The following constitutes the Canadian Association for Equality leadership team

Board of Directors

The following Directors were elected at the Annual General Meeting on June 15, 2017

Serving a 2 year term:
Robert Samery (Chair of the Board)
Edward Sullivan (Vice Chair of the Board)
Paulette MacDonald
Denise Fong
David Shackleton
Gayatri Navartnam

Serving a 1 year term:
James Brown
Geoff Stone
Andrew Tramontin
Mark Austerberry
Paul Sandor
Kevin Arriola

Officers
President: James Brown
Secretary: Kevin Arriola
Treasurer: Andrew Tramontin
CEO of CAFE and Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Men and Families: Justin Trottier
Director of Operations and Development: Libby Telford
Ottawa Executive Director: Patrick Wright

Ottawa Governance Board
David Shackleton
John Robson
Jay Kassirer
Jeff Flaro
James Vincent
Meg Reket
Victor Maltby
Eric Verwijs
Jean-Jaques Desgranges
Sanjay Mohanta

Click here to learn about our Advisory Fellows
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CAFE’s national headquarters is in Toronto. CAFE is also active through branches in the following locations:

CAFE Ottawa:
Leader: David Shackleton
Contact ottawa@equalitycanada.com
Phone: 613-518-1065

Canadian Centre for Men and Families – Ottawa
Address – 292 Montreal Rd., Suite 302 Ottawa On K1L 6B7
Website: www.menandfamilies.org/Ottawa
E-mail: ottawa@menandfamilies.org
Phone: 613-518-1065 (office) or toll-free: 833-CCMFOTT (833-226-3688)
Fax –  613-699-9215

CCMF Ottawa Executive Director: Patrick Wright

CAFE Vancouver:
Leader: Phil Johnston
Contact vancouver@equalitycanada.com

CAFE Montreal:
Leaders: Martin Gareau
Contact montreal@equalitycanada.com

CAFE Edmonton:
Leader: Khalil Merali
Contact edmonton@equalitycanada.com

CAFE Calgary:
Leader: Dan McKinnon
Contact calgary@equalitycanada.com

Canadian Centre for Men and Families – Calgary
Website: www.menandfamilies.org/calgary
Contact: calgary@menandfamilies.org
Address: 2804 16th Street SW, Calgary, AB, T2T 4G4 (by appointment only).

CAFE Halifax:
Leader: Mal Maguire
Contact halifax@equalitycanada.com

CAFE Victoria:
Leader: EJ Spurrell
Contact victoria@equalitycanada.com

CAFE London:
Leader: Darren Vernon
Contact: london@equalitycanada.com
Phone: 226-236-5185

CAFE Winnipeg:
Leader: Kurt Berger
Contact: winnipeg@equalitycanada.com

CAFE Ontario SW (Waterloo, Kitchener, Guelph, Hamilton):
Leader: Nicole Walker
Contact: ontariosw@equalitycanada.com
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Canadian Association for Equality Committees

Marketing, Communications and Outreach Committee
Co-Chair: Phil Johnston
Associates: James Russell, Adam McPhee, Jasmela Murati

Outreach Officer: Denise Fong

Multimedia Committee
Chair: Geoff Stone
Associates: Nick Kovats, Max Von Holtzendorff, Sammy Alouba, Adam Zivo, Steve Brule

Research Committee
Co-Chairs: David Shackleton and Paul Sandor
Associates: Egi Troka, Malcolm Johnston, Silvia Medrano, Walid Raine, Kiran Thomas, Max Von Holtzendorff, Haris Chaudry, Veronica Kay

Public Policy and Advocacy Committee
Chair: Robert Samery
Associates: Kevin Spykerman, Edward Sullivan, Rehan Khalil, Grant Dingwall

Technical Committee
Chair: Mark Austerberry
Associates: Iain Dwyer, Jaimy Warner, Nick Kovats

Programming and Events Committee
Chair: Malcolm Johnston

Web Development
Chair: Darhana Wijegunarathna

Volunteers and Committee Meeting Schedule

Volunteers and Committees meet the second Thursday of each month at 6:00 PM ET

Please contact us for meeting locations as they vary.

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Biographies of Key Leaders

 Michael Cavanaugh Michael Cavanaugh is a community arts organizer in Toronto, Ontario. He has a degree from the University of Manitoba and has extensive professional experience in marketing, design and communications. Michael is the father of two daughters and is interested in establishing equality in Canadian family courts.

Egi Troka

Adam McPhee is a a Ryerson University graduate from the school of Social Work.  Since graduating, his work has focused primarily with people living with HIV/AIDS, addictions, homelessness, and within the large LGBT community of Toronto.  His interests lie in gender and social issues.  He has recently begun blogging at http://eyeofwoden.wordpress.com/

Iain Dwyer

Edward Sullivan is a McMaster University Software Engineering and Management student with additional interests in languages and sociology. Since he can remember he’s taken an interest in social issues, with a focus on gender equity. For the last several years he’s been active in debate and advocacy regarding men’s issues, and today his primary projects are his work with CAFE and his own site dedicated towards raising consciousness of these issues.

In her role at CAFE and the CCMF, Denise provides communications issues leadership and management on national Canadian men’s issues matters. She holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Toronto and a post-graduate certificate in Public Relations and Corporate Communications from Seneca College. She has worked for the Government of Ontario, CTV, CAMH, Stantec, World Animal Protection, and also extensively in the corporate finance sector. She is committed to volunteerism and developing improved professional standards particularly on communicating nascent controversial issues. Her team of dedicated volunteers meet weekly to develop social media content to strengthen men’s issues awareness across Canada. Outside of CAFE, Denise works as a professional photographer and producer for The Star Spot, a popular astoronomy radio show based in Toronto.