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Karen Fellowes

Senior Counsel | Stikeman Elliot LLP

Lawyer with corporate and consumer bankruptcy expertise

Aisha Addo

Founder & CEO | Power to Girls Fdn. / My Power App

Technology, Women in Tech, Diversity, and Inclusion, Mental Health, Women Supporting Women, Mentorship and Leadership for Marginalized Girls, Entrepreneurship, Self-Improvement, Non-Profit Management, Building Community.

Dr. Karen Benzies

Professor, Faculty of Nursing and Adjunct Research Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine | University of Calgary

parenting, preterm birth, family integrated care, health and social systems, sustainability

Jessica Fan

Systems Change Consultant | Reos Partners

Systems change, entrepreneurship, startup, social innovation, service design, technology, user experience, design thinking, collaboration

Sukhpreet Sangha

Newcomer Program Manager | Law In Action Within Schools, University of Toronto Faculty of Law

criminal law, poverty law, legal education, legal mentoring, violence against women, family violence, theatre, prison abolition