Profile

Leonora C Angeles is cross-appointed Professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) School of Community and Regional Planning and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice where she is Director since July 2022. She is also faculty affiliate at the UBC Centre for Human Settlements (CHS), the Centre for Southeast Asian Research (CSEAR), and the Centre for Gender, Sexuality and Health Equity (CGSHE). She worked on number of applied research and capacity-building research projects in Brazil, Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines, related to community and international development studies, social policy, participatory planning and governance, participatory action research, and transnational feminist networks, particularly in Southeast Asia. She is President of the Board of the National Pilipino Canadian Cultural Centre (NPC3), past President of the Canadian Council on Southeast Asian Studies (CCSEAS, 2019-2021), recipient of the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Award, 2018 Civic Merit Award at the City of Vancouver, 2021 University of the Philippines Distinguished Alumni Award, and was among the 75 Filipino Canadians recognized at the 75th Anniversary of Philippine-Canada Diplomatic Relations.