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Heather Bastedo

Principal | Public Square Research

Heather Bastedo has more than ten years of experience in persuasion and motivation research

Brenda Parlee

Associate Professor; Canada Research Chair Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology | University of Alberta

Social Responses to Ecological Change; Social, Economic and Environmental Issues; Environmental Sociology; Community-Based Resource Management

Dr. Anne Murphy

Associate Professor, Asian Studies; Co-Director, Centre for India and South Asia Research; Interim Associate Dean, Faculty and Program Development, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies | University of British Columbia

Early modern and modern cultural representation in Punjab and within the Punjabi Diaspora; the historical formation of religious communities; Sikh tradition; Oral history; Language; Sustainability and Transnationalism

Bukola Ojemakinde

Founder | Ladies in the Family Foundation

Immigrant women, social issues, social wellness, belonging, Black seniors

Heather Barnabe

CEO | Fora (formerly G(irls)20)

Gender equality, Young female leadership advocacy, Intersectional feminism, Female empowerment