Latoya T. Reid is a masters trained Registered Social Worker, trained educator (certified through Sam Sharpe Teachers College), Practicing Psychotherapist, and a Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Black Racism Keynote Speaker and Consultant boasting over 15 years of experience in human service, community activism, grassroots program development and implementation, project coordination, and representational leadership.

Her expansive experience ranges from teaching, to various branches of social work including: health care, addictions counseling, assessor coordinating, case management, child welfare, consultancy, advocacy, research and analysis, activism, public speaking, training, among others which have led to her working with marginalized communities through partnerships with government (CSJP) and multinational organizations (USAID) in her home country of Jamaica, as well as her extensive work to advance social change in regards to equity, diversity, inclusion and anti-black racism in Saskatchewan and Ontario. In Jamaica, Latoya, through the Chill City Community Club, was instrumental in securing funding for a concrete fence project for the inner-city community of Bottom Pen through proposals to the Citizen’s Security and Justice Program (CSJP) and USAID.

Latoya is also a keynote speaker and anti-racism trainer. She has partnered/collaborated with the following organizations: Black in Sask, Government of Canada, Black Lives Matter YXE, Raise Her Community, First Nations and Metis Health Services, Heritage Community Association, The Town of Newmarket, Microsoft Canada (Blacks at Microsoft- Canada and United States), Newmarket African Caribbean Canadian Association, University of Regina Psychology Students Association, Canadian Philanthropy Partnership Network- Western Regional Conference, University of Toronto’s North America Refugee Health Conference (September 2021), International Federation of Social Workers Online Conference (2020).

Latoya's penchant for addressing social inequity and creating an increasingly multicultural environment is also highlighted in her thesis for her MSW program and is also the developer of the Everyone Against Racism (E.A.R.) Workshops which are geared towards dismantling racism and creating more self-affirming spaces using sustainable and collaborative efforts. Her leadership roles at The U of R, where she spearheaded numerous initiatives and collaborated with the student council, social work faculty and various community organizations to advance social change, underscore her commitment to the cause of decolonizing the social landscape.

Her activism has led to the formation of a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee at the U of R, as well as the hiring of representative mental health practitioners for the BIPOC students. She has also advocated for change on a provincial level through her online and paper petitions which were supported by various signatories and presented to the Saskatchewan legislature in 2020 which led to the creation of space for the equitably hiring of representative mental health therapists in the province and the municipality’s ongoing work with the Black in Sask organization.