Sujane Kandasamy is an incoming Assistant Professor in the Dept of Medicine (Global Health Program) at McMaster University and the Co-founder/Director of Learning & Development at The Starfish Environmental Society of Canada. She is also the Co-Lead of PEACH Health Ontario, a collective working to improve climate action in the Ontario health system. Sujane is an intersectional environmentalist and research methodologist who is passionate about improving Indigenous health, newcomer health, science communication, building collaborative community-academic partnerships, and advancing mixed-methods research methodologies.
The Starfish Canada, a pan-Canada charity celebrates and amplifies environmental stories from across the country. Through her work with The Starfish, Sujane has been working with various school boards, community partners, corporate partners, and local collectives to strengthen environmental conversations and solutions-based thinking/problem solving. She is especially passionate about working with youth to develop dialogue around how environmental issues intersect with the many other components of our society–health, economics, politics, culture, and peace.
