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Angela J Carter
Executive Director, Roots Community Services
Angela Carter’s quest is to help others, and she has done so throughout her professional work life as well as volunteering with various organizations.
Angela is currently the executive director of the Roots Community Services Inc. (RootsCS), a charitable multi-service organization that provides culturally-relevant programs and services to inspire residents in the Region of Peel, primarily from the Black and Caribbean communities, to make positive changes in their lives and within their communities. In this capacity, she actively advocates for the upliftment of the Black and Caribbean communities and works tirelessly to break down systemic and other barriers that continue to negatively impact members of these communities.
A journalist and communicator by profession, Angela has a strong interest in intercultural relations, cultural humility and communication for social change. She is passionate about reducing poverty and helping people attain a quality of life that brings joy and prosperity to them and their community. This passion took her to India where she volunteered at a school in Punjab and conducted training sessions with a hospital management board.
Through many years of voluntary service in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada, she has gained valuable insight into the non-profit sector. Angela has been very active in the communities in which she resides and currently sits on a number of committees including the Peel Regional Police Black Advisory Committee, the We Rise Community Advisory Committee, Sheridan College Professional Advisory Council, the Barbados Canada Foundation, as well as being a Trustee at the Central Park Baptist Church.
In addition, Angela volunteers with CESO through which she has worked with First Nations communities in Northern Ontario and Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. In previous years she held positions such as board chair of Telecare Distress Centre Brampton (now Spectra Community Support Services) and was also actively involved in the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), the Association of Professional Fundraisers (AFP), the Brampton Board of Trade, Correctional Services Canada, and the Rotary Club of Barbados.
An avid lifelong learner, Angela has taken and continues to take numerous courses in various disciplines. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Studies, from York University, Ontario, and received a Master of Professional Communication degree, with specialization in Intercultural and International Communication, from the Royal Roads University in British Columbia
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