Mr. Malik Ayass is Executive Director of The Door/La Porte Youth Centre, which provides prevention programs for high risk youth between the ages of 12 and 18, and through that work has become familiar with many of the challenges some new Canadians face when dealing with the police.
 

Prior to becoming Executive Director, he was Outreach Coordinator at The Door, and has also been involved in other community agencies, including the Boys and Girls Club, the YMCA-YWCA and the Ottawa Distress Centre.