Meet the team

Elisabeth brings her strong understanding of SHIFT’s potential to build from what exists in the social innovation ecosystem. She implements strategies to reach out to a diversity of actors within and outside of Concordia to develop meaningful relationships and nourish the sphere of SHIFT’s ecosystem.

Emma works to create structures and processes to ensure that the SHIFT Centre becomes a vibrant, welcoming place with a strong sense of co-ownership from the diverse and engaged members of the SHIFT community. In her role, she also leads the development and execution of activities that will bring the space to life.

Stephanie’s role focuses on building shared leadership and community ownership within SHIFT.  In addition to leading SHIFT's experiments in participatory governance, she coordinates a variety of programs and workshops for members of the Learning Community.

Richenda works to create innovative and accessible granting opportunities for socially transformative projects across Concordia and Montreal. She also leads the participatory selection processes that are essential to creating shared power, giving community members leadership in making funding decisions. 

Maeva creates meaningful and innovative content for SHIFT’s social media platforms. Prior to joining the team, she has been an active member of the SHIFT Learning Community through the Concordia Precious Plastic Project (CP3). Maeva is currently completing her last semester in urban planning at Concordia. 

Shin Ling builds meaningful and accessible experiential learning opportunities to Concordia students through SHIFT’s internship program. A Communication Studies graduate, and a previous SHIFT intern herself, they bring their multidisciplinary lens in ensuring that the internship program is at the forefront of the SHIFT community’s awareness and beyond.

Claire Gaëlle brings her passion for strategic communications to raise awareness of SHIFT and its programs. In her role, she plans and executes strategies to share inclusive and accessible content about the transformative efforts being led by SHIFT and its community members.

Rosemary ensures that financial processing and tracking run smoothly and refines administrative processes to optimize the time the coordinators can devote to their core dossiers and objectives. Her focus is on improving the consistency of the team’s daily work.

Susan builds on her ten years of experience with SHIFT and the Office of Community Engagement to provide strategic leadership to both units in an interim capacity. She is ensuring that both teams have the resources they need to successfully advance Concordia's community engagement and social impact work more broadly.