Shakil Choudhury (M.E.S., B.Ed.)
Program Director
Shakil is a highly-regarded trainer and consultant, having worked with organizations such as: Ontario Human Rights Commission, Canadian Race.
Relations Foundation, United World Colleges network, Toronto District School Board, South Asia Partnership, Youth Challenge International, BC Nurses Federation, and the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists. His current contracts include designing and implementing leadership programmes in Europe to effectively tackle the issues of integration, racism and community cohesion.
List of Achievements
Publications and Productions:
- “South Asians, Storytelling and Spirituality,” in the anthology, Notes from Canada’s Young Activists: A Generation Stands Up for Change. To be released in June of 2007, Greystone Books, Canada.
- Teacher/ Facilitator Guide for Gemini Award-Winning Film, “Scared Sacred.” National Film Board, 2006.
- Wrote and directed short film on the themes of identity and race: “Andy In the City”. Brown Book Productions, 2006.
- The Brown Book: Voices of Young Pakistani and Muslim Activists from Toronto and Lahore. Self Published, 2000. Recipient of the Anti-Bias Curriculum Development Award by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, 2002.
- Teacher/ Facilitator Guide for The Brown Book. Self-Published, 2001. Recipient of the Anti-Bias Curriculum Development Award by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, 2002.
Interviews and Appearances on Television, Film and in News Print:
- Interview regarding post 9/11 Muslim experience in Canada by Daniel Aldana Cohen. To be published by One Magazine in the spring of 2007.
- Appearance on panel discussion re: Michael “Kramer” Richard’s racist tirade. “The Water Cooler,” CBC News: Sunday, CBC-TV, Nov/2006.
- Featured on documentary film, Dove Days: Following Pakistan’s Insan Street Theatre. Produced by The Nightingale Company, Canada, 2002.
- Interview on racism, storytelling and Islam by Shelagh Rodgers, Sounds Like Canada, CBC Radio, 2001.
- Interview on racism, education and The Brown Book by Rubina Ahmed, South Asian News Week, OMNI Television, 2000.
