Board of Directors

CREAN’s board of directors are experienced educators, researchers, and administrators with a long track record of success. Our staff work with clients, local organizations, community leaders, and policy makers to help vulnerable youth build a brighter future.

We are BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) led. Racialized individuals make up the majority of our staff, board, and volunteers.

In addition to speaking English, our team is also fluent in French, Mandarin, Creole, Hindi, Tibetan, and Punjabi.

Tianna Peepeetch

Tianna is a student intern at the National Circle for Indigenous Agriculture and Food (NCIAF), a community of partners focused on reigniting the role of Indigenous peoples in agriculture and food through knowledge sharing and promoting business creation. She is a passionate supporter of reigniting Indigenous peoples and communities’ involvement in agriculture, agribusiness, and food sovereignty.

Nikki Page

Nikki Page currently works as a shelter manager in Victoria. Prior to this, Nikki was pursuing education in the medical field, but found her passion using her indigenous background to guide her work in the social services sector with vulnerable individuals experiencing a range of challenges including homelessness, substance use and mental health challenges.

Priyanka Singh

Priyanka has a deep-rooted purpose of doing every bit she can in fostering a more inclusive, equitable and resilient community. She holds a post-graduate diploma in management in marketing and finance from the Jaipuria Institute of Management, India. She holds over seven years of work experience in the Indian retail and real estate sectors. She migrated to Canada in 2019 to pursue Masters in Global Management from Royal Roads University.

Nawang is a PhD student in York University’s Health Policy and Equity Program and recently completed her MA in the same program. Her research interests are in using a critical social science lens to examine tuberculosis in Tibetan refugee settlements in India and in Indigenous communities in Canada.