Sipho Kwaku joined WoodGreen Community Services in 2002 as Director of Homelessness & Housing Help and Mental Health & Developmental Services. In 2004, he was appointed Director of Employment and Immigrant Services. In 1998, Sipho was initiated as a Rite of Passage Process Practitioner from the National Rites of Passage Institute. In 2007, Sipho introduced Rites of Passage into the programming components at WoodGreen. Sipho was born in Trinidad W.I. and was educated and trained in the United States and Canada in community economic development. Sipho holds a M.Sc. in Community Economic Development.
Sipho Kwaku is a member of the Toronto Sector Skills Academy, Class of 2016-17, one of several Workforce Leadership Academies in localities across North America.
The Workforce Leadership Academies are part of the Economic Opportunity Fellows Network, a network of leadership and fellowship programs run by the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program. Within this Network, EOP connects national and local leaders from across sectors — nonprofit, government, business, philanthropy, academia, and more — to advance policies and practices with the potential to help low- and moderate-income Americans thrive in today’s economy. Learn more at as.pn/eofn.