On Tuesday evening, I had the honour of interviewing Celina Cesar-Chavannes. This is the first in a series of conversations the Mayor’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee will be hosting with a wide range of guests speaking. This interview is in honour of Black History Month.
Check it out here: https://fb.watch/3SJ-kKdoG7/
About Celina
Celina Caesar-Chavannes is an equity and inclusion advocate and leadership consultant. She currently serves as the Senior Advisor of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Initiatives and Adjunct Lecturer at Queen’s University.
Celina is a former Member of Parliament representing the Town of Whitby, and served as Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development et la Francophonie.
During her political career, Celina advocated for people suffering with mental illness and was named Champion of Mental Health Parliamentarian Award in May 2017 by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health. That year she was also named on3 of the Global 100 Under 40 Most Influential People of African Descent as well as Black Parliamentarian of the Year.
Before entering politics, she was a successful entrepreneur, launching and growing an award-winning research management consulting firm with a particular focus on neurological conditions.
