Kwame Julius McKenzie is a British-Canadian psychiatrist employed as the CEO of Wellesley Institute, a policy think tank based in Toronto, Ontario.

[15] A report published by the panel in March 2021 concluded that among other factors, teachers' COVID-19 vaccination status must be taken into account when developing and implementing school-based SARS-CoV-2 testing and tracing policies.

In 2005 McKenzie wrote an article in The Times, UK about racial stereotyping in the 2005 film King Kong, co-written, produced, and directed by Peter Jackson.

"[18] The article received such a strong response from readers that McKenzie and The Times issued a challenge asking the public to find positive Black images on television during the holiday season.

[19] In December 2021, McKenzie wrote an opinion piece in the Toronto Star calling for a strategy to avert vaccine inequity in racialized children.