Book this speaker: Prasanna Ranganathan

About This Speaker: Prasanna Ranganathan

Prasanna Ranganathan is a documentary producer, DEIAB (diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging) consultant and advisor, speaker, writer, arts columnist, and former human rights lawyer.

He leads Prasanna Ranganathan Consulting, a DEIAB, talent, and inclusive content advisory practice. Previously, he served as Head of Diversity and Belonging at Shopify, where he built the company’s global DEIAB strategy, created programs, and led a team focused on data, learning, HR systems, community building, partnerships, and inclusive storytelling across marketing, longform content, and films. Before that, Prasanna spent nearly 13 years as a human rights lawyer with the Department of Justice Canada, Federal Judicial Affairs Canada, the United Nations, the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, and the Independent Street Checks Review, where he served as Senior Counsel to Chief Justice Michael Tulloch. He has almost 20 years of DEIAB experience across law, justice, international development, entertainment, and tech, and has worked with teams and projects across North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.

Prasanna holds an LL.M. from Columbia Law School, where he was a Fulbright Scholar and James Kent Scholar, a J.D. from the University of Victoria, and a B.A. from the University of Saskatchewan. His graduate thesis was cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, and he has received several awards, including the 2024 David C. Onley Award for Leadership in Accessibility.

He is Consulting Producer on the docuseries Born for Business and Associate Producer on the documentary Dream, Girl. He has served as a CBC Radio film and arts columnist, covered the Academy Awards and SAG Awards, and co-authored the cookbook Made with Prema with his mother.

A racialized, queer person with a disability, Prasanna sits on the board of the Disability Screen Office and is a seasoned speaker with engagements at TIFF, Sundance, BFI, and USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.

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