Janelle Brady

Janelle is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto in Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). Her work looks at Black mothering experiences in the schooling and education system. Janelle is the co-founder of the Advocate Papers consisting of three progressive local newspapers, the Downsview Advocate, Bathurst Manor Paper, and most recently, the Willowdale Advocate. Janelle has delivered many anti-oppression and anti-racism workshops across the Greater Toronto Area to educators, political staff, social workers and students. She recently received the International Day for the End of Racial Discrimination Award from the University of Toronto due to her work for equity and social justice. In the past three years, Janelle has taught 16 courses at George Brown College in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science.