Adriana Salazar

Rooted in the Liberation Paradigm, deeply engaged with the Postcolonial and Indigenous Paradigms, and guided by a strong historical-critical perspective, I, a Woman, Mestiza, Migrant, Human Rights Defender, Psychologist, Social/Community Researcher, and Popular Educator, am unwavering in my commitment to social and environmental justice. My dedication and proficiency in listening, creating, facilitating, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and accompanying initiatives, projects, platforms, and cross-sectoral collaborations are all aimed at effectively overcoming discrimination in all its forms and promoting Relationality approaches, reverence for all in Nature, Inclusive Diversity, and Universal Human Rights.

• Sep 2024 - TODAY

GBA+ Program Project Lead

Working Women Community Centre - Toronto (Canada)

• Sep 2021 - TODAY

Researcher - Critical and Transformative Praxis Research Laboratory (CtPRC)

Wilfrid Laurier University. Community Psychologist Department. Waterloo (On)

• Jan 2015 - July 2021

Member of the Steering Committee, Righting Relations: Adult Education for Social Change

Catherine Donnelly Foundation - Toronto (Canada)

• June 2017 - July 2020

Project Manager Food Security

Working Women Community Centre - Toronto (Canada)

• March 2009 - June 2017

Program Coordinator, Community Engagement 

Mennonite New Life Centre - Toronto(Canada)

• Jan 2017 - July 2019

SEUS Seminar Facilitator 

Bridge Training Program for Internationally Trained & Mental Health Professionals 

Mennonite New Life Centre -Toronto (Canada)

Diploma in Migration Governance. ESAP. November - December 2024. Bogotá. (Colombia)

Master’s Student in Community Psychology. Wilfrid Laurier University. Sep 2021 up to today. Waterloo (Canada). Writing Thesis: Self-reflecting on 30 years of Praxis: A Cross-Epistemic Journey from Psychology of Liberation to Indigenous Epistemology of Relationality,

From Psycho-social Trauma to Psycho-political Trauma: International training. March 1 to August 15, 2024. Cathedra Martín-Baró (Colombia)

Socio-Ecologies & Economies of Latin American Migration. Online Summer Course. August 9-12, 2021. Toronto (Canada).

Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training. July 2021. The Climate Reality Project. Washington, DC. (USA).

Latin American Diploma on Body Psychology, Praxis and Psycho-politics of Liberation. October 2020 - March 2021. Libertas (Brazil, Cathedra Martín-Baró (Colombia) - Amapsi (Mexico).

ASPIRE Foundation Certification Program on Facilitation, Design and Leadership. Tatamagouche Centre. July 2019. Nova Scotia (Canada)

Community Engagement Practice Certificate. September 2013 - December 2013. The Chang School on Continuing Education, Ryerson University - Toronto (Canada)

Community Economic Development. September 2008 - September 2009. School of Community and Public Affairs, Concordia University - Montreal (Canada)

International Project Management. September 2006 - September 2007. Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning -Toronto. (Canada)

Degree in Psychology. January 1989 - December 1993. Pontifical Xaverian University. Bogotá (Colombia)

Studies in Philosophy, Cycle of Classical Philosophy. January 1987 - December 1990. Pontifical Xaverian University. Bogotá (Colombia)