Nancy Simms

Education is one of the bridges to equity. This belief guides Nancy Simms and her work in the areas of violence against women and children, racial equity, adult basic literacy, human resources, and human rights. As the former Director of Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion at Humber College, Nancy’s principal task was to weave equity, inclusion and belonging throughout the college community. Nancy successfully worked with Humber’s internal and external communities to build the college’s first Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Framework that is being used to advance the college’s efforts in advancing an environment that is inclusive of all employees and students. Currently, Nancy is an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Law School where she teaches Critical Race Theory and at Humber College, she teaches in the Transformative Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Leadership Certificate program. In the fall of 2022, Nancy started an equity and anti-racist consultant company where she works alongside several equity practitioners, educators, and researchers to support organizations and individuals in deepening equity and inclusion in their programs and services. Her quest is to leave the world in better shape than she entered it! Nancy has a B.A. Honours in Psychology from York University and a M.A. in Gender Studies and Feminist Research from McMaster University. She is in the final months of completing her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education | University of Toronto.