Our Team

Ayden Clarke (he / him) is a fourth year student majoring in Sociology with Honours standing. He is interested in economic and workplace democracy and his honours thesis examined the economic and social challenges that worker cooperatives in British Columbia face. In his spare time he likes to read,...Read more

Emma Villalobos (she/her) is a Program Coordinator at the Office of Regional and International Community Engagement (ORICE). She graduated from UBC Vancouver in 2024 with a B.A. in International Relations and Law and Society. She joined ORICE in the summer of 2023 as a Human Rights Collect...Read more

Mathew Graham (he/him) joined the ORICE team as a Program Assistant in the summer of 2024. He is currently a student studying for a B.A. Degree in Sociology with Honours standing. In his personal research, he observes how gay men are portrayed in Canadian news outlets in relation to public health st...Read more

Michelle Read is an undergraduate student in the Global Resource Systems program at UBC, where she explores intersections of environmental science, international relations, and communications. She is passionate about advancing social and environmental justice through community engagement, political...Read more

Sarah Kwak (she/her) is a third-year student double-majoring in Political Science and Philosophy. Academically, she is interested in human rights, critical theory, and democratic studies. In practice, Sarah has held roles in various community-based organizations, including School District 73’s fir...Read more