Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Ryan Hinds is the Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH), a role created to develop and implement a cohesive strategy aimed at addressing systemic equity related issues at DLSPH, while creating a welcoming environment for staff, faculty and learners. In this role he also creates and oversees the School’s outreach efforts to increase access for learners from and around the Greater Toronto Area. Prior to this, Ryan held the role of Community Engagement Lead at Ontario Health Toronto Region, where he set and executed strategies to embed voices of patients, families, caregivers and communities into Ontario Health (Toronto) strategies and operations. In this role, Ryan also led work focused on strategic equity initiatives while serving as the primary contact and support for Indigenous health service providers. In these capacities he worked with Black, Indigenous and other underserved communities to better understand specific needs and inform system-level responsive strategies to achieve health outcomes.  

Prior to his time in health care, Ryan was an athlete in the Canadian Football League (CFL), playing for Hamilton and Edmonton over a 6-year career and winning a Grey Cup in 2015. During that time, Ryan also helped create Ahead of the Game, a youth mentorship program that supported sidelined youth across Toronto, Brampton and Mississauga.