Kayla Webber

Kayla Webber is a PhD candidate in the Department of Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. She is also a part-time faculty member in the Department of Education at the UTM campus, teaching undergraduate courses and a Senior Advisor for the Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA). Her research and community commitments address housing precarity, Black and Indigenous communities, models of wellness, anti-Black racism, anti-Indigenous racism, Black affirmation,  climate change, gender-based violence, and transformative justice. However, she was born and raised in the Eglinton West Little Jamaica community in Toronto. Webber is an 1834 Fellow alumnus, a Writing Fellow for the Philanthropist Journal, a CHEC-CCRL Emerging Housing Scholar, Bloom 23 Emerging Leader, a Stakeholder for the Anti-Black-Racism Unit Partnership and Accountability Circle, was a Member of Toronto Strong Neighbourhood Strategy Advisory Group. Lastly, Kayla Webber was recently named one of 100 Accomplished Black Women in Canada.