Fitsum Areguy is a writer and cultural organizer whose experiences working in frontline social services to academia to journalism inform a distinctive approach to community engagement and storytelling.
His advocacy and organizing spans youth rights, disability justice, Indigenous solidarity, immigration and refugee support, housing justice, and community mental health, with particular focus on supporting racialized and historically marginalized communities. This inter/multi-disciplinary practice across nonprofit and public sectors is strategic, critical, and ethical, focused on building social infrastructure to advance community wellbeing and systemic change.
Areguy is a 2025 Musagetes Fellow and member of the inaugural Nazar Research Cluster at Concordia University's Dark Opacities Lab. With funding support from the Ontario Arts Council and Waterloo Region Community Foundation, he is currently working on a collection of personal essays exploring family histories alongside investigative reporting on Canadian mining projects across the Horn of Africa.
For writing assignments, research and evaluation projects, consultations, publications, or collaborations, reach out at fareguy@pm.me
