Speaker
Natasha Aruliah identifies as a racialised, immigrant settler, currently living on the unceded, traditional territories of the Coast Salish people (Vancouver, Canada). A trained psychologist, she worked in healthcare, education and community service settings, with marginalised communities as an intercultural therapist. Witnessing others grapple with their identity and the impact of systems based on it, led to a career shift. She now works as a facilitator, consultant, educator and coach in social justice, equity, decolonising, diversity, inclusion, and transformative change for individuals and organisations. She has over 35 years of experience working in the UK, Europe, USA and Canada, with government, unions, non-profit, community and corporate organisations and increasingly with ENGOs. She teaches at the Centre for Intercultural Studies at the University of British Columbia, is an associate with Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue. She is the past President of SIETAR BC and still active in the global SIETAR network.