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Dr. Valerie Tarasuk

Professor Emerita | University of Toronto

Food Insecurity, Food Banks, Food Policy

Pam Hrick

Executive Director and General Counsel | Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)

Law, Politics, Sexual violence, Technology-facilitated violence, Privacy, Violence against women

Lydia Muyingo

PhD Student - Clinical Psychology | Dalhousie University

Mental health, psychology, alcohol use, racism, discrimination, academia

Anne Lagacé Dowson

Journalist, historian, commentator & candidate | Freelance, formerly CBC, SRC, Bellmedia

Politics, Feminism, Social justice, Quebec, Writers, Disability Issues

Mary Paterson

Partner, Litigation and Tax Litigation | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Seasoned commercial litigator and trial lawyer with a practice in tax litigation, contract disputes, and insolvency proceedings.