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Kathryn Hollinrake

Owner | Hollinrake Photography

photography, personal branding photography, corporate photography, branding imagery, marketing and communications materials, profile portraits, virtual meeting presence, staging virtual calls, virtual backgrounds, lighting for virtual meetings

Dr. Connie Van der Byl

Academic Director Institute for Environmental Sustainability and Associate Professor Organization Theory | Mount Royal University

strategy, sustainability, energy, environment, environmental, social and governance (ESG), organizational tensions, corporate strategy, environmental sustainability, ESG and supply chain issues, lifecycle analysis, circular economy, carbon offset, nature-based solutions to climate change

Meghan Harris-Ngae

Associate Partner Climate Change and Sustainability Services | EY

Environment Social Government (ESG), climate change, energy, energy diversification, renewable energy, energy transition, sustainability, greenhouse gas emissions, renewables, carbon, business resilience

Taz Rajan

Community Engagement Partner | Bromwich+Smith Licensed Insolvency Trustees

Insolvency, debt, debt forgiveness, debt free, bankruptcy, finance, financial literacy, money, budgeting, relationships and money, restructuring Please cc emails to marketing@bromwichandsmith.com

Shireen Salti

Senior Advisor | Public Affairs

Canadian Arab community eg. migration history and census data, immigrant and refugee policy, newcomer integration (barriers and successes), internationally-trained professionals, civic engagement, diversity and inclusion.