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Dr. Devyani Singh

Investigative Researcher | STAND.earth

energy policy, climate policy, natural climate solutions, climate change, energy transition, forestry, oil and gas emissions, environmental finance, natural resources, Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX)

Dr. Rebecca Pillai Riddell

Director, Professor and Associate Vice-President Research | Opportunities to Understand Childhood Hurt (OUCH) Lab, Faculty of Health, Department of Psychology, York University

infant, toddler, preschooler, vaccination, parenting behaviours, emotion regulation, children's distress, acute pain, pain responses during vaccines, pain assessment, needle pain, early childhood mental health, distress emotion expression

Shireen Salti

Senior Advisor | Public Affairs

Canadian Arab community eg. migration history and census data, immigrant and refugee policy, newcomer integration (barriers and successes), internationally-trained professionals, civic engagement, diversity and inclusion.

Karen Tang

PhD Student - Clinical Psychology | Dalhousie University

Mental health, Psychology, Addiction, Self-care, Equity, diversity, and inclusion, Consulting, Empowering underrepresented voices

Taz Rajan

Community Engagement Partner | Bromwich+Smith Licensed Insolvency Trustees

Insolvency, debt, debt forgiveness, debt free, bankruptcy, finance, financial literacy, money, budgeting, relationships and money, restructuring Please cc emails to marketing@bromwichandsmith.com