Gillian Kranias

Gillian loves teams, approaches and tools that centre anti-oppression and co-learning in action for systems change. Their training includes decades of ‘learning through action’ with powerful leaders from diverse equity-seeking communities. They also have a Certificate in Community-Based Research and an MES in Community-based Organizing for Environmental and Social Change. Gillian works 3 days a week at Upstream Lab. They coordinate community engagement staff for the CanTreatCOVID and PREPARED projects, leading on community partnerships work in Ontario. They also support other project teams to partner ‘in a good way’ with health equity leaders, grassroots groups, and community organizations.