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Dr. Agata Soroko

Postdoctoral Scholar, Civic Engagement Research Group | University of California, Riverside

Dr. Agata Soroko is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Riverside. Her current research looks at how we can make democracy more responsive for young people in a context of injustice. Dr. Soroko received her PhD and MA from the University of Ottawa and completed her undergraduate work at the University of Toronto. Her doctoral research was awarded the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) as well as the Larry Metcalf Exemplary Dissertation Award from the National Council for the Social Studies (United States). Dr. Soroko's work has appeared in academic journals such as Teachers College Record and Theory & Research in Social Education. Before her academic career, she was a secondary school teacher and an education assistant.

Dr. Maria Cheung

Professor of Social Work | University of Manitoba

Human and gender rights issues in China, Global human rights, Canadian view on human rights issues in China, Human rights and spiritual minorities in Canadian immigrant communities, Falun Gong, Marginalization of Falun Gong, Organ harvesting

Ms. Rikia Saddy

Business Strategist/ | CEO Advisor

Trusted advisor to CEOs worldwide, liberating talent, innovation and shareholder value through aligned and visionary market strategy. I have a gift for making complicated ideas sound clear, and love providing insight on business models, change, politics, education and innovation. My fundamental belief is that we are one.

Laura Shine

PhD Candidate, Humanities | Concordia University

Novel Foods, Alternative Foods, Edible Insects, Entomophagy, Edibility, Disgust

Janis McKenna

Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy | University of British Columbia

Particle and Nuclear Physics, Experiments Particle Physics, Heavy Quark Physics