University of Toronto
Canada
Ms. Marie Therese Yaba Ndiaye is the Partnerships Manager at the Office of Vice President International at the University of Toronto.
Her role focuses on developing a coherent strategy for partnership engagement to increase the network’s visibility, influence, and long-term sustainability. Additionally, she spearheads ecosystem mapping initiatives to identify and cultivate partnerships that amplify the collaborative’s collective impact across the continent.
Prior to joining the University of Toronto, she worked with USAID, World Food Programme, and community-based organizations on climate resilience and humanitarian assistance programming. In those positions, she covered and traveled widely in West and Central African countries. She holds a Ph.D. in Rural Sociology and can work in French, English, and Portuguese.