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Evneeki Roufail is a community educator passionate about connecting people together with nature and our diverse cultural roots. She has a social work background (MSW), and over 15 years of experience working with well-known social service agencies mainly in Toronto, focusing on food justice; access to healthy food.

Evneeki has led community gardening projects in colonially-called Canada and globally (e.g., Cuba, Costa Rica). She finds that various approaches to engage with nature, especially those that honour Indigenous knowledge and practices, are powerful ways towards healing as well as building community.

Evneeki developed and taught the new 3rd level course Land-Based Social Justice Education in the Community Justice & Social Services program; and has also taught different CSJ courses including Social Justice Seminar.

She is involved in different initiatives such as Biblioterre , a land-based cooperative situated in 700 acres of beautiful, unceded, unsurrendered Algonquin Anishinaabeg lands and waters, in “Alcove, Québec” (a 20 minute drive from Wakefield).

Evneeki is of Egyptian descent (her parents immigrated to Canada), born on the east coast; and she speaks 4 languages (Arabic, Spanish, French, in addition to English, currently learning late-stage Egyptian/ Coptic). You can usually find her taking a walk outside and checking out different plants (and looking them up in her plant app). Evneeki makes a point to learn and experience something daily in the natural world (and to eat good chocolate).

Stanislav is the son of immigrant refugee parents. He has worked front line social work for twenty years in various cities including Montreal, Vancouver, and presently Ottawa, supporting and journeying with those adversely affected by colonization,criminalization and legislated poverty. He has been involved in housing & migrant justice advocacy, and anti poverty and drug user activism throughout his career. He worked as a harm reduction worker and coordinator for over a decade during the peak of the overdose crisis and presently works as an assistant for a city councillor supporting ward residents to navigate a variety of barriers, bureaucratic mazes and crises. Stan aims to bring the voice and knowledge of those in the community who have been traditionally excluded from processes of power in the social work field.

Eva Davis is a First Nations part-time professor at Algonquin College and will be teaching Indigenous Studies beginning in September 2024. Although she is a new CJS faculty member she is also part of the CJS Alumni community. Outside of her role at the college, Eva works at the John Howard Society of Ottawa where she has been since 2017. In her current position, she is the Residential Coordinator for their newest supportive housing program for women. Eva and her team provide permanent safe housing with 24/7 wrap-around support for adult women exiting chronic homelessness, who are living with active addictions and varying complex mental health needs. She has also held previous roles with Correctional Services of Canada and A New Day Youth and Adult services. Her expertise excels in the area of community and program development, leadership, mental health and addiction supports, harm reduction, and Housing First initiatives. She is currently a member of the Ottawa Coalition to End Human Trafficking and a passionate advocate in the housing and homelessness sector. Family is the most important part of her life, and she often travels home with her son to the Treaty 8 territory of Northern BC. Eva looks forward to learning about each of her students and their future career goals.

Ghaida Moussa is a PhD in Social and Political Thought from York University. She has been an educator in university, college, and community settings for over a decade. She works and teaches at the intersections of critical race, gender, sexuality, disability, and mad studies.

Shelley Taylor is a part-time professor with the Police and Public Safety Institute, teaching Gender and Sexuality Studies.

Shelley has been working in health education for over 25 years, both at the community level and with frontline service providers in harm reduction and health care sectors across the country. She is also the founder of Venus Envy (an inclusive and affirming sexual health education business) in both Ottawa and Halifax and a Certified Sexual Health Educator. Shelley has an extensive background in Adult Education and since 2018 has been working with CATIE, Canada’s official knowledge broker for HIV and hepatitis C, as part of the Education and Capacity Building team.

Patricia (or Trish) is a part-time professor in the Community and Justice Services program and has 10 years of experience working in Youth Justice with youth in conflict with the law. She is a graduate of the program, has a BA in Law and is currently completing her MA in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on Adult Education. She has recently been working for the City of Ottawa as an Ontario Works Case Worker and has been working in the program for about 5 years. Patricia is a new mom, loves spending time with family and playing sports or working out and always focuses on her self-care.

Cat is also a full-time professor at Algonquin College, and has taught in the Community and Justice Services program since 2002. She graduated from the very same program after earning a degree from Carleton University, and has worked with youth and women, in group homes and shelters. Prior to teaching, Cat was the coordinator of Canada’s largest sexual health information service through the Canadian Public Health Association, and has volunteered in the community for many years in order to maintain her connections and to give back (facilitating the 24 Hours of Homelessness event, chairing committees, sitting on boards of directors, caring for rescued cats, and as the founding chair of the Community Adult Justice Network of Ottawa). Cat loves to learn and is passionate about getting students excited about learning, especially in her favourite courses about the criminal justice system and mental health.