Rona Abramovitch is a senior policy advisor for the Ontario Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development and the Ministry of Education, focusing on equity, inclusion and the transition to postsecondary education. A former psychology professor at the University of Toronto, she also was the university’s Status of Women Officer and director of the Transitional Year Program. At Ryerson University, she founded Spanning the Gaps, which provides programming for youth and adults who would not otherwise participate in higher education.