Shady Hafez is currently the Research Advisor at the National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC). He holds an MA in Indigenous Governance from the University of Victoria and is currently supporting the development of research capacity and projects within the NAFC in the hopes of creating better programs and services for urban Indigenous peoples. Shady is Algonquin Anishinabeg and Syrian from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg.