Visions and Victories: DCHC’s 2026 Annual General Meeting
You’re invited to celebrate DCHC’s 2025-26 Visions & Victories! Join us at the Durham Convention Centre as we celebrate our Victories of the past fiscal year an reaffirm or vision for the future!
All DCHC Sites will close at 12:30 so everyone can join us! Food and Beverages will be available. Dress code is Business Formal.
We’re proud to introduce our Keynote speaker for the day, Dr. Notisha Massaquoi!
Dr. Notisha Massaquoi
Dr. Notisha Massaquoi is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Society at the University of Toronto, Scarborough with cross appointments in the Faculty of Social Work and the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. She is the founder and director of the Black Health Equity Lab (The BHEL) which conducts community-based health research and works with Black communities to develop advocacy tools, strategies and programs to improve health outcomes, wellbeing and success in Canadian systems. During her early health leadership career, she helped establish several organizations which serve Black communities in Canada, such as Africans in Partnership Against AIDS and TAIBU Community Health Centre. She notably served for over two decades as the Executive Director of Women’s Health in Women’s Hands Community Health Centre in Toronto – the only Community Health Centre in North America specializing in primary healthcare for Black and racialized women.
She has provided global consulting to the United Nations Social Development Forum on racism and its impact on workforces. Experts recognize her as one of Canada’s leading authorities in developing equity-responsive organizations. Her research and advocacy have pushed Canadian institutions to address anti-Black racism and the collection of race-based data. In 2020, Notisha earned the Alliance for Healthier Communities Joe Leonard Award for her extraordinary leadership, commitment, and support for accessible health care.
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