CO-DIRECTOR

Ashley is a Nurse Practitioner student and a Registered Nurse with Vancouver Coastal Health. She also teaches at the BCIT School of Nursing. With a passion for combining her medical expertise and personal experiences, Ashley is committed to creating safe and effective healthcare systems for Black communities.

CO-DIRECTOR

Mahado is a MPH student and works very closely with the Surrey community as Co-director of Solid-State. Hassan’s knowledge of public health, community organizing, and lived experiences as a Black woman raised in Surrey will be integral to this research.

CO-DIRECTOR

Nafiisa is a Registered Nurse with Vancouver Coastal Health. Through personal experiences, Nafiisa finds primary health care to be broken and especially unfair to the Black community. Constantly seeing the result of this, Nafiisa plans to focus her work on alleviating health disparities and promoting health literacy to the Black community.

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Veronika is a policy analyst in the Government of Canada with a Master's in Conflict Studies from Saint Paul’s University/University of Ottawa and a BAH in Political Studies from Queen’s University. Her experience in Health Canada’s COVID-19 Task Force, where she facilitated data integration and stakeholder engagement to ensure accurate and equitable pandemic responses, has inspired her to pursue opportunities to address systemic barriers and promote holistic, culturally driven care for Black communities in Canada.