ABOUT 

Brie Berry Crossfield (she/her)  is a Jamaican-Canadian educator,  consultant and writer based in Toronto/Tkaronto.

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Passionate for change and building up the next generation, Brie has represented young people across the country, advocating to transform the social, cultural and political landscape in Canada.  She has held various roles within higher education, non-profit organizations and grassroots movements dedicated to embedding the principles and practices of diversity, equity and inclusion through research, campaigns and events. She has extensive knowledge and experience in non-profit governance,  program development, digital communications, and community engagement. 

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A skilled communicator, Brie navigates difficult conversations with openness and empathy, believing that her role is not to bring the table but to support others in building their own. Her work is influenced by her deep commitment to the belief that there is always a possibility for changing the world as we know it.  

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As a person who moves with intention, Brie has taken part in grassroots organizing, starting with Not My Laurier: Golden Hawks Combating Gender-Based Violence, the Anti-Racism Network of Durham Region, the Black Liberation Collective at U of T and Black Lives Matter Toronto.  She has advocated for and developed resources on race-based data; negotiated needs-based funding for post-secondary students;  led research on mental health and racialized communities, and organized the 50th Anniversary of the Congress of Black Writers and Artists in 2018. 

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Brie holds her BA in Communication Studies and Women and Gender Studies from Wilfrid Laurier University  and M.Ed in Social Justice Education from the University of Toronto.

 

Her academic work can be found in New Framings of Anti-Racism and Resistance Volume 1 (2017).