Forced Marriages Project Advisory Committee Members
Network of Agencies Against Forced Marriages/ Advisory Committee Resource provided courtesy of
SALCO, South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario
Name / Organization / E-mail / Contact / Website/ Service AreaNisrine Maktabi
LGBTQ Settlement Counsellor / Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services / / 416.324.0927 ext. 243 / Access Alliance works to promote health and well-being and improve access to services for immigrants and refugees in Toronto by addressing medical, social, economic and environmental issues.
Shirley Gillett / Agincourt Community Services / / - / -
Vijaya Chikermane
Executive Director / The Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention (ASAAP) / / 416.599.2727 / / The Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention is a community-based, non-profit, charitable organization committed to providing health promotion, support, education and advocacy in a non-discriminatory manner for those who identify as South Asian living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Sondos Ramzy
Community Engagement & External Partnership Coordinator / The Arab Community Centre of Toronto (ACCT) / / 416.231.7746end_of_the_skype_highlighting ext: 239
/ / The Arab Community Centre of Toronto (ACCT) is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious organization that aims to help all newcomers to Canada, especially Arabs, and to provide a friendly place to socialize and reach services and opportunities.
Farrah Khan / Barbara Schlifer Clinic / / 416.323.9149 ext. 243 / The Schlifer Clinic is a counselling, legal, interpretation, information and referral service for women who are survivors of violence.
Gulnar Hossain
Women’s Counsellor / Bloor Information And Life Skills Centre / / 416-531-4613 / A non-profit multi-ethnic agency providing immigrant, settlement programs, woman abuse and pre-seniors programs.
Alia Hogben/ Eman Ahmed / Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) /
/ (613) 382-2847 / CCMW is a national organization with chapters across the country. CCMW believes that Muslim women must develop their Muslim identity while being a part of and making a positive contribution to Canadian society and that they must provide positive role models for Muslim youth.
Rose A. Faddoul
Review Counsel / Community Legal Aid/ University of Windsor / / (519) 253-7150, Ext. 224 / Community Legal Aid (CLA) is one of six student law clinics in Ontario, and is operated by the University of Windsor’s Faculty of Law in conjunction with Legal Aid Ontario.
Anita Khanna / Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA) / / (416) 932-1359
ext. 13 / CASSA is a social justice umbrella organization working with Ontario’s diverse South Asian communities.
Farishta Dinshaw
Jessica Brunino
Placement Student / COSTI / / / (416) 244 7714
ext. 272 / COSTI Immigrant Services is a community-based multicultural agency providing employment, educational, settlement and social services to all immigrant communities, new Canadians and individuals in need of assistance.
Hoori Hamboyan
Advocate / Children's Law and Family Violence Policy Unit, Department of Justice / / (613) 957-1235 /
Myra Levy
Director of Clinical Services
Julia Ghani
Community Outreach Worker/ Community Development / East Metro Youth Services /
/ 416-438-3697
ext. 243
416-438-9419end_of_the_skype_highlighting ext 249 / East Metro Youth Services (EMYS) is a community based children's mental health centre, accredited by Children's Mental Health Ontario, which has been serving young people and their families in the East Toronto community for over thirty years.
Lisa Cirillo
Legal and Project Coordinator / FLEW (Family Law Education for Women)
c/o YWCA Toronto / / 416 961-8101, x.302 /
Alex Young / Foreign Affairs and International Trade / / - / The Consular Affairs Bureau provides information and assistance services to Canadians living and travelling abroad.
Henna Khwaja/
Arohani Dahri / India Rainbow Community Services of Peel /
/ 905 275 2369 / India Rainbow Community Services of Peel is a non-profit, charitable, community based organization.
Emily Chan
Staff Lawyer / Community Development / Justice for Children and Youth / / 416-920-1633, x.223 / Justice for Children and Youth provides select legal representation to low-income children and youth in Toronto and vicinity.
Penny Krowitz
Executive Director / JWIC...Ending Violence Against Women / / 416.630.9313end_of_the_skype_highlighting / JWIC is committed to identifying, educating and advocating on issues that affect women and children.
Zahra Dhanani
Legal Director / METRAC (Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children) / / 416-392-3148 / Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC) is a not-for-profit, community-based organization that works to prevent and end violence against diverse women, youth, and children.
Dahlia Saibil
Senior Policy/Program Analyst / Domestic Violence Initiatives / Ministry of the Attorney General /
Ontario Victim Services Secretariat / / (416) 212-1081 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting/ (416) 212-1081end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Lisa Wyndels
Staff Lawyer / Neighbourhood Legal Services / / 416- 861-0677 / (Legal Aid Clinic)
SylviaSrivastava
Settlement Coordinator
Shireen Abbasi
Settlement Counsellor / Newcomer Centre of Peel /
/ (905) 306-0577 Ext. 244 / Newcomer Centre of Peel Centre is committed to our client’s success in becoming a fully engaged and integrated member of the Peel community. We do this by providing high quality, innovative and relevant educational programs and related services.
Maya Roy
Executive Director / Newcomer Women’s Centre / / 416-469-0196 / Newcomer Women's Services Toronto (NEW) is a non-profit settlement organization that assists newcomer women to develop the language, employment- related skills and cultural understanding they need for their successful integration into Canadian society.
Paulina Maciulis
Manager, Sectoral Professional Development / OCASI (Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants) / / 416-322-4950x 225 / OCASI acts as a collective voice for immigrant-serving agencies and to coordinate response to shared needs and concerns.
Debbie Falconer / Ontario Victims Services Secretariat /
Peggy Gail DeHal-Ramson / Parkdale Community Legal Services (PCLS) / / - / Parkdale Community Legal Services is a community legal clinic located on Queen Street in the west end of Toronto, Canada. We provide free legal advice, assistance and representation to low income residents living in the Parkdale and Swansea area.
Rav Bains / Peel Children’s Aid Society / / - / Peel Children’s Aid works to protect children from abuse and neglect.
Baldev Mutta
Executive Director
Archana Nene
Family Enhancement Counsellor / Punjabi Community Health Services /
/ 905-790-0808 ext 222 / Peel Region. Works primarily with the Punjabi community – including, youth, parents, and, elders.
Amra Munawar / Reh’ma Community Services / / 416 510 0880 / REH’MA is a community-based, non-profit, registered charity that serves Muslims from, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe and others in the Greater Toronto Area.
Angie Rupra
Instructor, Social Service Worker - Immigrant and Refugee Program / SenecaCollege, York Campus / / (416) 491-5050, ext. 5334 / A comprehensive polytechnic with degree, diploma and certificate programs. Full and part-time programs are offered on campuses in Toronto and York Region.
Rita Kohli
Executive Director / Sexual Assault/ Rape Crisis Centre of Peel (S.A/R.C.C.P.) / / 905.273.3337 ext. 25 / We are a community-based organization of women working with women who have been affected by sexual violence and other forms of oppression.
Laarni Paras
Volunteer Coordinator, Immigrant and Refugee Women Connecting for Change Program / Springtide Resources Inc. (formerly Education Wife Assault)
/ / Tel: 416-968-3422 ext. 23
/ Resources promotes healthy and equal relationships by engaging diverse communities in shared educational strategies designed to prevent violence against women and the effect it has on children.
Daria Stadnik
Violence Against Women Counsellor / Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office (TNO) / / (416) 421 8997end_of_the_skype_highlightingext. 39 / Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office is a community based multicultural, multi-service agency providing community-based services to residents of ThorncliffePark and surrounding communities.
Priscilla Machedo/ Leila Rezalicin/ Blanca Ines Romero / TAFHCC - The Alternative For Her Community Centre / / / 416-496-9562 / programs and services are particularly designed to increase participation of women and girls, including those who face barriers in access to programs and services due to their cultural traditions which include gender segregation.
Andalee Adamali / Toronto Community Housing Corporation / /
Deborah Vittie
Sergeant (5529)
Domestic Violence Co-ordinator
Constable Jeniffer Sidhu / Toronto Police Service - Community Mobilization Unit / / / (416) 808 7041end_of_the_skype_highlighting /
Catherine Chhina
Community Health Educator / Women’s Health in Women’s Hands / / (416) 263-4889 / Women’s Health In Women’s Hands (WHIWH) Community Health Centre provides Primary Healthcareto Black Women andWomen of Colour from the Caribbean, African, Latin American and South Asian communities in Metropolitan Toronto and surrounding municipalities.
Lois A. Herman
Coordinator WUNRN / Women’s UN Report Network / /
Sunanda Sachdev/ Shamim Tokhy / Kitchener-Waterloo YMCA
Cross Cultural & Immigrant Services / / / (519) 579-9624 / KW YMCA has been a leader in providing newcomers to Canada with the emotional, spiritual and physical support needed to adapt, contribute and prosper in the KW community since 1985.
May El Abdallah
Lawyer / University of Toronto / [email protected]
Tahlee Afzal /
Mehrunnisa Ali
Professor / RyersonUniversity/ CERIS / / (416) 979-5000 ext. 6330 / Research interests include newcomer children, youth and families; parent-teacher relations; and preparation of teachers to work with diverse populations.
Rupaleem Bhuyan
Professor / University of Toronto / / (416) 946-5085 begin_of_the_skype_highlightingend_of_the_skype_highlighting / Dr. Bhuyan's research integrates interpretive policy analysis and community-based participatory action research to address the sociocultural and political context of domestic violence, migration, citizenship and social rights.
Soma Chatterjee
Ph.D. Candidate /
Sabra Desai
Manager Community Partnership Development / Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning / / (416) 675-6622 Ext.4730 /
Olaf Henricson-Bell
Joint Head / Forced Marriage Unit, UK / / + 44 20 7008 8706 /
Sara Hossain
Lawyer/ Advocate
/ Dr. Kamal Hossain and Associates / / 880-2-955 2946; begin_of_the_skype_highlighting
880-2-955 2946end_of_the_skype_highlighting;
956 4954 / (Bangladesh)
Anna Korteweg
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology / University of Toronto / / (416) 946-3647 / Working on a research project on media and policy debates on honour related violence and forced marriages in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and Canada, commissioned by UNRISD.
Mandeep Kaur Mucina
Ph.D. Candidate /
Sugandha Nagpal
Student / YorkUniversity/ United South Asians at York /
Nidhi Punyarthi
Law Student/ SALCO Board Member / OsgoodeHallLawSchool, YorkUniversity /
Azra Rashid
Documentary Film Maker /
Nita Saini
M.A Student (Immigration and Settlement Studies); Graduate Placement with SALCO / RyersonUniversity /
Karlee Sapoznik
Ph. D. Candidate in History, / YorkUniversity, Toronto, Canada / d_of_the_skype_highlighting / (647) 637-6350end_of_the_skype_highlighting / Works on forced marriage issues in relation to modern slavery and law.
Meera Sethi
Project Branding Consultant / Meera Sethi Creative (MISC) / / 416.535.0686 /
Aisha Silim /
Uzma Shakir
Atkinson Economic Justice Fellow / Atkinson Foundation / / -
Kripa Sekhar
Executive Director / South Asian Women’s Centre (SAWC) / / (416) 537-2276 /
Gokce Yurdakul / HumboldtUniversity
Berlin, Germany / / (416) 531-6042 / Working on a research project on media and policy debates on honour related violence and forced marriages in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and Canada, commissioned by UNRISD.
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