Maya Roy (She, her)

Maya Roy (she/her) is a member of the National Housing Council and the past CEO of YWCA Canada and Newcomer Women's Services Toronto. She served on the 2018 Gender Equality Advisory Council during Canada’s G7 Presidency and was the Co-Chair of the Future of Jobs Working Group.  

In 2019, she was a member of Canada’s official delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. In partnership with Rotman School of Business, she served as Strategic Co-Lead on A Feminist Economic Recovery Plan for Canada: Making the Economy Work for Everyone, the first nationally focused plan of its kind in the world. 

Roy is proficient in Bengali, French, and English. She holds a master's in social policy and planning from the London School of Economics, and a bachelor's in social work from TMU. She also completed an executive education with the Harvard Kennedy School and Wharton School of Business.