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Moura Quayle

Professor and Director, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs | University of British Columbia

Design and business, leadership, creativity, government-academic, public policy, design thinking, urban design, green cities, sustainable business, new pedagogy

Kathleen Killen

Psychotherapist and Owner | Kathleen Killen Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy, Couples Therapy, Relationships, Divorce, Marriage, Marriage Counselling, Intimacy, Celebrity Relationships, Dating Practices

Shauna Frederick

Chief Financial Officer | Frederick OTG Professional Corporation

Financial wellness for entrepreneurs, financial education, financial literacy, money, women in business, small and medium business, fractional chief financial officer services

Jennifer Good

Associate Professor | Brock University

Environmental communication, Media effects, Stories media tell, Stories not told by media and the implication, Media literacy, Digital media, Popular culture and the environment, Social justice and the environment, Environmental spirituality, Spiritual experiences in nature

Dr. Josephine Etowa

Full Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa; OHTN Chair in Black Women’s HIV Prevention and Care | Lead Investigator, Collaborative Critical Research for Equity & Transformation in Health (CO-CREATH) Lab; Affiliate Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies; Affiliate Professor, Institute for Science, Society and Policy

health and healthcare, inequities in health and healthcare, diversity in nursing, women's health, midwife, healthcare for Black Canadians, health of Black women and HIV, COVID and healthcare inequities, systemic racism in healthcare, capacity building to respond to Black Canadians' health needs during COVID, impact of COVID-19 on Black communities