Bio

Farrah K. Seucharan (she/her) holds 15+ years of experience in community work, specializing in optimizing social change through outreach and coordination. As a young woman with chronic illnesses, Farrah’s targets involve reducing inequalities for marginalized communities and advocating for people with disabilities. Her research focuses on using forms of artistic co-creation and new technologies to increase social inclusion in communities. As an environmentalist, she seeks to use social inclusion as a way to incorporate different modes of thought and being into sustainable development.

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Farrah's expertise includes speaking on ethical community engagement and how to increase inclusivity in the workplace, especially in regards to the "differently abled". Her work has included speeches, webinars, and panel presentations at the University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health, at the Ontario Council for International Cooperation, and at the Together│Ensemble 2020 Conference (Canada's Conference on the Sustainable Development Goals). An advocate of basic income as a tool for equity, she also helped facilitate a summer webinar series educating the public about its history, purpose, and potential futures both in Canada and abroad.

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Farrah holds a Bachelor's degree in International Development and Globalization from the University of Ottawa and is a current Master's candidate in Poverty Reduction Policy at SOAS University of London (2022), with a specialty in sustainable development & social inclusion.  She is an alumni of both the Patient, Family & Public Advisors Council at Health Quality Ontario and the Ontario Council for International Cooperation's Youth Policy-Makers Hub.