Nicole Gareau-Wilson

Human Rights Advisor

Campus: UBC Vancouver

Pronouns: she, her, hers

Bio

Nicole Gareau-Wilson, M.Ed (she/her) is a Human Rights Advisor with UBC’s Equity & Inclusion Office. She advises UBC Vancouver and Okanagan students, faculty and staff who may have questions about UBC’s SC7: Discrimination policy. During the 2023-24 academic year, Nicole served as the co-chair of UBC’s inaugural Accessibility Committee, which assists UBC in identifying, removing and preventing barriers for disabled community members under the Accessible BC Act (2021).

Nicole has lived in the subarctic on Treaty 5 land, on the prairies on Treaty 1 land, and is learning about the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as an uninvited guest in Vancouver. Nicole earned a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Education, and a Master’s degree in Education, focused on equity in education for historically, persistently, and systemically marginalized (HPSM) groups. She has a deep passion for human rights, and for supporting planning and programming that removes systemic barriers for HSPM groups. 

Nicole has sound knowledge of federal and provincial human rights and accessibility legislation relevant to equity and inclusion. She was a Policy Analyst with the Province of Manitoba’s Accessibility Office, where guided by Manitoba’s Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Manitobans Act (2013), she trained Crown Corporations, government departments, regional health authorities, municipalities, and universities on accessibility planning and implementation. Prior to this work, Nicole was an elementary school teacher, and an Academic Advisor at the University of Manitoba.

Email: nicole.gareauwilson@ubc.ca

Address:

Brock Hall 2306
1874 East Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T1Z1