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Rosario Astuvilca-Rojas

Board Director | PDAC

Board Director. Talent Advisor. Global Mining & Metals Specialist. Diversity & Inclusion advocate.

Elizabeth Dipchand

Founder and Partner | Dipchand LLP

Intellectual property law, patents, trademarks, copyright, litigation, counterfeit grey good, non-authorized sale of good, biologics/biosimilars, female founder, startups, accelerators, governance, women on boards, board diversity, arts and humanities, art and society

Catherine Kitts

Former political candidate | City of Ottawa

Women in politics, Young women in politics, Gender parity in politics, Equal representation, Young voices

Dr. Jacqueline (Jacquie) Gahagan

Professor and Associate Vice-President, Research; Vice Chair, Alliance of Canadian Comprehensive Research Universities (ACCRU) | Mount Saint Vincent University

Health promotion, Harm reduction, Gender-based analysis of health policies, Research ethics, STI HIV Hepatitis C prevention and testing, Gender and health, Sexual health

Janice Moreside

Assistant Professor, Kinesiology | Dalhousie University

Hip and spine motion, Posture, Rehabilitation of musculo-skeletal disorders, Low back pain, Human movement