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Amara Possian

Canada Team Lead | 350.org

green new deal, climate change, third party election campaigns, strategic voting, advocacy and public affairs, democracy and civic participation

Dr. Kate Mulligan

Director of Policy and Communications, Alliance for Healthier Communities & Assistant Professor | Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

equity-focused health communication, public health communications, race-based data, health equity, health equity, social determinants of health, social prescribing, community health, health policy, public health, climate change and health, government Faculty profile: https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/faculty-profile/mulligan-kate/

Anna Foat

Instructor | University of Western Ontario

Anna inspires and challenges status quo thinking inside large organizations, directly engaging employees looking to have an impact. The best ideas come from the grassroots, and the right internal supports and process will allow them to flourish.

Leesa Renée Hall

Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) | Inner Field Trip®

I'm a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), award-winning author, and mental health advocate. Since 2015, I have worked with clients using a trauma-informed and hope-inspired approach, first through my coaching business and now as a licensed therapist. As a counselling psychology graduate student, I use expressive arts, journaling, nature, and play to help my clients discover their inner voice so they create a hope-filled future.

Prof. Erika Merschrod

Professor, Department of Chemistry | Memorial University of Newfoundland

Surface Science, Materials Science, Biomaterials, Optoelectronic Materials, Functional Materials, Low-Dimensional Materials, Sensors, Tissue Scaffolds, Raman, TERS, SERS, AFM, SPM, cAFM, KPFM, EFM, Hierarchical Materials, New Material Design, Scanning Probe Techniques.