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Sana Bég

Executive Director | Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres Canada

Humanitarian Aid, Conflict, Disasters, Global Emergencies, Wars, Canadian Foreign Policy, Sexual And Gender-Based Violence, Epidemics, Pandemics, Global Health, Public Health, Antimicrobial Resistance, Climate Change, Barriers To Accessing Essential Aid, Migrants, Refugees, Safe Abortion, Vaccinations, Sudan, Gaza, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Chad, Haiti, Afghanistan, Journalism, Underreported Crises

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Bernadine Fox

Mental health advocate, radio host, and peer support worker for therapy abuse survivors

therapy abuse and exploitation, mental health, peer support, trauma informed, therapy and counselling, regulation

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Elizabeth Croft

Associate Dean, Education and Professional Development, Faculty of Applied Science; Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Director, Collaborative Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory | University of British Columbia

Professor Croft's research investigates how robotic systems can operate efficiently and effectively in partnership with people

Jessica Fan

Systems Change Consultant | Reos Partners

Systems change, entrepreneurship, startup, social innovation, service design, technology, user experience, design thinking, collaboration

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Founder, Feminist, Organizer, Activist | HighWire Collective

Feminism, entrepreneurship, women's entrepreneurship, post capitalism, post growth, education, innovation