Welcome Ellena!

Ellena has recently joined the Wisdom2Action team as a communications intern through her program at York University that offers fieldwork experience for final-year students. She is based in Toronto, Ontario, in the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinabe, and the Wendat peoples.

Ellena is in her final year completing her Bachelor’s degree in a double-major in Political Science and Communications & Media Studies at York University, with plans to pursue graduate studies in public policy. She is currently a peer mentor assisting first-year and mature students as they transition into university life. Ellena is passionate about social justice causes and politics, particularly those related to queer and gender justice, and hopes to influence policy that supports these efforts after completing her education.

Ellena is interning at Wisdom2Action to contribute to the positive change and commitments Wisdom2Action is dedicated to, including community engagement, social justice, inclusion for all and mental health awareness. She plans to transfer the knowledge, experience, and lessons she has gained here when fulfilling her future obligations in postgraduate work, as well as to develop a well-rounded perspective for her future career in policy to contribute to positive change in Ontario.