Full Name
Kearie Daniel
Job Title
Founder and Executive Director
Company/ Organization
Black Women’s Institute for Health
Speaker Bio
Kearie Daniel is a national leader in nonprofit strategy, systems transformation, and equity advocacy, whose work centres the health, rights, and lived experiences of Black communities across Canada. She is the Founder and Executive Director of the Black Women’s Institute for Health, a national organization advancing the health of Black women and girls through community-led advocacy, disaggregated data, and culturally rooted programming that challenges and reimagines the systems that shape our well-being.
Kearie’s career spans healthcare, education, child welfare, and housing, reflecting a lifelong commitment to confronting institutional harm and building pathways to justice. As a Communications Lead at Cancer Care Ontario, now part of Ontario Health, she supported regional cancer centres and led province-wide communications for diagnostic and Disease Pathway Management programs. She has also held senior communications roles at Humber River Regional Hospital and within eHealth organizations, helping to make complex health systems more transparent and navigable for the people they serve.
In the child welfare sector, Kearie led communications for Phase II of the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies’ One Vision One Voice initiative, amplifying the voices of Black families and advancing systemic reform in response to the overrepresentation of Black children in care.
She was the inaugural Executive Director and co-founder of Parents of Black Children, where she transformed a community idea into a nationally recognized education advocacy organization, supporting Black families navigating Ontario’s school systems and fighting for equity in education.
Kearie is also the creator of Woke Mommy Chatter, a platform that uses storytelling, wellness, and intergenerational dialogue to honour the realities and power of Black motherhood. Her writing has been featured in Today’s Parent, Chatelaine, and CBC Parents, and her work continues to shape national conversations around Black motherhood, care, and systemic accountability.
Her leadership is grounded in anti-Black racism frameworks, trauma-informed care, and the belief that systems must be accountable to the communities they serve.
Kearie’s career spans healthcare, education, child welfare, and housing, reflecting a lifelong commitment to confronting institutional harm and building pathways to justice. As a Communications Lead at Cancer Care Ontario, now part of Ontario Health, she supported regional cancer centres and led province-wide communications for diagnostic and Disease Pathway Management programs. She has also held senior communications roles at Humber River Regional Hospital and within eHealth organizations, helping to make complex health systems more transparent and navigable for the people they serve.
In the child welfare sector, Kearie led communications for Phase II of the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies’ One Vision One Voice initiative, amplifying the voices of Black families and advancing systemic reform in response to the overrepresentation of Black children in care.
She was the inaugural Executive Director and co-founder of Parents of Black Children, where she transformed a community idea into a nationally recognized education advocacy organization, supporting Black families navigating Ontario’s school systems and fighting for equity in education.
Kearie is also the creator of Woke Mommy Chatter, a platform that uses storytelling, wellness, and intergenerational dialogue to honour the realities and power of Black motherhood. Her writing has been featured in Today’s Parent, Chatelaine, and CBC Parents, and her work continues to shape national conversations around Black motherhood, care, and systemic accountability.
Her leadership is grounded in anti-Black racism frameworks, trauma-informed care, and the belief that systems must be accountable to the communities they serve.
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