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Dr Nicole Letourneau

Professor & Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation Chair in Parent-Infant Mental Health | Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary

Parenting, Infant/Child Health and Development, Parenting and Child Development, Postpartum Depression, Perinatal Mood Disorders, Mental Health, Toxic Stress, Fathers, Mothers, Epigenetics and Genetics

Dr. Pauline Barmby

Professor, Physics & Astronomy | University of Western Ontario

I use telescopes on Earth and in space to study the contents of nearby galaxies. I advocate for accessibility to science for all.

Ella Ophir

Associate Professor, College of Arts and Science | University of Saskatchewan

English, Modernist Literature, British and American Modernist Literature, Poetry, Documentary, Life Writing, Language, Power, Relationship between Language and Power, Conceptions of Voice

Brenna Atnikov

Senior Consultant | Reos Partners

Collaborative social innovation, Evaluation, Process design, Strategic learning, Social impact, Entrenched social and political challenges

Janice Moreside

Assistant Professor, Kinesiology | Dalhousie University

Hip and spine motion, Posture, Rehabilitation of musculo-skeletal disorders, Low back pain, Human movement