President and CEO of Habitat for Humanity Canada
Julia Deans is President & CEO of Habitat for Humanity Canada, a 46-local member federation focused on safe and affordable housing for all.
With degrees from Queen’s University, Columbia University and Osgoode Hall Law School, Julia practiced law with Torys LLP in Toronto and Hong Kong and built a business in Singapore before becoming CEO of CivicAction, Futurpreneur Canada and the Canada Children’s Literacy Foundation, Chair of Ontario's Expert Roundtable on Immigration.
She has been named to WXN’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women, a YWCA Toronto Woman of Distinction, and a Woman of Influence Canadian Diversity Champion, and received the Pearson Centre for Progressive Policy Leadership Award, the Goodman School of Business Distinguished Leader Award, and le Prix Hommage RelèveON 2020.
Julia has her ICD.D, is a director of InvestEco Capital and the Canada Post Community Foundation and is an Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces.
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