Shady Hafez (he/him) is an Algonquin Anishinabe and Syrian member of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg who grew up in, resides in and calls Ottawa his unceded ancestral home and territory. Shady is currently a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of Toronto, a Yellowhead Institute Research Fellow and is the Policy and Research Manager to the National Association of Friendship Centres. With over 15 years’ experience working directly with and for Indigenous communities, Shady has supported communities in the development of programs and services related to health and social well-being as well as supported First Nations in their cultural resurgence, governance, political and economic autonomy.
Shady firmly believes in land restitution, reclamation and the restoration of jurisdiction for the Algonquin Nation. He hopes to bring that perspective to Horizon Ottawa with the hopes that our collective work of making Ottawa a better place to live for all, can include working towards resolving the injustice of land theft at the root of the City of Ottawa's founding and ongoing existence.
