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Rachel Kohut

Communications and Public Health Lead, Ilisaqsivik | Project Coordinator, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace & Gender-Based Violence in Nunavut — Baffin, Law Society of Nunavut

Gender, law, public health, global health, advocacy

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Ms. Sweta Rajan

Senior Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Advisor | Ecojustice

I envision a world where diverse voices are valued equally. As a recognized speaker, facilitator, and coach, I work with organizations to create inclusive workplaces.

Dawn Rae Downton

Independent writer | journalist

Chronic pain, Opioids, Opioid crisis, Privacy, Security, Wireless engineering, Surveillance technology

Muzna Dureid

Liaison Officer | The White Helmets

Refugee rights, refugees and migration, conflict, Syria, gender-based violence, sexual violence in conflict, sexual and reproductive health and rights, political participation, women in politics, women's rights, lobbying, feminism

Christine Daigle

Professor of Philosophy | Brock University

Daigle is an expert in existentialism, feminism, and posthumanism. She is the Director of the Posthumanism Research Institute and the Posthumanism Research Network.