Renée Vaugeois

Renée Vaugeois is the executive director of the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights. She has led initiatives addressing poverty, policing and youth aging out of care, and founded the Stride Advocacy program to support marginalized individuals navigating human rights systems. Renée also co-founded the Ainembabazi Children’s Project, focused on sustainable development in Uganda, and the Coalition for Justice and Human Rights in Alberta, a network of professionals working collectively to address human rights issues. Renée has provided training and human rights capacity building to various public sector agencies, including the Canadian Human Rights Commission, Alberta’s Office of the Child and Youth Advocate, Covenant Health and the City of Edmonton. Renée is sought after for her skills in facilitating brave conversations on difficult topics and has designed numerous community-based human rights models and assessments.