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Dr. Yael Halevi-Wise

Associate Professor & Chair of Jewish Studies | McGill University

I was born in Israel in 1965 and grew up in Mexico. My BA in English Literature is from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. I then went on to do graduate work in English and Comparative Literature at Georgetown and Princeton University (PhD 1996). I have been teaching at McGill University since 2001 with a joint appointment in the departments of English and Jewish Studies. I live with my mathematician husband and our four children in Montreal. https://www.mcgill.ca/jewishstudies/faculty/haleviwise

Mieko Tarrius

PhD Candidate and Researcher, Geography and Urban Studies | Concordia University

gentrification, tech-led gentrification, whiteness, racism, systemic racism, diversity, cities, urban centres, tech

Dr. Angela Carter

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science (cross-appointed to the Department of Geography) | Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador & Senior Associate, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

Climate emergency, climate crisis, environmental politics, environmental policy, politics and policy of climate change, oil and gas, fossil fuels

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Tema Frank

Chief Instigator | Frank Reactions

Customer Experience in the Digital Era, & Women in the Workplace // L'experience client, service à la clientèle, & Femmes au travail

Dr. Andrea Paras

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science | University of Guelph

Professor Andrea Paras specialises in the ethics of international humanitarianism, with a special interest in religion and politics.