Ekua Asabea Blair

Ekua has been the Executive Director of the Rexdale Community Health Centre for the past 4 years. After migrating to Canada, Ekua studied at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now known as Ryerson University) earning a Bachelors of Applied Arts Degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management. In her final year, she was awarded the Laventhol and Horwarth award for best published research paper. Ekua worked in the many foodservice establishments/companies which she continue to volunteer in the voluntary sector up until 1992 where she was first hired as the Youth and Children’s Program Coordinator at the Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood Centre.