Reshma Dhrodia

EDI Director, Faculty of Music
University of Toronto

Reshma is a social worker and educator whose work focuses on the enhancement of individual, communal, and institutional equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) as well as harm/violence reduction and prevention. Prior to joining the Faculty of Music as its inaugural EDI Director in 2023, she was with the University of Toronto St. George Campus Accessibility Services for more than six years. During her time within that office, she supported thousands of students as an Accessibility Advisor, led a large team of Accessibility Advisors as they accommodated students, and served as Chair of the office’s first EDI Committee. She also co-created a workshop with the University’s AODA Officer on Language, Access, and Inclusion that has been delivered across the tri-campus to over 1000 participants. In 2021, she received the Jill Matus Excellence in Student Services award. She is actively involved in governance, serving on the U of T University Affairs Board for two years, the board of the Urban Alliance on Race Relations since 2014, and the Leonard Foundation since 2020.