Kearie Daniel is a nonprofit leader, communications professional, journalist, writer, and advocate whose work has focused on addressing anti Black racism and advancing equity across health, education, child welfare, and other systems impacting Black communities in Canada.

She is the Founder and Executive Director of the Black Women’s Institute for Health, BWIH, a national Black led registered charity focused on improving the health and wellbeing of Black women and girls. BWIH works across research, community programming, mental health, systems navigation, public education, advocacy, and policy, with a particular focus on the social determinants of health and the systemic conditions that shape the health experiences of Black women.

Kearie is the creator and lead of Voices Unheard, BWIH’s national community based research initiative examining the health and wellbeing of Black women in Canada. The research explores Black women’s experiences across healthcare and the broader social determinants of health, including employment, mental health, caregiving, income, and experiences of anti Black racism. The findings are being used to inform BWIH’s advocacy, programming, partnerships, and policy work.

Her leadership in the nonprofit sector extends across health, education, child welfare, advocacy, communications, and community development.

In 2019, Kearie co founded Parents of Black Children, PoBC, an organization established to address anti Black racism experienced by Black children and families, particularly within Ontario’s education system. As the organization’s inaugural Executive Director, she helped develop its organizational infrastructure, programming, advocacy, partnerships, fundraising, and systems navigation work. She led the organization until 2024.

Her experience building and leading nonprofit organizations has given her a particular interest in how Black led organizations develop sustainable infrastructure while remaining accountable to the communities they were created to serve. Her work has included organizational development, fund development, government relations, strategic communications, program development, community engagement, research, advocacy, and partnership building.

Before moving into nonprofit leadership, Kearie built a career in journalism and strategic communications.

She holds a Master’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom and a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications from Carleton University. Her early journalism experience included work with the NBC News London Bureau, the Associated Press, the Press Association in the United Kingdom, and freelance work with CBS 60 Minutes in London.

Her communications career has included work within Ontario’s healthcare and child welfare sectors. These experiences contributed to her understanding of how institutions communicate with communities, whose experiences are reflected in institutional decision making, and the role communications can play in both maintaining and challenging inequity.

In 2016, Kearie founded Woke Mommy Chatter, a platform exploring Black motherhood, race, parenting, identity, and the experiences of raising Black children in Canada. Through the platform, she has written and spoken about Black motherhood, education, racism, parenting, and social justice. Her writing and commentary have appeared across Canadian media and publications.

Across her nonprofit and advocacy work, Kearie has focused on connecting community experience with institutional and policy change. At BWIH, this includes working with Black women and communities alongside researchers, healthcare professionals, nonprofit organizations, funders, and governments to identify gaps and develop responses grounded in the experiences of Black women themselves.

More recently, her work has included advocating for greater accountability for Black health outcomes, including improved race based health data, stronger recognition of the social determinants affecting Black women’s health, and policy responses that address systemic inequities rather than placing responsibility solely on individuals and communities.

Kearie also contributes to conversations about nonprofit leadership, Black led organizational development, health equity, anti Black racism, community based research, and the relationship between storytelling, evidence, advocacy, and policy.

She is a mother of two, and her experiences as a Black mother have informed much of her work. From Woke Mommy Chatter, to Parents of Black Children, to the Black Women’s Institute for Health, her work has consistently centred questions about how systems affect Black women, children, and families, and how communities can have a stronger voice in shaping the policies and institutions that affect their lives.