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Dr. Farah Mawani

Assistant Professor | University of Victoria

Migration and Health, Immigrant and Refugee Health, Mental Health, Health Inequities, Workplace Health, Non-Communicable Disease, Social Determinants of Health Inequities, Human Rights and Health, Social Epidemiology, Psychiatric Epidemiology, Implementation Science

Jane Watson

Founder | The Aperta Project

Human resources, people operations, sexual harassment, effective intervention and prevention of workplace sexual harassment, human systems, organizational change

Ellyn Winters-Robinson

CEO | The Lyndall Project & AskEllyn

breast cancer, breast health, medical misogyny, aesthetic flat closure, inclusive fashion, AI for Good, conversational AI in healthcare

Rona Birenbaum

Founder and President | Caring for Clients

Personal Finance Expert, Entrepreneur, Working Mom

Katarina Gligorijevic

Film consultant, Producer | Ultra 8 Pictures, and REEL CANADA / National Canadian Film Day

Film production, film criticism, Canadian film, film exhibition, Canadian culture, National Canadian Film Day, script development, story editing, film sales, film distribution, film festivals.