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Lauren Ravon

Executive Director | Oxfam Canada

Feminism, women's rights, women's movement, gender justice, social justice, gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive rights, abortion, equal pay, care economy, caregiving, foreign policy, Canadian foreign policy, poverty, economic inequality, taxation, humanitarian crisis, conflict, humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Dr. Sharon McIntyre

Founder, New Cottage Industries & Co. & Adjunct Professor, Innovation & Entrepreneurship | Mount Royal University

pragmatic innovation, inclusive innovation, innovation culture, entrepreneurship, post-secondary educational policy, crowdsourcing, co-creation, marketing, technology marketing and communication

Esme Fuller-Thomson

Professor; Sandra Rotman Chair in Social Work; Interim Director, Institute for Life Course and Aging | University of Toronto

Long-term health impacts of adverse childhood experience including maltreatment and parental divorce, grandparents raising grandchildren and social determinants of disability among older adults.

Carol-Ann Courneya

Associate Professor, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine | University of British Columbia

Medical Education, Medical Students, Wellness, Professional Identity

Dr. Tanya Dahms

Professor | University of Regina

Advanced microscopy, Herbicide impact, Environment, Unintended impact of pesticides, Intended impact of antifungals, Essential oil-based antifungals, Microbial ultrastructure https://www.uregina.ca/science/chem-biochem/people/faculty/tanya-dahms.html https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tanya_Dahms