The Bloom Team
Kimalee Phillip
facilitator | she/her
A Grenadian migrant to these territories, Kimalee moves through this world as a secret poet and holder of space and emergence. She is an experienced social justice and organizational learning consultant; a facilitator, writer, educator and researcher with over 10 years of experience. Her work is deeply grounded in, and informed by Black queer feminist thought and practice. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Human Rights and Law at Carleton University in Ottawa where she volunteered as a support worker for survivors of sexual violence for over 5 years.
As a recipient of an Organization of American States scholarship, she went on to complete her Master’s degree in Legal Studies at Carleton University where she also served as the President of the Graduate Students Association for two terms. After working in the international feminist movement world for over 5 years at the Association for Women's Rights in Development, she shifted her energies to consulting and organizing and now currently sits on the Board of Trustees with the Groundswell Community Justice Trust Fund and organizes with the Caribbean Solidarity Network. She works as a National Human Rights Representative with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).