Jyoti Gondek is currently the Ward 3 Councillor for the City of Calgary. She lives in a multigenerational home with her family in north central Calgary.
Jyoti grew up in the United Kingdom and Manitoba, spending her childhood listening to music, reading books, playing basketball and enjoying the outdoors.
Although her family experienced incidents of discrimination, Jyoti was also able to see a shift to inclusion over the years as more South Asian families settled in Manitoba. Jyoti continues to be a champion for diversity on Calgary City Council.
Prior to becoming a City Councillor, Jyoti headed up the Westman Centre for Real Estate Studies at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business, ran her own business (Tick) and led regional marketing teams. She served on the City of Calgary’s Planning Commission and the Calgary Economic Development Commercial Real Estate Committee, as well as the National Executive Forum on Public Property.
Jyoti attended the University of Manitoba where she studied criminology/sociology, as well as the University of Calgary where she completed an MA in social responsibility and a PhD in urban sociology. In 2016, Jyoti was awarded the Angus Reid Applied Sociology Award for her work in the field of sociology.
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