Julia Deans

Julia Deans is the past President and CEO of Habitat for Humanity Canada. 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 Canadian Children's Literacy Foundation, and Chair of Ontario's Expert Roundtable on Immigration.

Julia 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 also a director of InvestEco Capital, United for Literacy, the LEAF Foundation and the Canada Post Community Foundation.