Panel Members
Edwin Laryea
Dr. Edwin Laryea is a long-time resident of Kitchener-Waterloo and a former Lecturer at University of Toronto, a former Department Head of Languages at Bluevale Collegiate, former Vice-Principal and Assistant Supervisor/Principal of International Languages for the Waterloo Region District School Board. He holds a PhD in Educational Studies from Brock University, Ontario, Canada.
He is an anti-racist researcher with an extensive background in community research, and a strong belief in social justice and equitable outcomes for all. As former Federal Program Director for the National African Canadian Initiative on Capacity Building and Full Participation of all African Canadians in our Canadian society, under the auspices of the African Canadian Legal Clinic in Toronto, Edwin worked extensively with various African Canadian communities across Canada to promote good policy responses for marginalized groups.
Edwin is a community advocate with several years of community leadership and service. He was a Board member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Center, the Social Planning Council, the Literacy Group, Waterloo Region Museum Board of Governors, the Kitchener-Waterloo Record's Community Editorial Board, the Mayor’s Advisory, and the Kitchener-Waterloo United Way. He also served as President of the Twin Cities Kiwanis Club, and President of the African Canadian Association of Waterloo Region and Area. Presently, he is a Community Representative on the University of Waterloo Ethics Research Board.
He has participated in four elections at the municipal and at the Federal levels. He is fluent in four different languages, English, French, Spanish and Ga. He has three lovely daughters.
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