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Dr. Lesley Barron

General Surgeon | Halton Healthcare

health care policy, gender equity, health human resources, surgery, surgical training, social determinants of health, gender bias in medicine, scientific research, spread of breast cancer, physician compensation, primary care, two-tier health care

Sukhpreet Sangha

Newcomer Program Manager | Law In Action Within Schools, University of Toronto Faculty of Law

criminal law, poverty law, legal education, legal mentoring, violence against women, family violence, theatre, prison abolition

Jennifer Ryan

Academic Director and Senior Scientist/Professor | Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest/University of Toronto

Memory, Memory and brain, Memory strategies, Brain damage, Amnesia, Aging, Healthy aging, Eye tracking

Fae Johnstone

Executive Director and Co-Owner, Wisdom2Action & President | Momentum

Transgender, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ+ advocacy, Trans inclusion, Mental health, Child and youth mental health, Sex education, Sexual and reproductive health, Social policy

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Dr. Stephanie Willerth

Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Engineering | University of Victoria

Stephanie Willerth runs an internationally recognized research group focused on stem cell bioengineering.