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Jessica Davis

Principal consultant | Insight Threat Intelligence

Intelligence, terrorism, terrorist financing, women in terrorism, analysis, CSIS

Dr. Andrea Chandler

Professor, Political Science | Carleton University

Russian politics, Post-Soviet politics, European politics, Gender and politics, Comparative politics of social welfare reform

Prof. Dawn Bazely

Professor, Department of Biology | York University

#YorkU Biology professor. Collaborative, interdisciplinary researcher & award-winning teacher. Past #YorkU Sustainability Inst Director.

Jennifer Hollinshead

Founder and Clinical Director | Peak Resilience

intersectional, anti-oppression, mental health, body objectification, triggers, victim blaming, rape culture, sexual trauma, trauma, sexual violence survivor support, therapy, counselling, feminist therapy

Dr. Kaberi Dasgupta

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Divisions of Internal Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology, and Endocrinology and Metabolism | McGill University

Medicine, Diabetes, Diabetes management, Social determinants of Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes, Diabetes and pregnancy, Type 1 Diabetes and youth, Peer support for Type 1 Diabetes