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Nadia Theodore

Senior Vice President | Maple Leaf Foods

trade policy, global trade, free trade, fair trade, future of work, economic diplomacy, international affairs, public policy, healthy work spaces, women in the workforce, women in business, women in leadership

Lianne Castelino

Founder & President | Where Parents Talk

Parenting, Sports, News & Current Affairs, Politics, Media, Journalism, Communications, Entrepreneurship

Yvonne Sam

Chair of the Rights and Freedom Committee | Black Community Resource Centre

social issues, social justice, education, justice, police, police brutality, human rights, treatment of prisoners, medicine and health, maternal mortality, ethical standards

Therese Greenwood

Author and Wildfire Survivor | University of Alberta Press

Therese Greenwood’s memoir, What You Take With You: Wildfire, Family and the Road Home, is an eyewitness account of escaping an out-of-control wildfire. Frequent commentator on losing your home to a wildfire and the impact on physical and mental health.