Stephen Portman

Class of 2018

Stephen Portman has spent nearly a decade as a legal advocate, working on the frontlines of law based anti-poverty reform in British Columbia. As Advocacy Lead of Together Against Poverty Society (TAPS), Portman has worked to highlight legislative inequality with a focus on achieving lasting systems change though community building, the courts, and in the political realm. Through his work, he aims to advance a rights-based analysis to the challenges posed by needless poverty. When not at work you can find him at a rally, in the forest, on the sea, or in the kitchen. Portman is the recipient of the 2017-18 Maytree Human Rights and Poverty Fellowship.