Staff & board of directors
Inter Pares Staff
The staff of Inter Pares comes from many different walks of life but share in common the principles and philosophy underlying the organization. Staff members all have experience in social justice work, in Canada and internationally.
Sarah Blumel
Sarah is part of the fundraising and donor relations team at Inter Pares. Before joining the team, she supported the organizational development of various Quebec-based, grassroots community groups working for social change as a community organizer and popular educator.
David Bruer
David previously managed the Colombia program and now supports the work of Inter Pares in Asia. He has experience in Central America working with Guatemalan refugees and in rural development.
Eric Chaurette
Eric holds a master's degree in environmental studies and has worked for NGOs in community-based conservation in rural regions of Canada and in Latin America. Eric supports the work of the Inter Pares Africa team.
Karen Cocq (on leave)
Karen is part of the Inter Pares Latin America team with specific responsibility for Central America and Mexico. She has worked, traveled and lived in many parts of Latin America, and has devoted many years to social justice activism and political organizing abroad and in Canada.
Kathryn Dingle
Kathryn has a master’s degree in international development. She has worked in the NGO sector in Canada and abroad to promote youth leadership, health education and public engagement. At Inter Pares, she supports the fundraising and donor relations team.
Elaine Edwards
Elaine holds a CMA designation and is the bookkeeper for Inter Pares. Elaine has lived and worked in Barbados, England and Canada.
Nadia Faucher, Program Coordinator
Nadia supports the work of Inter Pares in Latin America and more particularly in Colombia and Peru. She has worked and lived in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. She is also supporting the work of Ottawa-based women's centers offering services to women subjected to sexual violence.
Sandra Le Courtois
Sandra worked for many years in community development with organizations here in Canada and abroad, always making sure to put at the heart of her work women’s human rights. Sandra is supporting Inter Pares’ program in Sudan and our work on women’s rights.
Samantha McGavin, Communications Director
Samantha coordinates Inter Pares' communications and online fundraising. She has also spent many years promoting egalitarian and inclusive communities, with a particular focus on poor people's autonomy, rights, and access to resources.
Rita Morbia, Executive Director
Rita has a background in environmental activism. In addition to being Executive Director, her program responsibilities are in Asia.
Marie José Morrissette
Marie José Morrissette supports Inter Pares' donor relations and fundraising program as well as its general administration. Prior to joining Inter Pares, she held similar positions in other Canadian international cooperation organizations.
Jean Symes
Jean works on Inter Pares' Africa program, as well as policy and program on extractive industries and tax justice. Jean's previous work at Inter Pares includes Program Coordinator, Director of Communications, and development of the Latin America program. Jean's past experience includes human rights monitoring, social policy development, and finance.
Sheila Whyte
Sheila Whyte manages and coordinates Inter Pares' office and administrative functions. Prior to Inter Pares she worked in a number of educational institutions.
Rebecca Wolsak
Rebecca supports the work of Inter Pares in Asia, in particular in relation to Burma. She spent five years living and working on Burma's borders and returned to Canada to work with Inter Pares.
Anne-Marie Zilliacus, Finance Director
Anne-Marie Zilliacus manages Inter Pares' finances. She has a background in journalism as well as accounting and has lived and worked in England and Australia. She is the former editor of "The Canadian Friend," a Canadian Quaker publication.
Inter Pares Board of Directors
Board members are selected on the basis of their history and credibility in social justice activities and sectors in Canada. The role of the board is to support and provide overall governance to the organization. Board members are elected annually at the Inter Pares Annual General Meeting in Ottawa.
Verda Cook has been a researcher and campaigner on social and economic justice issues since 1994.
Amanda Dale is the Executive Director of the Barbra Schlifer Counselling Clinic. She is currently completing her Masters in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford.
Agathe Gaulin is an adult educator and a consultant in community and organizational development from Comox, B.C.
Nathan Gilbert is the Executive Director of the Laidlaw Foundation in Toronto.
Mireille Landry is program coordinator at the Institute in Management and Community Development, University Concordia, Montreal.
Amarkai Laryea is a labour activist and lawyer working with the union Public Service Alliance of Canada, Ottawa.
Tamara Levine, Chair is an adult educator and labour activist in Ottawa.
James Loney is a peace activist and writer living in Toronto.
Shree Mulay is a women's health activist and professor at Memorial University, Newfoundland.
Roxana Ng is a sociologist at the University of Toronto.
Jeannie Samuel is a researcher in Toronto working on public health and human rights issues.
Delyse Sylvester is a fundraising consultant living in Nelson, B.C.
Sari Tudiver is a researcher and policy analyst on women's health issues, Ottawa.
Bill Van Iterson, Treasurer is an advisor on economic development and management issues.
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