Season 4, Episode 4: Eunice Kays Yeboah: Seneca Graduate, Anti-Racism Policy Consultant with the TTC

About Today's Show

In this episode we sit down with Seneca College graduate Eunice Kays Yeboah, whose list of accomplishments since graduation include co-founding both the Canadian Black Policy Network, and the Toronto Black Policy Network.  In her current role as Anti-Racism Policy Consultant with the TTC, Eunice provides key leadership for the integration and application of anti-racism and  an anti-Black racism lens to systems, policies, and practices at the TTC.

Also in this episode, we also talk about:

1.  The importance of challenging narratives that don't align with your own vision of who you are.

2. The role of support networks, and mentors, in helping to bring clarity to the more difficult choices in our life.

3.  The importance of viewing our choices as having a multi-generational impact.

4.  So much more....

More about Today's Guest, Eunice Kays Yeboah

Eunice is the Co-Founder of the Toronto Black Policy Conference and Co-Founder & Executive Director of the Canadian Black Policy Network. She is also the Anti-Racism Policy Consultant at the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).

Eunice is very passionate about confronting anti-Black racism and all forms of racism and discrimination.  In her extended work in government and public policy, she has spent over 5 years in a variety of roles with municipalities and the Province of Ontario. Recognized for outstanding early career success and impactful volunteerism, Eunice was recently selected as part of York University’s Inaugural Top 30 Changemakers Under 30 list and received the inaugural IPAC Toronto Region New Professional Award.

Eunice is an alumna of the Liberal Arts University Transfer program at Seneca College, York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies and University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy.

Important Links and Contact Information:

• For The Canadian Black Policy Network, click here
• For the Toronto Black Policy Conference, click here

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