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Jamie Daw

Assistant Professor | Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Health policy, Pharmaceutical policy, Health insurance, Medicare, Pharmacare, Canada, U.S.

Paula Ethans

Lawyer | Thompson Dorfman Sweatman Law

Feminism, intersectionality, human rights, international human rights, gender equality, migration policy, refugee law, women's rights, social policy

Janice Buckingham

Partner | Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt LLP

One of Canada’s leading energy project advisors focussing on development, acquisition and divestiture of energy development, production, transportation and storage projects.

Teresa Isabel Dias

Pharmacist, NAMS Certified Menopause Practitioner | MenopausED

Menopause, menopause education, menopause at work, perimenopause, women's midlife health, women's health advocate, pharmaceuticals, health and wellness

Daria Boffito

Professor | Polytechnique Montréal

Process Intensification, ultrasound, microwaves, extraction processes, , catalysis= and catalyst design and synthesism, biomass, biofuels, water treatment, design of drug delivery systems, solids characterization