Denise MacDonald
Meet our Provincial Coordinator for the First Responder to Sexual Assault and Abuse Training (FRT), Denise MacDonald.
Denise is a social change enthusiast who is confident that a better world is possible. As a public engagement practitioner, she encourages people’s empowerment through awareness raising and capacity building to move from knowledge to action.
Denise has worked for a world without poverty and to protect the ecosystems upon which we depend. She is passionate about intersectional gender justice, ending violence and working for peace. She believes that through cultural humility and embracing equity, diversity and decolonization, people’s human rights can be realized. Through collaboration, Denise is optimistic that we can create the systems change that is needed to end sexual violence within Saskatchewan and beyond.
Denise holds a BA (Hons) in International Development and Political Science from the University of Toronto and a Master’s Degree from the University of Regina with a focus on complexity and wicked problems. She is an avid volunteer who enjoys building community by bringing people together. She loves being in nature and feels a lot of gratitude every day.