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Tingting Zhang

Junior Policy Analyst | C.D. Howe Institute

Demographics and immigration, education, skills and labour market policy, Canadian healthcare, primary care, provincial healthcare, human capital policy, men's and women's employment, pay gap.

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Dr. Lynn Gehl

Indigenous/Indigenist Cultural Critic, Writer, Author | Independent

Indigenist Cultural Critic

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

Fae Johnstone

Executive Director and Co-Owner, Wisdom2Action & President | Momentum

Transgender, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ+ advocacy, Trans inclusion, Mental health, Child and youth mental health, Sex education, Sexual and reproductive health, Social policy

Kristine Beese

Founder & CEO | Untangle Money

Financial planning, financial literacy, gendered finance, women and wealth, middle income Canadian women and financial planning, women's earning potential, women's income curve