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Marie-Michèle Larivée

Trend, Strategy & Foresight Consultant | Consultant / Self-Employed

Future of Fashion; Textile waste; Consumer goods; Rethinking business model; Emerging trends; Emerging mindset; Sharing economy; Collective consumption; Functionality economy; Circular economy

Bolanle Alake-Apata

Economist | Labour Market Information Council

Labour economics, immigrants and students, labour market information

Dr. Taslim Alani-Verjee

Clinical Psychologist, Founder and Director | Silm Centre for Mental Health

clinical psychology, mental health, stigma, equity, mental illness, anti-oppression, how systems of oppression impact mental health, barriers to mental health support, intimate partner violence in racialized and marginalized communities, body image, well-being

Michaela Mayer

Director of Policies | Canadian Center for Women's Empowerment

economic abuse, financial abuse, financial empowerment, economic justice, safe and affordable housing for women fleeing domestic violence

Emma Cunliffe

Associate Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law | University of British Columbia

Law, Expert evidence, Operation of implicit bias, and legal processes regarding interpersonal violence