Fanta Ly is a J.D/ B.CL. Candidate at McGill University’s Faculty of Law and currently serves as the National Director of Mentorship of the Black Law Students’ Association of Canada. She holds an MSc. from the London School of Economics, specializing in African economic development, a Certificate in Social Sciences and Humanities from Sciences Po Paris, and an Honours Bachelor in Political science from the University of Ottawa. She is an active member of various community organizations and a fellow of the Black Wealth Club and the Black Diplomats Academy.

Fanta is pursuing an impact-oriented career at the intersections of law, policy, and advocacy. She is currently: spearheading an advocacy project on harassment and discrimination policies across Canadian universities, launching BlackAdemiaCanada, a multi-service platform aiming to promote the inclusion and retention of Black students in Academia, and putting together BLSA Canada’s first ranking of Canadian law schools for Black students.Prior to law school, she interned d as a Junior Policy Analyst in the Pan-African Affairs Division at Global Affairs Canada and as a compliance officer at the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development. Fanta is an avid writer and researcher. She conducted a research project on the Commission of Enquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. At LSE, she worked as a research assistant on presumptive taxation schemes of African Small and Medium Enterprises. At McGill, she worked as a research assistant in international labor law, employment, and human rights.

Fellows

Fanta Ly

Yahaya Alphonse

Yanaminah Thullah

Vicky Sedhya Maurice-Sevigny

Knollis Delle

Vannary Kong

Fatah Awil

Tsion Kebede

Black Diplomats Academy

Fellows