The Team
Margarita Pintin-Perez
Community Partnership Leader
Biography: Margarita Pintin-Perez is the former Senior Coordinator of the Initiative to End GBV at OCASI - Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants. She has a PhD in Social Science from El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (Mexico) and an MSW from the University of Toronto. In her role at OCASI from 2019 - 2023, she led a national project focused on building the leadership capacity of non-status, refugee, and immigrant (NSRI) survivors of GBV. She has been directly involved in critical GBV projects focused on building the capacity and collaboration between the settlement sector and the anti-violence sector in Canada. In addition, she has contributed to writing resources and training and recently co-authored a book chapter in the third edition (2022) of Cruel But Not Unusual: Violence in Families in Canada and authored the latest issue from the Learning Network (2023), Building Survivor Leadership Capacity: Sharing Lessons Learned from Non-Status, Refugee, and Immigrant Women.
Jassamine Tabibi
Research Associate
Biography: Jassamine supports research and knowledge mobilization activities at the Learning Network. This includes production and dissemination of various resources on gender-based violence such as reports, newsletters, and learning briefs. Jassamine also supports knowledge mobilization events including annual Knowledge Exchanges and other special events that address issues related to gender-based violence, child maltreatment, and sexual violence.
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