Ngozi Iroanyah

Ngozi Iroanyah is the Director of Health Equity and Access with the Alzheimer Society of Ontario. In her role she supports the developments of equity-focused initiatives and programs for all 26 local societies in Ontario to inform their programming, community outreach and policies to being more diverse and inclusive to equity deserving communities. She is also a community health promoter and supports health literacy and understanding as it pertains to dementia education and awareness. She is a public speaker and advocate for diversity in dementia on national and international stages.  

She is also a PhD student at York University in Health Policy and Equity Studies where her research is about experiences of dementia in the Black community using an intersectional lens. 

She was the primary caregiver and guardian for her father, Felix, who lived with dementia for 17 years and was the inspiration for her work.