Working Group

In May 2021, we announced the membership of Branksome’s first DEI Working Group. Its mandate is to meet regularly to support the strategic development of DEI initiatives and planning for the school, by bringing perspective to the interpretation of data and developing institutional recommendations, which will be approved by the Principal and the Senior Leadership Team. Dr. Mira Gambhir co-chairs the DEI Working Group, along with Amanda Kennedy, Deputy Principal of Branksome Hall. The group consists of 14 members from across the Branksome community, including 12 employee volunteers, and two alum representatives.

Dr. Mira Gambhir, Head, Research & Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (Lead)
Amanda Kennedy, Deputy Principal (Lead)
Christie DesRoches, Senior & Middle School Mathematics Teacher
Sabba Khokhar, Associate Director, Human Resources
Carolyn Mak, Director, Well-Being & School Counselling
Ashli MacInnis, Director, Admissions
Danielle Ross, Junior School Learning Strategies Teacher
Deann Rousseau, Library Coordinator, Service Learning Coordinator, Slogan and Exchanges Coordinator
Liisa Stephenson, Director, Communications
Jill Strimas, Director, Boarding
Karen Whitaker, Senior & Middle School English Teacher
Monique MILLER’07, Alum representative
Tiffany RAMSUBICK’04, Alum representative

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We wish to acknowledge this land on which Branksome operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work and go to school on this land.

Setting the new standard for girls' education everywhere takes collective action. From all of us.

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