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Huda Idrees

Founder and CEO | Dot Health

Technology, Healthcare technology, Healthtech, High performing technology teams, Privacy and security in technology, Ethics in artificial intelligence (AI), Women in tech, Design thinking, Design and diversified technology teams

Christine Daigle

Professor of Philosophy | Brock University

Daigle is an expert in existentialism, feminism, and posthumanism. She is the Director of the Posthumanism Research Institute and the Posthumanism Research Network.

Samantha Hackett

Executive Director | Tofino-Long Beach Chamber of Commerce

Tofino, hospitality, tourism, business, non-profit

Emilie Nicolas

Anthropologist, Equity & Human Rights Consultant, Columnist | University of Toronto

Equity, race, gender, gender equity, human rights, social justice, Quebec politics, language policies, Haiti, international cooperation, international politics, Black community in Montreal

Ms. Jessica Ferne

Director, Global Health Impact | CanWaCH

Leader in global health evaluation, disaster response, international development, youth & women-led programming, and sexual and reproductive health & rights