also an Adjunct Lecturer at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto.
Previously, she served as the Vice President of the Black Health Alliance and was a member of the Black Experiences in Health Care Initiative at Sinai Health Systems. Donna also consults with organizations on mental health services for their staff and facilitates training for community-based agencies on issues related to concurrent disorders and cultural safety in clinical practice.
Donna holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Toronto. She currently works in a program at the Centre for Addiction & Mental Health, providing treatment and support for Black clients and their families dealing with mental illness and substance dependence.
Eb Amponsah, MSW, RSW
Eb Amponsah, MSW, RSW, is the Program Coordinator for Upstream Amani Services. He has been a dedicated member of Upstream Ottawa for the past 13 years. With a deep passion for working with and mentoring Black youth, Eb is also a committed community leader, actively fostering growth, empowerment, and positive change within the community.
Elry Humphreys
As a registered member of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers, Elry has over twenty years working with youth and program development, while also managing his own business. Since 2018, Elry has worked at Tropicana Community Services and was instrumental in assisting with the development of the SNAP program at the agency. As a Family and Child Worker, he facilitates the Boys groups sessions, while providing support to parents and caregivers.
Evelyn Myrie
Evelyn Myrie is founder, and principal consultant at EMPOWER Strategy Group. She has held numerous leadership positions in government, business, and the non-profit sector with a strong focus on helping organizations translate their mission into action. Evelyn has been an independent businesswoman; served as program director at Status of Women Canada; worked for diversity as the executive director of the Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion and the inaugural director of Peel Newcomer Strategy Group and co-founded the Rev. John C. Holland Awards which recognize Black achievement in Hamilton. She recently organized 25 community consultations for the Hamilton Wentworth School Board’s Safe School panel and authored a Report on Equity Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit for the Office of the Mayor, City of Hamilton.
Evelyn is President of Afro Canadian Caribbean Association, one of the longest serving Black community agencies in Hamilton.
For 15 years Evelyn was an editorial columnist in the Hamilton Spectator where she wrote on current affairs with a strong emphasis on equity and inclusion.
Evelyn also holds certificates in executive leadership from DeGroote School of Business and completed a certificate in Leading Organizational Change from Rotman School of Business.
The community has recognized her accomplishments with several awards for leadership, including Woman of the Year in Public Affairs, the Phenomenal Woman award, and both the Queen Elizabeth II Golden and Diamond Jubilee medals. In 2011, Evelyn was inducted into Hamilton’s prestigious Gallery of Distinction and in 2020 she was named to the inaugural Order of Hamilton. She is also a recipient of the 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women Awards.
Ginelle Skerritt
An executive with over 30 years of leadership experience in the non-profit sector, most notably as the Chief Executive Officer of York Region Children’s Aid Society, Regional Director of UNICEF Ontario, and leadership roles at The Neighbourhood Group, Warden Woods, United Way of Greater Toronto and Tropicana Community Services. She is the owner of AADINKRAFARM, where her work focuses on building a sustainable future where people of African ancestry thrive.
Ms. Skerritt’s passion for equity, advocacy and justice guides her leadership approach, which is focused on creating an environment for success founded on mutual respect and engagement. She combines a community-centred approach that considers the social determinants of health with a strong grounding in equity community development and African-centred leadership values.
Jamila Ninche
Jamila is a Registered Social Worker with AMANI: Mental Health & Substance Use Services for Black Youth, previously known as the Substance Abuse Program for African Canadian & Caribbean Youth and the Youth Justice Assessment Clinic at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
She currently provides culturally specific mental health & substance use counselling services to African, Caribbean & Black justice-involved youth connected to the Toronto Northwest Justice Centre. She also provides assessment support for court ordered, Section 34 assessments for justice-involved youth. Jamila received her Honours Bachelor of Science in Global Health from York University. Following her Undergraduate Degree, Jamila worked in the Public Health field. Jamila then received her Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Toronto, specializing in Health & Mental Health.
Prior to her current employment, Jamila has previous experience in an inpatient Hospital setting, within the Maternal Mental Health, Children & Youth program at Humber River Hospital. As well as the Forensic Early Intervention Service in a partnership program between the Toronto South Detention Centre & CAMH.
Jennifer Cassimy MSW, RSW
Jennifer Cassimy is a registered social worker, mediator and consultant who has extensive experience working with children, youth and families since 1997. She is passionate about empowering people to face and work through life’s challenges. Jennifer believes people are resilient and therefore capable of growth, change and healing.
She uses multiple modalities in her practice including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution Focus Brief Therapy (SFBT), family, motivational and narrative therapies to empower clients to develop strategies to meet their unique goals and bring about positive changes. Jennifer has helped many clients successfully address issues of grief and loss, anxiety, depression, employment issues, family conflict, trauma, relationship concerns and stress. Jennifer enjoys working with clients to help them achieve their identified goals.
Jermaine Robertson, Ph.D
Jermaine Robertson, Ph.D., is Chair of the Department of Psychology at Florida A&M University (FAMU) and a licensed clinical psychologist in Florida. He specializes in working with children and adolescents. Trained in FAMU’s African-centered Community Psychology, Dr. Roberson’s teaching, research, practice, and community work is rooted in African/Black Psychology. Dr. Robertson has worked in rites-of-passage with African men and boys for over two decades.
Josiah Osagie, Psychiatrist
Dr. Osagie is a psychiatrist trained at the University of Toronto, where he also attended medical school and graduated as valedictorian of his class. He currently works as an outpatient psychiatrist at the AMANI program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto where he provides culturally-specific mental health care and services for Black youth. He is committed to nurturing the Black community’s trust in psychiatric treatment services and is also interested in the public dissemination of mental health knowledge. Outside of medicine, Dr. Osagie enjoys tending to gardens and writing poetry.
Julet Allen, MSW, RSW
Julet Allen, MSW, RSW, is a clinical social worker, educator, and mental health advocate dedicated to supporting the emotional wellness of Black individuals and communities. With over two decades of experience in social services, she integrates an Afrocentric, trauma-informed approach into her practice. Julet is a lecturer at Humber Polytechnic and a respected facilitator known for her warmth, insight, and commitment to community building. Her work focuses on healing justice, resilience, and providing culturally safe care.
Leo Edwards, PhD, RSW
Leo D. Edwards PhD, RSW is a registered social worker and psychotherapist with over 15
years of experience in mental health, equity, and social justice. He holds a PhD in Social Justice
Education and specializes in culturally responsive care for Black communities. Leo serves in a
senior leadership role at one of Canada’s largest mental health hospitals and is the founder of
Capability First. His work bridges clinical practice, education, and advocacy to support healing
and systemic change.
Lesley Waldron
Lesley Waldron started her journey in dance from the tender age of five. Her passion for dance expanded when she joined the West African Dance Group Sankofa in 1993 in Toronto, a group that strived in community building and education through traditional dances from Ghana West Africa. In the language Twi Sankofa meaning “go back and retrieve” is exactly what Lesley did.
Lesley travelled to Ghana to further her professional education and knowledge in West African dance gained a “Bachelor of Fine Arts” degree with a specialization in African Dance and Theatre Arts, with a focus on community development.
Her love for dance has grown over the past 35 years. She is trained in various dance forms which include Modern, Caribbean Folk and African Dance.
As an artist, her goal is to combine the different art forms of theatre, dance, music and production to create a setting whereby she is able to educate young minds and create a foundation for artists to learn and elevate themselves. “I recognize the importance of having a foundation whereby young people are able to express themselves in a positive way. For this purpose my aim is to give back to the community in which I come from”.
Today Lesley is not only a dancer, she is also an active person in the community. She has also been involved with various organizations that reflect her commitment to the arts community.
Some of the various initiatives include performing with Ghana’s top dance company the Ghana Dance Ensemble, along with artistic presentations for Adinkra Farm, TAIBU and CAFCAN to name a few.
Lesley, is the former president of the Diverse Youth Advisory Council funded by Toronto Youth Challenge Fund; and Lead Dancer of the Sankofa Drum and Dance Ensemble based in Canada specializing in traditional West African dances from Ghana
Lesley Waldron continues to use her art to make a difference and give back to her community.
Louise Nalugya
Louise Nalugya is a Youth Mental Health and Addictions Social Worker with a background in social work and mental health. She holds a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), a Special High Skills Major in Health, and brings valuable experience from her work in child protection services.
Louise will be speaking about the Self-Determination Workbook and how it is being used to support Connections: A Safe Space for Black Youth—a program designed to empower and uplift youth through culturally relevant and affirming practices.
Passionate about creating inclusive, supportive environments for young people, Louise blends professional expertise with community-centered care. When she’s not working, she enjoys traveling and outdoor adventures
Nadine Manroe-Wakerell
Nadine Manroe-Wakerell is a healthcare leader with a passion for building health care capacity, and over 20 years of experience providing leadership. Nadine is also an advocate in strategically bridging the gap in health care and the social services for the marginalized. Health care human resources remain at a critical juncture in maintaining the health care systems provisions needed for functioning. We need a psychologically and mentally healthy community to develop our future productive leaders. Empowering youth and underrepresented populations of women and other groups is a passion of Nadine’s as a measure to optimize the possibilities for the growth of our community, while improving quality of life. Nadine serves on several boards , and speaks locally , regionally and internationally regarding capacity building in workforces, leadership and empowerment, to catalyze the growth of a healthy sustainable productive future.
Nadine is a nurse with an (Hons) BA in Developmental Psychology from the University of Windsor, a MA in Leadership from the University of Guelph and graduate of Leadership Windsor -Essex and a member of the Canadian College of Health Leaders.
Nanyamjah Williams
Nanyamjah Williams, is a multifaceted go-getter from Scarborough, who is working at developing and honing creative expression. With a keen eye for recognizing beauty and a drive to capture raw emotions, she brings depth and authenticity to every project she undertakes. Beyond her creative work, Nanyamjah is dedicated to community advocacy, prioritizing Black-led non-profits and agencies that champion intersectionality, anti-oppression, and the fight against anti-Black racism. By way of counselling, case management, program development and facilitation, Nanyamjah’s work emphasizes the wellbeing and needs of young people and families in the community. Through her artistic expression and practice, she not only reflects the charm and complexity of those she engages with, but also amplifies their voices, creating a lasting impact while providing holistic and wrap-around support for folks engaged in social services.
Nicole Brooks
In the performing arts world, Nicole Brooks is beyond a triple-threat. Her extensive accomplishments include: filmmaker, director, performer, singer, playwright, composer, curator, teacher and ‘art-ivist’. Brooks has devoted over 20 years producing innovative content (for the stage and screen), with a focus on narratives that illuminate the peoples of the African Diaspora. In 2012, Brooks officially added playwright to her list of talents. Her debut theatrical work Obeah Opera – which she created, wrote, composed and performs in – has been staged in various incarnations from festivals to staged workshop productions in Toronto between 2009 and 2014. Honoured with a Dora nomination for Outstanding New Opera/Musical in 2012 and with continued development thereafter, an updated version of Obeah Opera premiered in August 2015, as a prestigious commission from the cultural arm of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games. Its final incarnation mounted in June 2019 as part of the critically acclaimed roaster of the Luminato Festival in Toronto supported by the prestigious Canada 150 grant and National Creation Fund and was honoured with two additional DORA nominations in 2020 for Outstanding Choreography and Outstanding Feature Performance. Most recently Obeah Opera was an official Festival Selection of the prestigious National Alliance of Musical Theatre Festival of New Musicals late 2020.
Nicole Osbourne James
Nicole Osbourne James is a freethinker, activist, speaker, runner, joker, hustler and mama. In her work as a producer and comedian, Nicole is committed to elevating opportunities for laughter and fun through dance and connection. Her popular Hustle and Humour workshops help to bring people and communities together, one funky step at a time.
Quammie Williams
Rudi Quammie Williams is a mentor to youth, community businesses, organizations and individuals. He is currently a volunteer at Ujima Fathering Centres, an organization dedicated to supporting African Canadian men in their journeys to being committed and involved in the lives of their children. He is a business consultant and facilitator of discussions on Equity and Inclusion and countering anti-Black racism with a passion for community development, entrepreneurship and small business. Quammie has a long history of service to the public through his work at the provincial and municipal levels of government and in a number of communities serving organizations. He is skilled in business start-up and dedicated to encouraging strong, qualified and conscious leadership. Quammie specializes in an African-centred approach that encourages healthy organizations free of anti-black racism and other forms of discrimination. In addition to his study of African and Caribbean drumming traditions, Quammie is a graduate of York University’s Hons. Fine Arts and MBA Programs. He uses his knowledge of the cultural arts, business and organizational and community development to facilitate opportunities for community growth, inclusion, countering anti-Black racism, economic development and sustainability.
Rashoun Maynard
Rashoun Maynard is a graduate student studying at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. He is also a research trainee at the Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth, & Family Mental Health at the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health (CAMH) under the supervision of Dr. Amy Gajaria. His interests are in youth mental health and the development of policies and programs aiming to improve mental health service quality and access for youth.
Robert seymour wright, MSW, RSW
Robert Seymour Wright is a Social Worker and Sociologist whose 31 year career has spanned the fields of education, child welfare, forensic mental health, trauma, sexual violence, and cultural competence.
A “clinician/academic/administrator,” he has always integrated his work delivering direct practice clinical service to clients with teaching and supervising interns, and promoting lasting systemic change through social policy advocacy. He also consults, trains, speaks and comments on a wide range of issues. His extensive pro bono work gave birth to The Peoples’ Counselling Clinic, a non-profit mental health clinic. His pioneering work with colleagues in cultural competence and conducting cultural assessments has received national attention.
Ronke Latimore Tapp, Ph.D.
Ronke Latimore Tapp, Ph.D. – Assistant Director of Multiculturalism at the University of Rochester’s University Counseling Center and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Psychiatry Department, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Tapp is Certified in NTU psychotherapy, focusing on African/Black Psychology and therapeutic praxis. In addition, she brings life experience as an adoptive parent, former foster parent, and kinship caregiver.
Sharon L. Bethea, Ph.D
Sharon L. Bethea, Ph.D. is President of the Association of Black Psychologist Inc., Professor in the Department of Counselor Education, and Inner-City Studies, and Coordinator of the African/African American Studies program, at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU). Dr. Bethea is also a co-founding member of the Genocide and Human Rights in Africa and the Diaspora Center (GHRAD) at NEIU, where she continues to spearhead initiatives aimed at promoting social justice and human rights. Grounded in African centered pedagogical theory and philosophy, Dr. Bethea’s work has centered on fostering healing, and well-being within African and African Diasporic communities. Dr Bethea recently coauthored articles about Sawubona Healing circles and the women of the Black Panther Party, highlighting their contributions as divine African/Black Women loving, resisting, disrupting, and liberating. In addition, Dr. Bethea co-edited the book, Black Women’s Liberatory Pedagogies: Resistance, Transformation, and Healing Within and Beyond the Academy. Dr. Bethea’s current scholarship centers on, African centered pedagogy, African/African Diasporic healing systems, Civic Engagement amongst African and African American youth, Genocide and Human Rights and Oakland Freedom Schools. She is also committed to fostering transformative learning experiences, as evidenced by her numerous teaching awards and her facilitation of research and study abroad programs with students and colleagues to Brazil, Egypt, Ghana, and Tanzania. The Association of Black Psychologists sees its mission and destiny as the liberation of the African Mind, empowerment of the African Character, and enlivenment and illumination of the African Spirit.
Sheilon Rogers, Registered Nurse
With over 20 years of experience in mental health nursing, Sheilon has developed expertise in front-line care, team leadership, community outreach and crisis intervention, particularly focused on youth mental health. More recently working at AMANI (formerly SAPACCY), providing specialized care to Black youth and their families, with a strong emphasis on advocacy, mentorship, and support. Sheilon’s work has always been driven by a passion for improving mental health care, access and outcomes, with an intentional focus on holistic support for the Black community.
Tiki Mercury-Clarke
All four energy streams, tethered deep and weaving through the spirit Tiki Mercury-Clarke, showed up in her early childhood: Music as Voice; Words Spoken and Written; Music as Piano; and Knowledge with Clarity for Wisdom and Dissemination. Decade by decade each fluid power responded to whatever changes time demanded of it: perhaps widening and deepening; sometimes sudden, extensive growth; or it may be a time of rest and reflection with that particular stream becoming a pond—temporary, still, waiting for its next active phase. Yet, whatever activity state was necessary, all four emanations were always present and accounted-for.
Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Tiki had the privilege of spending her first six years within a filled-to-the-brim, three-generation household headed by her Pan-Afrikan, Marcus Garveyite, maternal grandparents. Her Grampa was a minister of Christianity as well as an Afrikana studies scholar. Being his first grandchild as well as daughter of his only daughter meant Tiki would be the repository of his shared knowledge from birth. Having a positive and extensive course of Africana studies at that young age would prove a safe and effective vaccination against the infection known as white supremacy racism. Tiki would continue to study and voraciously learn on her own.
It’s been more than six decades of performing in public for Tiki; five and a half professionally. She regularly appeared on stage, radio, TV, and screen with the top R’n’B, Soul, Pop, then jazz musicians of the day; band touring around Canada and the U.S. As a solo artist she worked in Asia at elite hotels. Additionally, she excelled at both legal and administrative secretarial work; freelance editing; writing consultancy; Afrikan Traditional Spiritual Sciences; Africentric music therapy; and more.
Tiki developed an artistic fusion of her energy streams she termed musical documentary storytelling. Each presentation is highly nuanced, deeply researched, and Afrikan-centred. They utilize singing, piano playing, and storytelling as vehicles for knowledge transmission. These original presentations are a perfect blend of entertainment and education, marketable either way: Toronto. Black Then.; Lift Every Voice & Sing! The Roots of Gospel Music; Wine, Women & Song; The Reading Train; Yurugu!; Impetus for Imhotep; The Spirit in Resistance.
Wesley Crichlow, PhD
Dr. Wesley Crichlow is an African Canadian Critical Race Intersectional Queer Theorist whose work critically connects Theories of Anti-Black Racism and Decoloniality as the signature praxis and framing of his research, teaching and service. His work aims to provide measures to alleviate anti-Black racism, heterocisnormativity, transmisogyny, structural, and systemic inequalities. He teaches at Ontario Tech University (2003-present) within the youth and criminal justice discipline with over 25 years of Critical Race Theory Intersectional methodological approaches to university community mobilization and development.
Yvette Blackburn, Educator, Advocate, Public Speaker
Through her extensive work in Education, Race Relations, Social Justice, Politics, and Labour Relations, Ms. Blackburn has made her mark as an astute leader, outstanding educator, strong political advocate, and effective community activism. Yvette has sound knowledge and application in strategic organizational change, Anti-Racism and Oppression, ABR, Equity, Mental health and well-being, and Education. A very forward thinking individual who does not sit in indifference when wrongs are being committed. Even in the face of adversity, she champions the rights of citizens, believes in the principles of fairness, and the public voice.
Yvette Blackburn, is an educator, advocate, public speaker, and much sought after diversity consultant in education, criminal justice and government settings. Yvette is a trained facilitator and subject matter expert on Anti-racism with specific emphasis on Anti-Black Racism, EDI, and oppression. She has facilitated and managed multiple projects, including Risk in Non-Profit Organizations, leading Boards effectively and strategically. Her focus on counseling and mediation involves guidance, mental health and well-being promotion, liaison, conflict resolution, interviewing, negotiation skills, advising, investigation, anger management. She possesses certification in Human Rights, Guidance Part 1, 2, Specialist, Equity, Inclusion & Diversity (EDI) Restorative Justice Part 1 & 2, Fair & Impartial Policing (FIP), Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), Differentiated Instruction, Multiple Intelligences, Conflict Resolution 1 & 2, Conflict Management Skills, Strengthening Achievements, Motivation & Responsibility of At-risk/underserved students, Anti-Racism and Oppression, FNMI-Aboriginal and Indigenous Awareness, Microaggressions, Ableism, Attachment Disorder, Labour and Immigration Law, Collective Bargaining & Negotiations, Leading Boards Effectively & Strategically, WHMIS, WHSC level 1 & 2, Suicide Protocol, Creative Strategies for working with ODD (Oppositional Defiance Disorder).