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Dr. Sarah Dow-Fleisner

Assistant Professor | University of British Columbia

Resilience, child and maternal health and wellbeing, substance use and mental Illness, child welfare, foster care and adoption, social work, child development, marginalized and vulnerable communities and how they thrive, supporting youth in not vaping, women survivors of intimate partner violence who received traumatic head injuries and how they thrive

Allison Stocks

Fisheries Improvement Officer | Yayasan Masyarakat Dan Perikanan Indonesia

Marine biology, marine conservation, sustainable fisheries and seafood, marine debris, small-scale fisheries, coastal resources

Dr. Jennifer Jackson

Registered Nurse, PhD, Assistant Professor | University of Calgary

Nursing, healthcare systems, COVID-19, opioids, harm reduction, pharmacare, resilience, health, medicine, workforce and professional issues

Cathy Pillar

CEO | Ametros Learning Inc.

Education technology startup, workforce readiness, soft skills development, applied artificial intelligence

Dr. Jennifer Walinga

Professor | Royal Roads University

Organizational Culture and Change, Values Based Leadership, Cultural Change, Communication, Sport, Women in Leadership, Sustainable Practice