Diana Chan McNally

Diana Chan McNally (Dipl. CW BFA MA MEd) has been a front-line community worker and homelessness advocate in downtown Toronto for the past decade. As someone with lived experience of social services and of being unhoused, Diana’s work focuses on human rights and equity issues for people who are homeless.

As a Maytree Fellow, Diana will focus on advancing public narratives on human rights and poverty; working with and educating communities and individuals around social and economic rights; and engaging in opportunities to advance the realization of those rights. 

Diana is the co-founder and Coordinator of the Ontario Coalition for the Rights of Homeless People, and is currently associated with The Shift, a Canadian-based, international housing rights organization, and St. Luke’s Out of the Cold program. In addition to serving on the steering committees and boards of Justice for Children and Youth and Health Providers Against Poverty, Diana is also a current fellow of the McNally Project for Paramedicine Research. She is also a regular contributing columnist to Toronto Today.