Margaret Archer is a corporate communications professional with over 20 years' experience in strategic roles and diverse business environments. In her current role at Rio Tinto, she is involved in leading and supporting the strategic direction and delivery of large-scale change and communications that affect all employees and leaders, with the aim of fostering a strong culture, employee value proposition and advocacy.

Throughout her career, Margaret has been involved in various community initiatives. Since the arrival of Rafael Payare as Music Director of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Margaret has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Cercle des mélomanes de l'OSM. She was a director and Chair of the Board of Diversité artistique Montréal from 2015 to 2018, and is involved in various programs that encourage student retention and the promotion of healthy lifestyle habits among young people.

Many causes are close to her heart, and she offers her support in particular to organizations with concrete action plans to rapidly improve the situation of people in difficulty.

Since a very young age, Margaret has taken part in numerous provincial and national competitions. She is currently a member of the Les dynamiques de Brébeuf fencing club.

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Mo Belleus, Regional Manager, Black Community Business Development for the Quebec and Atlantic Region, TD Wealth and Business Banking, acts as a trusted liaison between TD and the Black Community. In addition to his deep understanding of the community itself and passion for financial education, he relies on his ability to develop strong relationships with its members in order to fully discover their financial needs and goals. Mo has been a banker for the past 21 years. He has been fortunate to have had the opportunity to work closely with a wide range of talented colleagues from multiple lines of business, including Personal Banking, Business Banking and in Wealth management, who help provide our Black clients with the financial advice and the service they deserve. Outside of working hours, he stays engaged with the community at large by supporting and volunteering with local grassroots organizations.

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Mo also leads the TD Black Employee Network in Quebec for the past 13 years, and with the support of others, has helped implement programs on personal development and mentorship to help Black TD colleagues grow in their career. Through TD, Mo has helped provide support to Black-led and Black-focused organizations in the Quebec region to help better the lives of our customers

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Stendolph holds a BAC in accounting sciences, a certificate in management accounting for organizations, and a CPA accounting designation. He has worked for a number of large companies, acquiring a solid knowledge of accounting, management, auditing and administration.

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He joined the Foundation's Board of Directors in 2017 and has held a number of administrative and financial roles. Motivated and very determined by nature, he takes the Foundation's mission to heart.

As Head of Media Relations and Co-Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the National Film Board of Canada, Magalie is a force of nature in the world of communications. Her know-how, her ability to mobilize through effective strategies and her expertise will help us spread the word about our organization's mission to reach as many people as possible. 

A journalist and producer, Cyrille Ekwalla was a reporter and researcher at Ici Première (Désautels - Radio Canada / Tam Tam Canada - Radio Canada International) from 2005 to 2010. At the same time, he was a host-producer at Radio centre-ville from 2005 to 2016. In 2015, he founded NeoQuébec, a radio show that quickly became a global web medium: radio, tv, etc., with a mission to provide "a look at neo-Quebec news and a neo-Quebec perspective on current affairs".

With a view to shared integration, he created the "Institut NeoQuébec" platform, an organization dedicated to research/action and education for citizenship, outreach to racialized communities and raising awareness of racism and discrimination of all kinds.

Recognized for his leadership and proximity to people, Cyrille Ekwalla, passionate and curious, contributes through his actions to the development and participation of black and other racialized communities in all spheres of Quebec society.

Chilandre Patry has twenty years' experience in management, communications and project management in the fields of public administration, social development, entrepreneurship and culture. Chilandre believes in a multi-disciplinary approach to projects involving hybrid, highly digitized and culturally diverse audiences.

Chilandre Patry currently works in strategic planning, development and organizational transformation. Trained in public relations at McGill University, she brings extensive experience in strategic communications and relationship marketing. With a keen interest in governance challenges, she sits on the boards of Développement International Desjardins, a world leader in microfinance. Chilandre Patry is also a director of the Caisse Desjardins du Centre et de l'Est de Laval, where she is a member of the Governance and Ethics Committee and Chair of the Cooperation Committee.

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With 20 years of sustained management experience, Alexandra also specializes in the development of effective philanthropic strategies. As Director of Exceptional Gifts at the Université de Montréal Alumni and Donor Network, she manages gifts of $1 million or more. Her expertise is a key asset for the Foundation, which is actively seeking to develop its philanthropic component, a crucial avenue for ensuring its long-term viability. 

Director A&R (artists and repertoire) for Universal Music Canada and Chairman of the Board of Advance Music Canada, Widney also has solid expertise in sales, marketing and the IT industry. His vast experience in the music industry will enable us to perfect our knowledge of the avenues to be explored to improve the development of black artists in this field.

An author, communications and marketing specialist, manager of large-scale projects and passionate about media and cultural creation, Dédy has a wealth of professional experience on 3 continents (Africa, Europe and North America), enabling him to analyze local issues from an international perspective. He currently holds the position of Director of Programming at the Canadian Academy of Television, Quebec Section, where he is responsible for promoting diversity within the Quebec audiovisual industry. 

Carla Beauvais has made diversity and inclusion her hobbyhorse. A columnist and social entrepreneur, she has been campaigning for over 20 years for better representation and emancipation of black and marginalized communities.

In 2016, she co-founded Fondation Dynastie, an organization that advocates for diversity and inclusion in the arts, culture and media. Through various cultural mediation initiatives, Fondation Dynastie addresses diversity issues and proposes actions to reduce disparities in the representation of black communities in the cultural sector. The annual Gala Dynastie celebrates the talent and excellence of artisans from Quebec's French- and English-speaking black communities.

Driven by her convictions, Carla Beauvais doesn't hesitate to use her voice to raise public awareness of diversity and inclusion issues, and to denounce social injustice. She is regularly invited to share her views on social issues and current affairs in the media. Her views and articles have been quoted or published in a number of publications, including La Presse, Journal Métro, where she was a columnist from 2018 to 2020, Le Devoir, The Gazette, The Huffington Post and others. More recently, she was a guest contributor on RDI's Zone Économie, hosted by Gérald Filion.

Her expertise and in-depth knowledge of diversity and inclusion issues also lead her to act as a consultant to companies and organizations wishing to implement cultural diversity management programs. To better equip her clients to deploy inclusive best practices, she completed a Diversity & Inclusion Certificate from New York's prestigious Cornell University in 2020, and is in the process of obtaining her Certificate in Leadership and Inclusion from Centennial College in Toronto.