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Dr. Judy Illes

Professor of Neurology, Canada Research Chair in Neuroethics; Director, Neuroethics Canada | University of British Columbia

Addiction, Aging, Ethics, Health Care, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Neuroethics, Neuroscience and ethics, Neurogenetics, Neuroimaging, Global health, Health policy

Arleigh Vasconcellos

Managing Director | The Agency

storytelling, start-ups, innovation, technology, crisis communications, media training, public relations

Brea Hutchinson

Director of Operations | Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)

sexual assault , gender based violence (GBV), survivors of sexual assault, anti-trans violence, transphobia, transinclusion in feminist movement, non profit and charitable operations

Susan G. Drummond

Professor | Osgoode Hall Law School

Professor Drummond specializes in the areas of legal anthropology, comparative law, civil law, family law, and wills and estates.

Dr. Cheryl-Anne Cait

Associate Professor | Wilfrid Laurier University

grief, death, dying and bereavement, child and adolescent grief, end-of-life, hospice and palliative care, arts-based pedagogy