Samanta Krishnapillai
Founder, Executive Director and Editor in Chief, On Canada Project
decolonization, social justice, human rights, third culture, millennials and gen z, BIPOC issues, systemic inequities, critical commentaries in plain language, dismantling white supremacy, pop culture, storytelling and content development, representation, social media, grassroots passion projects, unsubscribing from neutrality,
Media
Unpacking Rhetoric of the 'Freedom Convoy'
TVO The Agenda with Steve PaikinTelevision
URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/unpacking-rhetoric-of-the-freedom-convoy
Want to be an ally for Indigenous people? Here's how you can help
‘It leads to mistrust’: Experts weigh in on Ontario’s COVID-19 communications
'Really frustrating': Racialized people feel ignored in federal election campaign
Social media project disrupting the status quo one post at a time
Meet the experts trying to change the way we communicate about COVID-19
Biography
Samanta Krishnapillai is the founder, executive director and editor-in-chief of the On Canada Project. She is a creative problem solver who actively challenges the status quo. Krishnapillai strives to create critical and compassionate conversations while building and amplifying community around her. Her passion stems from her lived experience as a first-generation Tamil-Canadian and as someone who intentionally took time to focus on her mental wellbeing. She pairs her lived experience with her Masters and Bachelors's education in health equity, trauma and violence informed care, diversity and inclusion and system change, and her professional experiences working in advocacy and community building at nonprofits, to passionately drive change. Krishnapillai challenges herself and the people around her to show up fully and unapologetically as their full selves.