OUR STORY
.The Chairs Circle for Gender Equality was founded in 2022-2023 by past Chairpersons of Prince Edward Island equity-seeking organizations. It is an incorporated not-for-profit committed to using education to advance equality and inclusion of people and groups excluded as a result of systemic inequality, in the province of Prince Edward Island.
Chairs Circle members recognized the need for a new organization focused on gender equality and inclusion with the purpose to advance education projects and initiatives in the community, with an intersectional, feminist lens and approach.
The Chairs Circle intends to undertake projects and events that complement and support the work of existing organizations working for equality and inclusion in Prince Edward Island, to advance substantive gender equality for women-identifying, non-binary, and gender minority people.
The Chairs Circle for Gender Equality is excited to contribute to the landscape of Prince Edward Island not-for-profits by contributing to vitality and capacity.
Board of Directors
ANNE NICHOLSON
President
Among other accomplishments, Anne is a past-Chairperson of both the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women and the PEI Human Rights Commission.
DIANNE PORTER
Treasurer
Dianne is a past-Chairperson of the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women and the PEI Coalition for Women in Government as well as the author of Unhistoric Acts: Inside the Women's Movement on Prince Edward Island.
JANE LEDWELL
Secretary
Jane is the current Executive Director of the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women and past Director of the Institute of Island Studies.
SARAH OUTRAM
Member
Sarah is the current Executive Director of the PEI Coalition for Women's Leadership (formerly the PEI Coalition for Women in Government) and has long been a leader with Fusion Charlottetown.
JILLIAN KILFOIL
Member
Jillian is the current Executive Director of Women's Network PEI and active on the Board of Directors of the Community Sector Network of PEI.
MARI BASILETTI
Member
Mari is a past-Chairperson of the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women and a long-time community volunteer for equality and human rights. She is also an artist with a feminist vision.
FOUNDING BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The founding board of directors of the Chairs Circle for Gender Equality at one of their inaugural meetings.
Back row, left to rights, Sweta Daboo, Mari Basiletti, Jane Ledwell (Secretary), and Dianne Porter (Treasurer).
Front row, left to right, Cathy Rose, Jillian Kilfoil, and Anne Nicholson (Founding President).
