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Michelle Robinson

Co-Founder, VOICES, Assistant Producer, Calgary Animated Objects Society | Podcast Host, Native Calgarian

politics, Indigenous politics, Alberta politics, Canadian politics, fiscal framework, international politics, Indigenous advocacy, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit people, 231 calls to justice, racism, human rights, activism

Jane Watson

Founder | The Aperta Project

Human resources, people operations, sexual harassment, effective intervention and prevention of workplace sexual harassment, human systems, organizational change

Terri Roberts

Content Creator/Owner, The Pink Dumbbell Problem and Executive Director | Nova Scotia Fitness Assoication

Fitness, Feminism, & Philosophy. Exercise education, education for fitness industry, fitness for women and 2SLGBTQ people, gender and physical education myths, dance pedagogy, fitness after surviving a car crash, women victims of impaired driving, agnotology (study of ignorance) & how agnotology is the shadow side of pedagogy adult education, nonprofit programs & event planning,

Amy Kishek

Labour Lawyer, Advocate and Podcaster

Advocate for policy and law reform in areas of workplace law and human rights, working on behalf of precarious and young workers.

Anila Lee Yuen

President & CEO | Centre for Newcomers

diversity and inclusion, immigration, newcomers, refugees, asylum seekers, pluralism, multiculturalism, settlement needs, migration needs, community engagement, women's empowerment, advocacy