Dr. Yogendra B. Shakya

Yogendra is an advocate scholar based in Toronto. He has over 15 years of rich experience doing evidence-based policy and social advocacy work on critical determinants such as immigrant/refugee health, systemic racism, income security, decent work and labor justice, equity/health equity planning. He is a recognized expert in Community Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR). Currently, his work focuses on decolonial/anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist worldmaking praxis centered on underclass constituents (Black, Indigenous, Dalit, Queer/Trans, stateless/occupied, landless/homeless etc) and grounded in reparations/reparative justice and abolition.