Dr. Vida Shehada is a Professor and Program Coordinator of the “International Development Postgraduate Program” at Centennial College. She has completed her Ph.D. as a Fulbright Scholar at the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (United States) and she has a Master’s degree in Democracy and Human Rights. Dr. Shehada also held research and teaching positions at Rutgers University and State University of New York (SUNY) of Binghamton. Previously she worked with several NGOs on issues of gender equality, human rights, and organizational capacity building. Currently, Dr. Shehada serves as a Board Director of the Ontario Council for International (OCIC) and the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID). She has developed and led “International Development Week” (IDW) at Centennial College for the past six years.