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Chloe Halpenny

Researcher | Social Research & Demonstration Corporation

gender equality, gender justice, social policy, basic income, income security, social justice, employment and skills, youth engagement

Dr. Stéphanie Chouinard

Assistant Professor | Royal Military College / Queen's University

Official languages, Federalism, Federal-Provincial relations, Minorities and judiciary, Language rights, Relationship between Francophones and Anglophones, Canada, Ontario, New Brunswick

Noorin Karmali

Senior Director | Benchmark Intelligence Group (BIG) Healthcare

hospital performance measurement, health data analytics, clinical data, financial data, hospital operations, benchmarking, operations improvement, program evaluation, cost effectiveness analysis, health care

Dr. Christina Clark-Kazak

Associate Professor | University of Ottawa

migration, refugees, borders, age discrimination, young people

Seher Shafiq

Political and Media Commentator - Focus on Elections

civic engagement, policy, politics, federal politics, provincial politics, ontario politics, municipal politics, voting, elections, election campaigns, grassroots activism, immigration and refugees, diversity and inclusion, pandemic recovery