Naomi Alboim is the senior policy fellow at the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration (CERC) at Toronto Metropolitan University, and a distinguished fellow at the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University. Alboim is an active public policy consultant who has advised governments and non-governmental agencies across Canada, Europe, Caribbean, Vietnam, Indonesia, Ghana, Kenya, and South Korea. Previously, Alboim worked at senior levels in the Canadian federal and Ontario provincial governments for 25 years, including eight years as deputy minister in three different portfolios. Her areas of responsibility included immigration, human rights, labor market training, workplace standards, culture, women’s, seniors’, disability, anti-racism, and indigenous issues.

She is an engaged volunteer and advocate on immigration and refugee issues. Alboim is a recipient of Queen Elizabeth II’s Gold and Diamond Jubilee Medals and is a member of the Order of Ontario.