Our Team

Osama Alshantti (he/him)

Executive Director

Osama brings several years of experience in the non-profit sector, where he has worked at the intersection of human rights…

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Amanda Vuong (she/her)

People & Culture Coordinator

Amanda grew up on the East Coast and moved to Ontario to attend Wilfrid Laurier University, where…

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Dorothy Settles (she/her)

Co-Founder

Dorothy’s work focuses on social movements, climate change, and conflict across Turtle Island…

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Isaac Code (he/they)

Editor in Chief

Isaac’s studies focus within continental philosophy to investigate relationships of power through an Existentialist perspective with a specific…

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Light Naing (he/they)

Outreach & Engagement Coordinator

Light is a graduate of the Ivey Business School at Western University. Born and raised in Myanmar, he immigrated…

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Lilly Callender (she/her)

Co-Founder

Lilly graduated from UBC with an International Relations and Economics degree. She grew…

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Managing Editors

Melanie Miles (she/they)

Ayah Mohammad (she/her)

Editors

Emma Webb (she/her)

Alexas Vieira (she/her)

Faroq Mohafez (he/him)

Senior Writers

Jonathan Chan (he/him)

Solomon Johnson (he/him)

Beth Hanley (she/her)

Else Lanjouw (she/her)

Marine Krauzman (she/her)

Staff Writers

Yui Fujiki (she/her)

Natalia Stubbs (she/her)

Ali Lahrech (he/him)

Lukas Mol (he/him)

Homa Azodi (she/her)

Sophie Roth (she/her)

Gustavo Villela (he/him)

Hamza Lawal (he/him)

Akintade Asalu (he/him)

Parneet Virk (she/her)

Babette Okhuysen (she/her)

Reuven Furney (he/him)

Asmi Toor Sogi (she/her)

Puria Pezeshki (he/him)

Social Media & Graphic Designers

A Team of Volunteers, Not a Newsroom

Every person you just read about is a volunteer — balancing school, jobs, and life across the world to make this work happen. No one on this team gets paid to care about underreported stories. Your support helps us give their time the resources it deserves.

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