Our Team

Dharshi Lacey

Dharshi Lacey

Director, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-racism

Campus: UBC Okanagan
Team: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-racism

Dharshi comes to this role with 20+ years of experience in the nonprofit sector. She brings a deep commitment to equity work, striving to shift the work from project work to systems work, challenging people and systems to apply a critical equity lens to their policies, practices, language and mindsets.

Silvia D’Addario, PhD

Director

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Strategic Partnerships & Capacity Building

Silvia has over ten years of progressive experience in leadership roles in the post-secondary sector, holding roles focused on advancing equity, diversity, global citizenship education and community inclusion.

Arun Mohan

Director, Human Rights

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Human Rights

Arun and his team nurture dialogue, education, informal resolution of matters, and referrals for UBC community members regarding their human rights-based discrimination and harassment concerns.

Arig al Shaibah, Ph.D.

Associate Vice-President, Equity and Inclusion

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Leadership

Dr. Arig al Shaibah has broad and deep experiences advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in community and in higher education, where she has worked to action commitments to addressing systemic inequities, promoting intercultural dialogue, and fostering accessible, inclusive, and dignified learning and working spaces where campus community members can thrive.

Elsie Achugbue

Director, Institutional Initiatives

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Leadership, Planning & Evaluation

Elsie is a planner, evaluator, manager, researcher and writer with 20 years of experience promoting equity and empowerment in community and economic development and city and regional planning.

Lucy Buchanan-Parker, MSc

Associate Director, Institutional Initiatives

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Planning & Evaluation

Lucy manages implementation structures and processes to advance UBC’s Strategic Equity and Anti-Racism (StEAR) Framework and Roadmap for Change and provides leadership on project management in the EIO.

Nicole Gareau-Wilson

Human Rights Advisor

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Human Rights

Nicole provides impartial human rights advice and information to all members of the UBC community.

Elisabeth Giffin

Human Rights Advisor

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Human Rights

Elisabeth provides impartial human rights advice and information to all members of the UBC community.

Louise Griep, MA

Strategist, Institutional Initiatives

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Planning & Evaluation

Louise facilitates the implementation of the Canada Research Chair Equity & Diversity Action Plan, and the Inclusion Action Leads Community of Practice, and supports other strategic EDI initiatives.

Hélène Frohard-Dourlent, PhD

Executive Director

Campus: UBC Vancouver
Team: Operations

Hélène provides strategic planning and implementation support for organizational change initiatives focused on systems, processes and institutional practices.