Kayla Webber is a PhD candidate in the Department of Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, specializing in women’s and gender studies. She is also a part-time faculty member in the Department of Education at the UTM campus, where she teaches undergraduate courses. Her research focuses on housing precarity, Black and Indigenous communities, models of wellness, anti-Black racism, anti-Indigenous racism, Black affirmation, gender-based violence, and transformative justice.
Webber was born and raised in the Eglinton West Little Jamaica community in Tkaronto. She is the founder of the Youth Legacy project, which offers a thoughtfully curated and intentional space where Black, Indigenous, and Afro-Indigenous youth can imagine and create their legacies. The camp’s mantra is to empower youth to define and enact their legacies.

Webber is an 1834 Fellow alumnus, a Writing Fellow for the Philanthropist Journal, a CHEC-CCRL Emerging Housing Scholar, Bloom 23 Emerging Leader, past graduate student co-chair of the Indigenous Education Network, Stakeholder for the Anti-Black-Racism Unit Partnership, and a member of the Accountability Circle. She is also a member of the Toronto Strong Neighbourhood Strategy Advisory Group and Vice-Chair of the For Youth Initiative (FYI).

The Youth Legacy Camp focuses on themes such as housing, food insecurity, mental health, and unemployment. Activities include farming, gardening, land-based learning, education, and cooking, with a focus on well-being. Lastly, Kayla Webber was recently named one of 100 Accomplished Black Women in Canada.