Liv Mendelsohn

Liv Mendelsohn, M.A., M.Ed., JCC Association’s inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) consultant, also is director of accessibility and inclusion at the Miles Nadal JCC and artistic director of the ReelAbilities Film Festival Toronto. She leads efforts that ground JCCs’ inclusion work in Jewish principles and advance JCC Association’s support of JCCs as places for all. A former University of Toronto social work field instructor and Ruderman Jewish Leadership Institute on Disabilities and Inclusion faculty member, Mendelsohn received a Civic Action Leadership Foundation DiverseCity Fellowship and a City of Toronto Equity Award. She serves on Toronto’s Accessibility Advisory Committee; City of Toronto Museums’ Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Committee; and the Civic Re:Action Toronto COVID Recovery Task Force. Mendelsohn is a 2021 fellow of the Maytree Foundation Policy School and a 2021–23 Mandel Executive Leadership Program Fellow.