Celine Thomas, Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness

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Celine works at the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness, a non-profit dedicated to overcoming social isolation and building social connectedness within and between communities. Celine contributes to the strategic growth of the organization and manages the Social Connectedness Fellowship Program, in which she oversees and supports recent graduates to carry out research, outreach and community engagement in the fields of human rights, forced migration, Indigenous reconciliation, inclusive education, and more. She is particularly passionate about education equity and Indigenous youth empowerment, after having worked abroad with high school youth in Vietnam and with Cree communities in Canada. She graduated with a B.A. in International Development Studies from McGill University in 2017.