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Dr. Reyhaneh Noshiravani

Consultant | Independent

International relations, international affairs, Iran, Middle East, future of work, gig economy, economic history, corporate governance

BScN, RN Dawn McIlmoyle

Veteran and Abuse Advocate | Dawn's Awareness For Abuse Peer Support Network (DAFAPSN)

PTSD, Domestic violence, Abuse, Veterans, Military sexual trauma, Cannabis

Dr. Anna Metaxas

Professor, Department of Oceanography | Dalhousie University

Oceans, Marine ecology, Marine protected areas, Deep sea, Deep water, Coastal ecosystems, Deep-water corals, Conservation, Near coast, Offshore

Julia Chung, CFP, CLU, FEA, TEP

CEO & Senior Financial Planner, Spring Planning and President | Financial Planning Association of Canada

Julia Chung is a leader in Canadian financial planning and global family business advisory. She is an expert in connecting personal, corporate, and multi-generational family finances with the values, legacy, and goals unique to each individual. A sought-after speaker and writer, Julia deeply enjoys helping people create lives of great personal meaning. Julia is CEO of Spring Planning, an advice-only financial planning firm, and a family business consultant with Trella Advisory Group. Julia also co-founded the Advice Only Planners forum, and the Financial Planning Association of Canada. She is the author of several books on business and finance and a successful entrepreneur who has - so far - founded more than five businesses.

Dr. Kathryn Labelle

Associate Professor, College of Arts and Science | University of Saskatchewan

Aboriginal History, Wendat/Wyandot/Huron communities of North America, Settler Colonialism, Indigenous Identity