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Edith Hillan

Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing | University of Toronto

Health of women and newborns from a global perspective, technologies which can improve access to high quality healthcare in rural and remote settings and aim to end preventable deaths of mothers and neonates, emergency obstetric care and the support of preterm/low birthweight babies, Point of Care, field-based education programs aimed at reducing birth related complications

Deborah Green

Indigenous Workforce Development Advisor | Suncor Energy

Indigenous employment, Indigenous rights, Indigenous spaces, Indigenous strategy, Indigenous awareness, MMIWG2S+, community engagement

Dale Ponder

National Co-Chair | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Law firm leader, advisor to public companies, frequent speaker on law firm strategy and economics, mentor to and a passionate advocate of women in the legal profession. Legal trailblazer.

Murwarid Ziayee

Senior Director | Right to Learn Afghanistan

Women and girls education in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Education for men in Afghanistan, Marginalized women and girls, Needs of Afghan women and girls, Women's participation, Public engagement

Dr. Delores Mullings

Associate Professor and Interim Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs | Memorial University

Anti-Black racism; anti-racism; aging; aging Caribbean community; Black and racialized elders; aging immigrants; immigration, settlement and integration in Atlantic Canada region; settlement and integration in small urban centres, rural and remote areas; parenting; mothering