Meagan Trush is the Director of Research Partnerships at Toronto Metropolitan University's Diversity Institute and works to build meaningful, mutually advantageous partnerships to support the work of the Institute. Meagan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Lakehead University and a Masters of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the Smith School of Business at Queen's University. Prior to joining the Diversity Institute, she accumulated more than five years’ political experience, serving in the offices of the Mayor of Toronto and several provincial cabinet ministers, as well as leadership roles in dozens of election campaigns. Originally from the Thunder Bay area, she spent six years consulting on a range of projects related to Indigenous mental health and community wellness in the far north. Her volunteer endeavours have taken her to South Africa as part of a capacity-building initiative for youth, and to the United Nations as part of civil society advocacy for preventing the illicit flow of small arms and light weapons. She also chairs the board of Out Of Bounds, a registered charity providing grief and trauma support to the families of victims of gun violence.