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Rebecca Ellis

Phd candidate | Western University

Beekeeping; urban bees; pollinators; urban agriculture; pollinator gardening; wild gardening; gentrification and community gardening; human geography; permaculture; political ecology; agroecology; community gardens; vegan politics; sustainable food systems

Mary Louise Adams

Professor | Queen's University

Professor, Kinesiology and Health Studies

Dr. Emily Queenan

Medical Doctor | Queenan Family Medicine and Maternity Care; Georgian Bay General Hospital

Family Medicine, Rural Care, Obstetrics, Maternity Care, Reproductive Healthcare, Women’s Health, Healthcare Systems, Mindfulness in Medicine

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Dr. Parshati Patel

Educational Outreach and Communications Specialist | Institute for Earth and Space Exploration, Western University

Astrophysicist, Science Communicator and STEM Education Researcher

Linda White

Professor of Political Science and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy | University of Toronto

Comparative Welfare States
, Social and Family Policy, 
Gender and Public Policy,
 Ideas, Norms, and Policy Development, 
Federalism, Law, and Public Policy