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Joanna Carroll

Chief Administrative Officer | Think Research

seniors care, healthcare, long term care, retirement, human resources, employment law, litigation, Ontario human rights, operations, hiring, workplace, leadership, women in tech

Dr. Stéphanie Chouinard

Assistant Professor | Royal Military College / Queen's University

Official languages, Federalism, Federal-Provincial relations, Minorities and judiciary, Language rights, Relationship between Francophones and Anglophones, Canada, Ontario, New Brunswick

Dr. Ashley Miller

Clinical Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry | University of British Columbia

relationships, parent and child mental health, mood and anxiety disorders, mindful parenting, psychotherapy for children and youth, parenting and parenthood, social and environmental influences on health, and the impact of adverse childhood events and trauma on children and families

Ingrid Sapona

Founder and Owner | Good with Words

Corporate Communications, Plain Language, Research & Analysis, Writing and Editing

Gerry Rogers

Documentary Filmmaker | Independent

Documentary filmmaking, Art, Women's rights, Human rights, LGBTQ2+ rights, Healthy advocacy, Justice advocacy, Prison advocacy, Mental health and addictions, Break cancer, Breast cancer survival, Entrepreneurship