Susan Eng

Susan Eng is Vice President, Advocacy, for CARP, which advocates for 14 million-plus Canadian Zoomers. She's a lawyer, prominent activist and frequent media commentator. Chair of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Services Board from 1991 to 1995, she tackled sensitive issues of public accountability, police use of force, anti-racism, fiscal responsibility, and initiated groundbreaking policy and organizational changes. She co-chaired the Ontario Coalition of Chinese Head Tax Payers and Families and with other groups successfully campaigned for a Parliamentary apology for 62 years of legislated racism under the Head Tax. Previously with the Urban Alliance on Race Relations, the YWCA of Greater Toronto and the national executive of the Chinese Canadian National Council, she now serves on the Governing Council of the University of Toronto, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. She's a director of the Yee Hong Community Wellness Centre for Geriatric Care.