Community and Equity Advisory Table (CEAT)

Read our 2022-2023 CEAT Annual Report HERE.

_{To ensure an equitable engagement and co-creation process, Mobilizing Justice formed the CEAT. The CEAT consists of 20 community leaders, advocates, organizers, and front-line service providers who provide guidance for our research and community engagement, while advising on the needs and experiences of impacted communities. Lets shape the future of transport equity research together.}

Facilitator

Chanel Grenaway
_{https://www.chanelgrenaway.com/about}

Members

Candace Thomas
_{Cree Indigenous woman from treaty 8 territory currently residing in treaty 6 lands. I have different areas of lived experience and a full time student in Indigenous Studies commencing fall 2022.}

Darnel Harris
_{Darnel is a planner and community advocate with a decade of experience working at the crossroads of affordable housing, healthy food and practical local e-mobility. As Executive Director of Our Greenway Conservancy, he is a seasoned advocate, speaker and writer and researcher, whose work is advancing equitable micromobility and sustainable communities for all.}

David Brake

_{David Brake is a journalist, academic, activist and father. He was inspired to focus on transit advocacy after living in the UK where daily life without a car is normal then returning to Canada to find alternatives to car use are both under-resourced and culturally marginalized. He runs the Essential Transit Association in St John’s, Newfoundland and is Director of Communications and Advocacy at Transport Action Atlantic.}

Fran Quintero Rawlings
_{Fran is a deeply curious researcher, facilitator, artist and innovator, passionate about working on projects that aim to improve both the human and design experience. Fran is also a co-founder at Method Collective, a boutique foresight and design consultancy, that works with organizations, institutions, and individuals to explore and build collaborative future-focused solutions that support systemic change and collective liberation.}

Gabrielle Peters

_{Gabrielle Peters is a disabled writer, consultant, and policy analyst who wants us to stop trying to preserve the cities that eugenics built and instead focus on making space for the people who have been excluded, isolated and marginalized by their design. Her most famous quote is, “make it accessible or burn it down” which she thinks should be part of government boilerplate, not just printed on t-shirts}.

Guled Arale

_{Guled Arale has been advocate for Scarborough for over a decade. Guled has extensive experience working in government and community groups with a deep understanding of how the system works, leading his activism to tangible results.}

Haiqa Cheema

Janel Simpson
_{Philanthropic, Wise, Dynamic, Empathetic, Resilient and Understanding are just a few words to describe Janel Simpson. Her vision to see equitable changes in community capacity building was made possible when she became involved with events that address diversity issues- bringing families, youth, communities, schools and businesses together.}

Jillian Banfield
_{Jillian Banfield has lived with the many physical and psychosocial impacts of inflammatory arthritis her whole life. Jillian has served on various boards and committees related to active transportation and served as the Bicycle Mayor of Halifax for 3 years. Her ebike has allowed her to keep cycling for transportation and connect with her community. Since 2022, she has co-organized Kidical Mass Halifax, a monthly joyful protest ride that demands safe cycling infrastructure for kids}

Laura Mackenrot
_{Laura Mackenrot, B.Com, CEC, ACC, is a Certified Executive Coach and is the founder of Blind Ambition Coaching Inc, and also supports Plan Institute as their RDSP level 1 webinar facilitator and Disability Planning Helpline Advisor. She is a passionate advocate for people with disabilities and is currently the Co-Chair of the Person’s with Disabilities Advisory Committee for the City of Vancouver and is the Chair of the Translink HandyDART Users Advisory Committee}.

Leslie Taylor
_{Leslie is the Provincial Coordinator for the Nova Scotia Community Transportation Network, and organization focused on ensuring that all Nova Scotian have access to safe affordable and accessibly transportation throughout rural Nova Scotia. She has worked in the field of Community Development for many years and is very passionate about ensuring that people are able to remain in rural areas and still have their needs met, with access to community transportation options being fundamental to that success.}

Lydia Christine Nabunya
_{Lydia has a major in Public Relations and enjoys recreational activities and volunteering. Her goal is to gain more experience working with diverse Communities and getting to know their needs because she is a believer and practitioner of making the world an inclusive and safe space for all people experiencing barriers or discrimination}.

Marvin Macaraig
_{Dr. Marvin Macaraig is as a Health Promoter at a busy community health center in Toronto, working to increase suburban cycling by addressing barriers that prevent residents from living healthier and more active lives. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto (Geography) and has expertise in Active Transportation and Civil Society.}

May Tangthanasup
_{May is an Occupational Therapist who has dedicated over 15 years to advocating for and serving marginalized populations across the globe. Her clinical expertise is seamlessly intertwined with a steadfast commitment to equitable healthcare, justice, and inclusivity, embodying a compassionate, empathetic and inclusive approach in her practice.}

Niko Casuncad
_{Niko is a second-generation Filipino born and raised in Calgary and now calls Toronto home. He is an urban planner and city builder with experience in program management, research and policy, communications, and community engagement in the social impact sector. Niko’s curiosity and empathy drive his use of planning tools and processes to understand and address social and economic issues in equity-deserving communities.}

Pamela Spurvey
_{Pamela Spurvey is the Co-Chair for CEAT and presently works for Alberta Health Services as a Peer Support Worker. She also works for Edmonton Drug Treatment Court as a Recovery Life Skills Coach with the Edmonton Drug Treatment Court. She draws on her professional and personal experience to support the work of CEAT. She believes with the collaboration of lived and living experience voices and professionals the outcomes for all with bring the community together in one voice.}

Roshelle McNeil

Shaquille Bulhi
_{As an emerging BIPOC professional with a passion for inclusive urban design solutions and active transportation options for underserved communities, Shaquille would like to utilize and learn more skills to be in service to all bodies deemed oppressed and the communities they belong to. Learning how to adopt safe programming in urban and rural road networks intrigues Shaquille and sparks their curiosity in multimodal street networks. Shaquille is excited to start his career in planning and apply skills from his prior experiences to implement new strategic policies to the built environment to better the lives of racialized and Indigenous peoples.}

Synthia L.Hemelaar
_{Synthia is a multidisciplinary student graduating from McGill University. She expresses her passion for promoting sustainable development and social equity through her various professional experiences in fields such as urban planning and social entrepreneurship.}