Guest Speaker: Vinita Puri

Vinita Puri is a highly experienced Social Worker, Mediator, Educator, Coach and Consultant. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Psychology, with a specialization in Conflict Management and Leadership Development. While she is completing the requirements of her degree, she is also working as a Contractor for two organizations, Homewood Health Inc. and the Office of the Children’s Lawyer, Ministry of the Attorney General.

With Homewood Health, Vinita is an Organizational Wellness Consultant with the Workplace Interventions Division. In this role she provides organizational assessments and consultationsas well as mediation and coaching services to employees and management teams. With respect to the Office of the Children’s Lawyer (OCL), Vinita is a
Clinical Panel Member who is responsiblefor conducting clinical investigations and Section 112, Section 89 assessments on all family law matters related to the best interests of children. Vinita also supports family lawyers in interviewing children and writing Voice of the Child Reports.

Vinita is truly passionate about helping individuals, families, community groups and society at large. As a passionate social justice advocate, she has been recognized as the International Ambassador for Pink Thursday, which is a global social justice coalition that seeks to raise awareness of the harmful impacts of violence in all its forms.

She is also an Ambassador of the LEA International Foundation (LIF) which is a global not-for-profit organization that provides educational and psychosocialsupports to young women and girls. Vinita hopes to continue to make an impact in this world through her platform as Ms. Canada World Universal-Elite, 2020/2021.