Biography

Gina Valle works in the community, the corporation and the classroom to address issues of multiculturalism. Her company Diversity Matters brings a multidimensional approach to understanding diversity. Gina is an educator, researcher, the director and producer of the documentary The Last Rite, the editor of the book Our Grandmothers Ourselves, the curator of the photo exhibit Legacies, which has travelled to Asia and Europe. Her doctoral work brought her into French and English inner-city schools in Montreal, where she worked alongside exemplary teachers. Dr. Valle sits on the board of the Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA) and the Italian Canadian Museum (ICM). For more information on Diversity Matters and Gina’s work, please visit www.ginavalle.com