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Josephine Victoria Yam

CEO & Co-founder | Building Breakthrough Boards (B3) Canada

Diversity and inclusion, Governance, Business - Nonprofit collaboration, Corporate Social Responsibility, Community Investment, Employee Volunteering, Nonprofit Board service, Nonprofit Board Governance

Amira Elghawaby

Journalist & | Human Rights Advocate

Amira is an expert on issues of media representation, nurturing inclusive communities, hate crimes, human rights, and civic engagement.

Laura Wood

Co-Founder | electHER Now

Politics, Ontario municipal politics, women and politics, political campaigns

Farheen Khan

Principal Consultant | FSK & Associates

Violence against women, gender based violence, religious abuse, honour based violence, gender equality, gendered Islamophobia

Aminka Belvitt

Senior Strategic Consultant | Belvitt Consulting Inc.

innovation, technology, diversity and inclusion, women's empowerment, women's economic empowerment, women's advancement and leadership, leadership development, barriers organizations put on women and women of colour, STEM development for girls, coding programs, STEM programs, politics, Canadian politics, US politics, American politics, international politics, diversity and inclusion in politics