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Fr. Jeffrey S. Burwell, SJ
Provincial Superior

Fr. Gilles Mongeau, SJ
Socius to the Provincial

Fr. Lissaint Antoine, SJ
Interim Province Treasurer

Fr Christopher Llanos SJ

Chris became Chair of the Board in October 2021. He brings with him a wealth of experience from Latin America and the Caribbean where he was Regional Superior of the Guyana Region and prior to that, the Jamaica Region. He also previously served on the board of CJI from 2003-2006.

Susanna Barnes

Susanna teaches anthropology at the University of Saskatchewan, in Saskatoon. She is familiar with and committed to the work and the mission of the Jesuits, having worked at the Jesuit Refugee Service offices in Rome, in East Timor, and in Phnom Penh. Barnes has also worked as a consultant for the World Health Organization in East Timor, and the International Centre for Transitional Justice in Indonesia. She is a member of the Canadian Anthropological Society and the Association of Asian Studies among others.

Gilio Brunelli

Gilio is a consultant on international development, a part-time university teacher and a full-time volunteer for several causes. He led Development and Peace’s International Program Department for several years and is an anthropologist by training. He was born and raised in Italy and has spent a number of years working with several Indigenous groups in the Amazon. An idealist by choice and an optimist by nature, life has taught Gilio that the best way to achieve the most beautiful dreams is not always the shortest one.

Wambui Kipusi

Wambui grew up in Kenya where she finished her undergraduate studies and started her career in economics, business and policy. She has over 30 years public sector experience in several fields, including housing, environment, socioeconomic wellbeing and employment, health and international development. For the last 25 years, she has volunteered for Development and Peace to help address poverty in the Global South, especially in Africa.

Patria Rivera

Patria served as editor of Catholic Missions in Canada Magazine, a multi-awarded publication which features Canadian missionary work in remote and isolated communities in the North. She was news editor of The Catholic Register 1987 to 1994. A member of the Writers’ Union of Canada, Rivera’s first poetry collection, Puti/White, was shortlisted for the 2006 Canadian Trillium Book Award for Poetry. In November, a book she co-edited, Magdaragat: An Anthology of Filipino-Canadian Writing, will be launched by Cormorant Books in Toronto.

Fr Philip Shano SJ

Fr Philip has been a Jesuit since 1978. He worked at the Jesuit retreat house in Guelph for more than ten years, was novice director at the Jesuit Novitiate in St Paul, Minnesota for six years, has been superior of Jesuit communities several times, and has served in many capacities of Jesuit leadership and governance. He has extensive experience teaching, giving retreats, and writing in the area of Ignatian spirituality. He is a member of the Jesuit Community in Pickering and is involved with Manresa-Jesuit Spiritual Renewal Centre. A formative experience was the several months he worked with the Darjeeling Jesuits.

Desmond Wilson

Desmond is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). For 16 years, he was the CFO of the Catherine Donnelly Foundation, a grant-making initiative of the Sisters of Service. He was involved in their investments stewardship, seeing their focus evolve from socially responsible investing, to incorporate divestment from fossil fuels and the deployment of an innovative impact investment strategy.

Jenny Cafiso

Jenny is the Executive Director of Canadian Jesuits International. She previously served as program coordinator at the international office of the Jesuit Refugee Service based in Rome. She has also worked for 10 years as coordinator of education at the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace in Toronto. Jenny worked for two years in Peru with the leadership formation team of TAREA, a popular education centre working in slum areas of Lima. She has travelled extensively for work in Asia, Latin America and Africa.