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Dr. Sue Haywood

Director, HR Practice and Head People Officer | Business Sherpa Group

Human resources (HR), organizational behaviour, strategy, SME, people-first leadership

Dr. Marika Morris

Research, evaluation and training consultant | Marika Morris Consulting

Marika is a research, evaluation and training consultant who works with equity-seeking and Indigenous organizations (particularly Inuit), government departments and agencies, and businesses to meet their information needs, particularly in the areas of workplace equity, good mental health, collaborative leadership and violence prevention. She is also an Adjunct Research Professor in the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies at Carleton University.

Jackie Dawson

Canada Research Chair in Environment, Society, and Policy and Associate Professor | University of Ottawa

Arctic, sea ice changes, global trade routes, shipping, tourism, climate change, ocean, policy

Dr. Carrie Demmans Epp

Assistant Professor | University of Alberta

education technology, e-learning, learning analytics, online learning, language learning technologies

Emily Campbell, RD, CDE, MScFN

Registered Dietitian | Kidney Nutrition

Nutrition, dietitian, health, food, Diabetes, chronic kidney disease, kidney function, kidney failure