Siu Mee Cheng possesses over 27 years of leadership experience in the health and social services sectors and governments at the local, provincial and national levels in Canada, and has worked on critical health and social policy and care issues including working across the care continuum, food insecurity, housing, public health and poverty reduction. She has provided leadership for organizations that have operated at the point of intersection of key health and social issues that have impacted vulnerable populations including women, newcomers, older adults, low-income individuals, individuals with mental health and addictions and the homeless, to name a few. With knowledge and expertise gained from her work experience and her doctoral research on integrated health and social care for vulnerable populations, Siu Mee is dedicated to improving conditions for society’s most vulnerable through leadership, advocacy, research and volunteerism. She is the executive director for Street Haven a women’s multi-service health and social care agency providing shelter, supportive housing, training supports and addictions treatment services to homeless women living in deep poverty.
Siu Mee possesses a PhD (from Toronto Metropolitan University in policy studies), with additional training in public health and a community health, and is a Certified Health Executive Member with the Canadian College of Health Leaders. She has offered up thought leadership on critical health and social care issues through publications and presentations at national and international conferences. Siu Mee is also a sessional instructor for the Faculty of Arts and Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University.
