Advisory Committee

High School Too is guided by a provincial advisory group of leaders and experts from education, organized labour, youth mental health and wellness, advocacy and justice, and the violence against women sector. 

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Mary Birdsell
Executive Director and Lawyer, Justice for Children and Youth

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Sherry-Ann Bowen-Gordon
Provincial Executive Officer, Ontario Secondary Schools Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF)

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Denitha Breau
CEO and Registrar, Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW)

Stephanie Donaldson
Executive Director, Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA)

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Debbie Douglas
Executive Director, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)

Janice Du Mont
Senior Scientist, Women’s College Hospital Research Institute

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Marlene Ham
Executive Director, Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)

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Julie Nobert DeMarchi
Executive Director, Timmins & Area
Women in Crisis

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Lauren Pragg
Executive Director, LGBT YouthLine

Dr. Catherine Vanner
Professor, University of Windsor,
Faculty of Education

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Laura Walton
President, Ontario Federation of Labour

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Farrah Khan
Founder and CEO, Possibility Seeds
(*Co-Chair)