"I sincerely want to see change - substantive, real change."
- Dr. Denise O'Neil Green
About
Dr. Denise O'Neil Green
She has advanced EDI curricular activities, grant funding, and change-making events at every post-secondary institution she has worked within.
Dr. Green has also authored and co-authored over 90 journal articles, book chapters, reports, conference papers, and lectures. She is the creator and executive editor of the Institutional Diversity Blog, which has reached over a hundred countries and is a leading source within the dynamic field of EDI work.
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Dr. Green is proud to hold a Ph.D. in Higher Education and Public Policy from the University of Michigan, a Masters in Public Affairs from Princeton University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Behavioural Sciences from the University of Chicago. And she is also grateful for the many awards she has received for her trail-blazing work in the field.
Dr. Denise O'Neil Green is a published and award-winning expert and visionary in equity, diversity and inclusion, anti-racism, organizational change and transformational leadership with 30 years of field experience.
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Dr. Green has worked in many sectors, including education, health care, government, and business. She has been invited to give keynote addresses worldwide and is a global thought leader and change-maker.
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Widely recognized for her work at Ryerson University - renamed the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), she founded the Division of Equity and Community Inclusion as Vice President and was the inaugural Assistant Vice President/Vice Provost of EDI at the university.
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Before TMU, Dr. Green was the Associate Vice President of Institutional Diversity at Central Michigan University for five years.
