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Dr. Maureen Mayhew

Clinical Professor | University of British Columbia

Population and Public Health, Cross-Cultural Medicine, Immigrant Health, Refugee Health, Healthcare, Women's Health, First Nations and Indigenous Health

Barbara Marcolin

Associate Professor, Faculty of Management | University of British Columbia

Management, Information systems knowledge of how people, software, hardware, organizations and processes converge, Entrepreneurial technology, Fast features, Partnering, Participatory requirements, Effective technology use, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) methods (PLS, Lisrel, AMOS, EQS), User competence

Dr. Nicola Koper

Dean, Faculty of Environment | University of Northern British Columbia

Conservation biologist, expert on conserving birds, prairies, and tropical ecosystems

Eve Tsai

Assistant professor, Faculty of Medicine, Surgery | University of Ottawa

Neurosurgery, Spine surgery, Spinal cord injury, Spinal cord, Spine tumours, Biomaterials, Biomedical engineering, Neuroscience, Surgery

Jane Hilderman

Executive Director | ClimateWest

Public Leadership, Civic Engagement, Voter Turnout, Women in Politics, Youth Engagement, Parliament, Canadian Politics, Canadian Democracy, Research, Public Policy, Policy Analysis, Non-Profit Organization, Community Outreach