Nicole Kaniki

Nicole Kaniki is the inaugural Director of EDI in Research and Innovation. Nicole is the former Special Advisor on Anti-racism to the President at Western University and former EDI Specialist at BrainsCAN, a CFREF sponsored Neuroscience program, and also supported EDI in research at Western for four years. She has developed EDI training curriculum and tools and supported grant and proposal development. Nicole is passionate about social justice and uses an anti-racism and decolonization approach to EDI.