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Karrie Lynn Dymond

Founder | Keep Your Hands 2 Yourself

Country Music, Abusive Relationships, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Planned Escape for Domestic Abuse Victims

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Shirlee Sharkey

Board Director and Advisor; former CEO | SE Health

Health executive and social innovator

Lauren Ravon

Executive Director | Oxfam Canada

Feminism, women's rights, women's movement, gender justice, social justice, gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive rights, abortion, equal pay, care economy, caregiving, foreign policy, Canadian foreign policy, poverty, economic inequality, taxation, humanitarian crisis, conflict, humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Noralee Bradley

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer | Nutrien

Advisor to Public and Private Companies on M&A takeovers, Financings and Restructurings, particularly in the Energy Sector.

Dr. Jocelyn Thorpe

Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies Program | University of Manitoba

Professor Thorpe explores the history and legacies of colonialism in the Canadian context