by CCGSD | Apr 23, 2024 | ED Blog, News, Updates
A message from Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah Dear supporters, partners, and friends, After four years as the Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity, I will be moving on from my role as of May 31st, 2024. This news is bittersweet for many...
by CCGSD | Aug 24, 2021 | ED Blog
We Still Demand: Fifty Years Later – A Guest Blog Series with Dr. Patrizia Gentile (PART 1) It’s Pride month in Ottawa! Do you know why Ottawa actually celebrates pride in August instead of June? It’s not because Ottawa is always late to the party…it ties to a...
by CCGSD | Apr 6, 2021 | ED Blog, News
(Organizational) culture eats strategy for breakfast Debbie’s Executive Blog Post #3 “Culture eats strategy for breakfast”. I think I may have heard that phrase in the past and just buried it in my subconscious. However, the first time I heard...
by CCGSD | Dec 1, 2020 | ED Blog, Get Involved, News, Updates
I can’t believe I am saying this, but one of my favourite parts of my new role as Executive Director has been the finance and accounting side. Yes, me….the girl who was a high school honour roll student with C’s in just math. The same girl who repeated Introduction to...
by CCGSD | Oct 1, 2020 | ED Blog, News
[image source: Hattie Redmond Women & Gender Center] Three months ago, I started this new adventure as the Executive Director at the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD). As a Black queer woman and feminist, and someone who truly values the...
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