Advisory Board
The Institute for Future Legislators at Ryerson is steered by an advisory board of exceptional political practitioners, with a wide-range of political knowledge and experience.
Kendall Anderson
Executive Director at The Samara Centre for Democracy, a non-partisan charity dedicated to understanding and improving democracy in Canada
Peggy Nash
Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University, and former Member of Parliament for Parkdale—High Park
Karim Bardeesy
Co-Founder of the Ryerson Leadership Lab, and former Deputy Principal Secretary, and Executive Director of Policy, for Premier Kathleen Wynne
Sanjay Ruparelia
Jarislowsky Democracy Chair at Ryerson University, researching politics of democracy, equality and development in the postcolonial world
Alison Broddle
Journalist at CBC, and past mentor at the Institute for Future Legislators in Vancouver
Martin Regg Cohn
Political Columnist at Toronto Star, Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University's Faculty of Arts, and a Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy