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BIOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASES & IMMUNOLOGY
CAREGIVING, CHILDREN, PARENTING & CHILD CARE
COMMUNITY RESPONSE, CHARITY & PHILANTHROPY, VOLUNTEERS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & CHILDREN
EMPLOYMENT, LABOUR & REMOTE WORK
FOOD, FOOD SECURITY & FOOD SYSTEMS
INFORMATION/MISINFORMATION, COMMUNICATION & SOCIAL MEDIA
REFUGEES, MIGRANTS & IMMIGRATION
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BIOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASES & IMMUNOLOGY
Cynthia Carr – Epidemiologist and Health Policy Expert, EPI Research Inc.
- COVID-19, coronavirus, epidemiology, health policy, community health assessment, social determinants of health, evidence-based decision making, data and leadership
Claire Cupples – Former Dean of Science and Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Simon Fraser University
- Human-microbe interactions, vaccination
Eleanor Fish – Director, Arthritis & Autoimmunity Research Centre Canada Research Chair in Women’s Health & Immunobiology Senior Scientist, Division of Advanced Diagnostics, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network Associate Chair, International Collaborations & Initiatives and Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto
- Immunology, infectious diseases
Jen Gommerman – Professor, University of Toronto, Department of Immunology
- Immunology, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine
Amy Greer – Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor, University of Guelph
- Infectious diseases, transmission of infectious diseases, epidemiology, pandemics, disease dynamics, public health, emerging diseases, intervention, COVID-19
Farah Mawani – CIHR Health System Impact Fellow, Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Unity Health Toronto & School of Public Health, University of Alberta
- Infectious disease epidemiology, social and psychiatric epidemiology
Priyanka Mishra – Postdoctoral Research Associate, Simon Fraser University
- Immunology, innate immunity
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Jenifer Bartman – Founder & Principal, Jenifer Bartman Business Advisory Services
- Business/economic aspects of COVID-19, business development, trade, current affairs
Briana Brownell – Founder and CEO, Pure Strategy Inc.
- Stock market, global financial crisis, NYSE trading
Chantal Fry – Owner, Glisse on Ice and C Rosé and Co-founder, Savourez Fine Foods
- COVID-19 impact on event and food and wine industries, events, food, wine, travel, women in business
Diana Goodwin – Founder & CEO, MarketBox
- Entrepreneurship, marketplaces, small business, starting and growing a business, mobile workforce, B2B sales, SaaS
Sherena Hussain – Lawyer and Assistant Professor, Schulich School of Business, York University
- Business, real estate, international relations
Lisa Kramer – Professor of Finance, University of Toronto
- Financial markets, empirical finance, behavioral economics, behavioral finance, investments
Parisa Mahboubi – Senior Policy Analyst, C.D. Howe Institute
- Skills and labour market policy, human capital
Paula Minnikin – Chief Technology Officer, Minnikin Resources Inc.
- COVID-19 impact on Board of Directors and operations
Gillian Petit – Research Associate, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
- economics, basic income, personal taxes and tax benefits, transition from CERB to EI, income and social supports, provincial welfare programs, vulnerable and marginalized groups, intersectionality and income support programs
Rikia Saddy – Business Strategist/CEO Advisor
- Market strategy, brick and mortar, influencers, manufacturing, biotech
Agata Soroko – PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa
- Recession consequences of COVID-19, social and economic structures, poverty and inequality
Janice Sousa – Vice President, Business Development, Merit Travel
- Travel, sales, women in sales, women in tech, strategy
Lindsay Tedds – Associate Professor and Scientific Director, Fiscal and Economic Policy, University of Calgary
- Economic impacts of COVID-19, public policy responses
Tatiana Teevens – Director, Adventure With Purpose & Purpose Business Group
- Travel and tourism, responsible travel and tourism, international development and tourism
CAREGIVING, CHILDREN, PARENTING & CHILD CARE
Julia Anderson – Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH)
- Childcare
Katherine Arnup – Keynote & Presentation Speaker, Author, Professor, Carleton University (Retired), Life Changes Coaching
- Seniors, caregiving
Kate Bezanson – Associate Professor of Sociology, Associate Dean Social Sciences, Brock University
- Family policy, childcare, social policy, maternity/parental leaves, work-life balance
Michelle Pensa Branco – Co-founder, SafelyFed Canada
- Breastfeeding, lactation, public health, infant health, infant feeding in emergency preparedness, pregnancy, reproductive rights and issues
Dr. Ayisha Kurji – Pedatrician and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Saskatchewan
- Pediatrics, COVID-19, COVID-19 and impact on kids, COVID-19 and impact on healthcare
Elena Merenda – Assistant Program Head, Early Childhood Studies, University of Guelph-Humber
- Children, child care, children’s grief
Sarah Molyneaux – Lawyer, Molyneaux Law
- Child care issues at work due to COVID-19 school closures
Jenna Morton – Writer and Digital Media Company Owner, Pickle Planet Moncton
- Parenting, practical ways parents can deal with educational slide, social media and children, teaching children importance of knowing source of information and when it needs to be shared, strategies for being home with elementary school-age children
Diana Sarosi – Manager, Policy, Oxfam Canada
- COVID-19 and care
Natasha Sharma – Relationship & Parenting Expert, Author, Co-Founder “Intelligent Mindset”, Doctor of Psychology Candidate, NKS Therapy and Intelligent Mindset
- Parenting and COVID-19 response for children, depression, family, relationships, marriage
Anjum Sultana – Director of Public Policy & Strategic Communications, YWCA Canada
- COVID-19 and child care
Laura Tamblyn Watts – President and CEO of CanAge and Acting Policy Director of the National Initiative for Care of the Elderly
- Caregiving, intergenerational issues
Donna Thomson – Care Activist
- Caregiving, family caregiving, role of family caregivers during COVID-19 pandemic
Suzanne Tough – Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
- Maternal and family well being, child care, at risk families
COMMUNITY RESPONSE, CHARITY & PHILANTHROPY, VOLUNTEERS
Amara Possian – Professor (Seneca College), Canada Campaigns Director (350.org)
- COVID-19 community response, advocacy and public affairs, democracy and civic participation
Ann Rosenfield – Principal, Charitably Speaking
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- COVID-19 impact on charitable sector, giving, charity boards
- Volunteering, volunteer leadership
Rikia Saddy – Business Strategist/CEO Advisor
- Foreign aid, domestic philanthropy
Zoe Share – CEO, Schmooz Media LTD
- Grassroots campaign to find, match and meet the needs of front line workers
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & CHILDREN
Kim Hawkins – Executive Director, Rise Women’s Legal Centre
- COVID-19’s impact on domestic violence, impact of closing of the courts
Haley Hrymak – Lawyer, Rise Women’s Legal Centre
- family law, family violence, gender-based violence
Petra Molnar – Acting Director, International Human Rights Program, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
- COVID-19’s impact on women escaping domestic violence
Kharoll-Ann Souffrant – Ph.D. student in Social Work and Vanier scholar, University of Ottawa
- Gender-based violence, violence against women and children, COVID-19 pandemic and women’s issues
Anjum Sultana – Director of Public Policy & Strategic Communications, YWCA Canada
- COVID-19 and gender-based violence
EDUCATION/HOMESCHOOLING
Andréa Coutu – Consultant, Consultant Journal
- Home learning
Ann-Louise Davidson – Associate Professor, Education and Concordia University Research Chair, Maker Culture, Tier 2, Concordia University
- Online learning, innovative pedagogy
Jennifer Fane – Faculty, Capilano University
- Educational outcomes following school closures, early childhood education, public health and education research on young children’s wellbeing and intersection with learning and educational environments
Elena Merenda – Assistant Program Head, Early Childhood Studies, University of Guelph-Humber
- Education, post-secondary education, early childhood education, inclusive education
Shana MacDonald – Assistant Professor, Communication Arts, University of Waterloo
- Homeschooling and technology
Diana MacKay – Special Advisor to the Provost, Aga Khan University
- Higher education, education policy
Parisa Mahboubi – Senior Policy Analyst, C.D. Howe Institute
- Education, skills and labour market policy
Nobina Robinson – Chief Executive Officer (retired), Polytechnics Canada
- Impact of coronavirus on higher education, industry innovation, future of work
Rikia Saddy – Business Strategist/CEO Advisor
- Education, educational technology
Lee Skallerup Bessette – Learning Design Specialist, Georgetown University
- Distance delivery for university courses, academic technology
Prachi Srivastava – Associate Professor, Western University
- Effect of COVID-19/coronavirus on global education, mass disruption of education
Valerie Walker – Chief Executive Officer, Business + Higher Education Roundtable
- online learning, education
EMPLOYMENT, LABOUR & REMOTE WORK
Julia Anderson – Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH)
- Organizational management, virtual organizational management
Lakshmi Baskaran – Vice-President of Engineering, Leonardo Worldwide Corporation
- Tech employment, remote work, work-life balance
Marianne Bulger – Founder and CEO, Prospect
- Hiring, future of work, database for job seekers affected by COVID, career, talent
Andréa Coutu – Consultant, Consultant Journal
- COVID-19/coronavirus impact on working from home, remote work
Hilda Gan – President and Chief People Officer, People Bright Consulting Inc.
- human resources, COVID-19 and human resources strategies, legislative supports and subsidies
Katrina German – CEO, KatrinaGerman.com
- Videoconferencing and tech for working from home
Diana Goodwin – Founder & CEO, MarketBox
- Mobile workforce, technology, innovation
Susan Hodkinson – Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Crowe Soberman LLP
- Human resources, staff, people and culture, corporate culture, organizational culture
Christine Laperriere – President, Leader In Motion & Executive Director, Women of Influence Advancement Centre
- Work-life balance
Shana MacDonald – Assistant Professor, Communication Arts, University of Waterloo
- COVID-19 and work-life balance
Parisa Mahboubi – Senior Policy Analyst, C.D. Howe Institute
- Skills and labour market policy, human capital
Krysten Merriman – Co-founder, Admin Slayer
- COVID-19/coronavirus impact on remote work, decentralized workforce, managing a remote workforce, cloud-based business operations and software, using digital media to replace in-person interactions
Paula Minnikin – Chief Technology Officer, Minnikin Resources Inc.
- Working from home, employee engagement while working remotely
Bobbie Racette – CEO, Virtual Gurus
- Remote work, virtual work, virtual assistance
Rehana Rajwani – Director, Agile Catalyst, Bank of Montreal
- Leadership, organization psychology, digital and workplace transformation
Isabelle Perreault – CEO and Founder, Differly Inc.
- Necessity of shifting to digital and virtual operations during COVID-19 outbreak and beyond
Ruth Sirman – Organizational Conflict Consultant, Internationally Certified Mediator, CanMediate International
- Working during a crisis and the impact on employees, managers, colleagues, families and clients, managing conflict, stress and relationships during self-isolation, understanding human interactions and why people do what they do
Anjum Sultana – Director of Public Policy & Strategic Communications, YWCA Canada
- COVID-19 and employment and labour conditions
Lisa Taylor – President, Challenge Factory
- Careers, employment, remote work, employee engagement, generational differences, future of work predictions
Valerie Walker – Chief Executive Officer, Business + Higher Education Roundtable
- Workforce, remote work, talent and training
END OF LIFE
Mallory Greene – CEO & Co-Founder, Eirene
- end-of-life, funerals, cremation, social responsibility, technology
FINANCE
Tracey Bissett – President and Chief Financial Fitness Trainer, Bissett Financial Fitness Inc.
- Financial services, financial education, financial literacy, banking, risk management
Julia Chung – CEO & Financial Planner, Spring Financial Planning & Admin Slayer Services
- Personal finances, financial planning, managing cash flow, what can be controlled and what cannot in cash flow, investment
Lisa Kramer – Professor of Finance, University of Toronto
- Financial markets, empirical finance, behavioral finance, investments
Jackie Porter – Canada’s Financial Confidante, Carte Wealth Management
- Financial planning, financial resilience and transition
Rikia Saddy – Business Strategist/CEO Advisor
- Finance, fintech
FOOD & FOOD SECURITY
Sarah Berger Richardson – Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law (Civil Law section), University of Ottawa
- food safety, food security, food policy, food and agricultural law, agrifood policy, meat industry
Jennifer Black – Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
- food security, food systems, social determinants of health
Jane Hayes – Director & Designer: Healthy Food Programs, Urban Gardens & Permaculture, Garden Jane
- food systems, permaculture, urban agriculture, community development
Jane Rabinowicz – Executive Director, USC Canada
- COVID-19 impact on food security and seed security
Steffanie Scott – Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Management, University of Waterloo
- Food, food security, food supply, local food
GENDER EQUITY
Julia Anderson – Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH)
- Gender equality, human rights, gender equality as social movement, workplace pay equity, domestic experience of Canadian women
Kate Bezanson – Associate Professor of Sociology, Associate Dean Social Sciences, Brock University
- Gender equality, social policy, family policy, childcare
Kelly Cooper – Founder and President, Centre for Social Intelligence
- Gender equality and COVID-19
Rachel Kohut – Project Director, Feminist Law Reform Advocacy, National Association of Women and the Law
- Gender, law, public health, global health, GBA+ analysis of outbreaks
Diana Sarosi – Manager, Policy, Oxfam Canada
- COVID-19 and gender issues, COVID-19 and care, COVID-19 and humanitarian impacts
Rebecca Sullivan – Professor, Department of English, University of Calgary
- Gender-based analysis
Anjum Sultana – Director of Public Policy & Strategic Communications, YWCA Canada
- COVID-19 and gender equity, care work, care economy, economic justice
HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE
Julia Anderson – Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH)
- Global health, global health rights for women and children, global health issues, multilateral organizations global health advocacy, World Health Organization (WHO)
Dr. Lesley Barron – General Surgeon, Halton Healthcare
- Health care, health care policy, surgery
Edith Bernier – Author, Public Speaker, Activist & Blogger, Grossophobie.ca – Infos & référence and The Plus-Size Backpacker
- Weight stigma, fat-shaming, fat-phobia, body positivity, body diversity
Susan Cadell – Professor, Renison University College, University of Waterloo
- Grief, public health model of bereavement support, dying and bereavement
Dr. Michelle Cohen – Physician, Dept of Family Medicine, Queen’s University
- family medicine, primary care, rural health, health policy, women’s health, equity in health care
Dr. Sarah Cook – Doctor, Integra Health Centre
- Front-line family physician, family medicine
Claire Cupples – Former Dean of Science and Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Simon Fraser University
- Human-microbe interactions, vaccination, healthcare
Dr. Monika Dutt – Public health specialist and family physician
- Public health, healthcare, healthcare policy, Canadian healthcare system, social determinants of health, advocacy, population health, influenza, climate change and health
Josephine Etowa – Full Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa; OHTN Chair in Black Women’s HIV Prevention and Care, Lead Investigator, Collaborative Critical Research for Equity & Transformation in Health (CO-CREATH) Lab; Affiliate Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies; Affiliate Professor, Institute for Science, Society and Policy
- health and healthcare, inequities in health and healthcare, healthcare for Black Canadians, COVID and healthcare inequities, systemic racism in healthcare, capacity building to respond to Black Canadians’ health needs during COVID, impact of COVID-19 on Black communities
Diane Finegood – Professor, Centre for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University & Executive Director, Canadian Health Services and Policy Research Alliance
- Health research, complex systems, spread of COVID-19 makes our response complex, not just complicated
Kelly Grindrod – Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo
- Pharmacy, pharmacies limiting supplies due to COVID-19
Devon Greyson – Assistant Professor of Health Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Public health, health services, vaccination, vaccination hesitancy
Roojin Habibi – Research Fellow, Global Strategy Lab
- Global health, health and human rights, health policy
Jennifer Hollinshead – Founder and Clinical Director, Peak Resilience
- Best practice for supporting medical professionals involved in war zones or other severe pandemics
Dr. Jennifer Hulme – Emergency Physician, University Health Network and Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
- Public health, care for homeless who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, healthcare, emergency medicine, social determinants of health, population health, health inequities, healthcare issues in vulnerable and marginalized populations
Jennifer Jackson – Registered Nurse, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Calgary
- Nursing, healthcare, healthcare systems, healthcare systems’ response to COVID-19
Dr. Tara Kiran – Family Physician; Vice-Chair Quality and Innovation, St. Michael’s Hospital Academic Family Health Team; University of Toronto
- Family medicine, primary care, health policy, healthcare quality, improvement of care
Karishma Kripalani – Trauma-informed Craniosacral Therapist, Pranasacral
- Health, trauma, trauma therapy, resiliency work, mind-body healing, mindfulness and meditation, yoga
Rachel Kohut – Project Director, Feminist Law Reform Advocacy, National Association of Women and the Law
- Law, public health, global health, GBA+ analysis of outbreaks
Dr. Ayisha Kurji – Pedatrician and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Saskatchewan
- Pediatrics, COVID-19, COVID-19 and impact on kids, COVID-19 and impact on healthcare
Christine Laperriere – President, Leader In Motion & Executive Director, Women of Influence Advancement Centre
- Stress management, mindset dealing with uncertainty
Fiona MacDonald – Associate Professor, University of the Fraser Valley
- Healthcare, ethics and health, public health and COVID-19, humanization/dehumanization in healthcare practice and public discourses
Diana MacKay – Special Advisor to the Provost, Aga Khan University
- Health policy
Dawn Mackey – Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University
- public health, aging, older adults, mobility, physical activity, long-term care
Dr. Shazma Mithani – Emergency Physician, Royal Alexandra Hospital
- COVID-19, emergency medicine, pediatric emergency medicine, healthcare
Dr. Kate Mulligan – Director of Policy and Communications, Alliance for Healthier Communities & Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
- Public health, race-based data, health equity, social determinants of health, community health
Martha Paynter – Spokesperson, President of the Board, Womens Wellness Within
- COVID-19 and prisoner health, abortion and contraception as essential services, health services management
Farah Shroff – Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Family Practice and School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
- Public health, integrative health care, social determinants of health, global health
Kharoll-Ann Souffrant – Ph.D. student in Social Work and Vanier scholar, University of Ottawa
- COVID-19 and health care professionals
Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes – Glengarry Memorial Hospital
- Emergency medicine, COVID-19 and PPE, COVID-19 and Canada’s slow response to isolate, health
HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS
Anjum Sultana – Director of Public Policy & Strategic Communications, YWCA Canada
- COVID-19 and housing and homelessness
INDIGENOUS ISSUES
Naomi Sayers – Indigenous feminist and lawyer
- COVID-19 and Indigenous issues
INFORMATION/MISINFORMATION, COMMUNICATION & SOCIAL MEDIA
Rukhsana Ahmed – Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Communication, University at Albany, SUNY
- Health communication, improving the management of COVID-19 with communications, information and communication technology and clinical practices
Alice Fleerackers – PhD Student, Freelance Writer, Simon Fraser University
- Health communication, science communication, health uncertainty, misinformation, public understanding of science, journalism, social media, news, communication
Devon Greyson – Assistant Professor of Health Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Health information, health information technology, information and communication technology, vaccination, vaccination hesitancy
Kathryn Hill – Executive Director, MediaSmarts
- Misinformation/disinformation related to COVID-19 , importance of verifying information, ways to verify sources
Anita Li – Media consultant and journalism professor
- Digital and news literacy for the public, identifying “fake news”, identifying misinformation/disinformation in COVID-19 stories
Shana MacDonald – Assistant Professor, Communication Arts, University of Waterloo
- COVID-19/coronavirus tracking and trending on social media, social media use to spread information and disinformation, social media and social pressures to self-isolate
Dr. Kate Mulligan – Director of Policy and Communications, Alliance for Healthier Communities & Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
- Public health communications, equity-focused health communications
Katharina Niemeyer – Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal
- Media, crisis and catastrophe, digital social media, media and memory, media and historical events
Rachel Pulfer – Executive Director, Journalists for Human Rights
- Media, journalism, past coverage of Ebola outbreaks in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Rebecca Sullivan – Professor, Department of English, University of Calgary
- Media and communications
Heidi Tworek – Assistant Professor of History, University of British Columbia
- Health communications, public health communications, messaging and communications as medical interventions, news and media, social media
INFRASTRUCTURE
Barbara Robinson – President and Founder, Norton Engineering Inc.
- Civil engineering, sewer system, sewer system blockages, climate change, infrastructure
Dianne Saxe – President, SaxeFacts
- Sewage, sewage overflow related to climate change, government spending, climate change
Naomi Sayers – Indigenous feminist and lawyer
- COVID-19 and energy issues, electricity providers
INTERNATIONAL
Steffanie Scott – Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Management, University of Waterloo
- COVID-19 in China
Sarah Teich – Lawyer, Canadian Coalition Against Terror (C-CAT)
- COVID-19 and international law
LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
ANIMAL
Rebeka Breder – Animal law lawyer, Breder Law
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- Animal law and COVID-19, animal rights
Victoria Shroff – Barrister, Solicitor & Notary Public in British Columbia, Shroff & Associates, Adjunct Law Professor (part time), University of British Columbia
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- Animal law and COVID-19, animal health and safety
CIVIL LIBERTIES
Amira Elghawaby – Journalist & Human Rights Advocate
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- Civil liberties, civil rights, human rights
Petra Molnar – Acting Director, International Human Rights Program, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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- New technologies and methods of surveillance used to slow the spread of the pandemic will also likely infringe on rights and civil liberties
Catherine Morris – Deputy Executive Director , Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada
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- Civil liberties, human rights
Clara H. Whyte – Executive Director, Bioepokas
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- Short and long term political consequences of COVID-19, including civil liberties
CONSTITUTION
Kerri Froc – Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of New Brunswick
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- Charter of Rights, Charter implications of government use of emergency legislation to abridge rights, constitutional law, human rights
Martha Jackman – Professor, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, University of Ottawa
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- Charter of Rights, constitutional law, COVID-19 and enforced self-isolation
EMERGENCIES
Sarah Teich – Lawyer, Canadian Coalition Against Terror (C-CAT)
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- Emergencies law in Canada and the U.S., state liability for COVID-19
EMPLOYMENT
Hermie Abraham – Employment Lawyer and Owner, Advocation Professional Corporation
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- Employment law, wrongful dismissal, workplace policies, discrimination, harassment
Sarah Molyneaux – Lawyer, Molyneaux Law
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- COVID-19 and unpaid and paid leaves, sick days, layoffs due to COVID-19’s impact on business, child care issues at work due to COVID-19 school closures, right to refuse work rendered unsafe by risks of exposure to the novel coronavirus, human rights law, employment law
Tanya Walker – Lawyer, Owner, Walker Law P.C.
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- Emergency litigation during COVID-19, employment
Zeinab Yousif – Labour & Employment Lawyer, Miller Thomson LLP
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- Labour law, employment law, human rights, wrongful dismissal, employers
FAMILY
Jacinta Gallant – Collaborative Lawyer, Mediator and Conflict Trainer, Waterstone Law Group
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- Child support arrangements in the face of work and income loss, conflict resolution assistance during isolation or exposure, essential workers who also want to parent but the other parent can stay home, innovative legal tools to serve clients, separation, divorce, family conflict, parenting from two homes, conflict resolution, family law, family mediation
Haley Hrymak – Lawyer, Rise Women’s Legal Centre
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- Family law, family violence, gender-based violence
Darlene Rites – Family Law Lawyer and Mediator, Ferreira & Bettencourt, LLP
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- COVID-19 and family law, mediation, separation, divorce, custody and access, support, division of property, divorce and restraining orders
HEALTH
Françoise Baylis – University Research Professor, Dalhousie University
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- COVID-19 and public health ethics, with a focus on those who are socially and economically disadvantaged, health law and ethics
Lisa Feldstein – Principal Lawyer/Health Lawyer, Lisa Feldstein Law Office PC & Adjunct Professor, York University (Faculty of Health)
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- Health law, family health law, treatment decisions for someone on a ventilator, who decides who gets a ventilator or when to withdraw life support, power of attorney, end of life decision-making, COVID-19 and medically assisted dying
Colleen Flood – Professor & University Research Chair, Centre for Health Law Policy & Ethics, University of Ottawa
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- Health law, health policy, right to health, federalism and health care, healthcare systems
Lorian Hardcastle – Assistant Professor, Faculties of Law and Medicine, University of Calgary
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- Public health law and policy, health systems issues, hospital regulation, patient safety
Rachel Kohut – Project Director, Feminist Law Reform Advocacy, National Association of Women and the Law
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- Law, public health, GBA+ analysis of outbreaks
Roxanne Mykitiuk – Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
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- Health law, disability and the law, COVID-19 impacts on marginalized communities, COVID-19 and implications for those living in congregate settings, bioethics
Laila Paszti – Lawyer/AI Technology Advisor, GTC Law Group PC
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- Life sciences regulatory
JUSTICE
Lisa Jørgensen – Criminal and Regulatory Defence Lawyer, Ruby Shiller Enenajor DiGiuseppe
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- COVID-19 and administration of justice (prisons, courthouses, access to justice), criminal law, criminal defence, mental health, women in law, sexual harassment, inequality
IMMIGRATION
Evelyn Ackah – Founder and Managing Lawyer, Ackah Business Immigration Law/Crossing Borders Seamlessly
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- Business immigration law, corporate immigration law, Canadian immigration law, US immigration law, USMCA immigration law, skilled workers immigration
Elizabeth Long – Partner, Barrister & Solicitor, Long Mangalji LLP
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- Immigration law, COVID-19 travel ban, economic areas in immigration law, immigration for workers, students, and business owners, workers rights, migrant worker’s rights, low-skilled workers
Tanya Walker – Lawyer, Owner, Walker Law P.C.
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- Emergency litigation during COVID-19, immigration
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INTERNATIONAL
Sarah Teich – Lawyer, Canadian Coalition Against Terror (C-CAT)
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- COVID-19 and international law
POLICY
Naomi Sayers – Indigenous feminist and lawyer
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- Legislative updates, legal policy
PRIVACY
Laila Paszti – Lawyer/AI Technology Advisor, GTC Law Group PC
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- Privacy law
Lauren Reid – President, The Privacy Pro
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- Mobile phone tracking, location data collection, privacy, data ethics
- Mobile phone tracking, location data collection, privacy, data ethics
Teresa Scassa – Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
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- Privacy and the use of private sector data in the COVID-19 crisis
WILLS & POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Erin Bury – Co-founder, CEO, Willful
- Wills, power of attorney, estate planning, end of life planning, impact of COVID-19 legal restrictions for virtual signatures on wills and power or attorney
LONG TERM CARE
Amy Friesen – Seniors Advocate, Founder and CEO, Tea & Toast
- Seniors, senior living, retirement residence
Dawn Mackey – Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University
- Aging, older adults, mobility, physical activity, long-term care
Laura Tamblyn Watts – President and CEO of CanAge and Acting Policy Director of the National Initiative for Care of the Elderly
- Law and aging, elder law, seniors, long-term care, social isolation
MENTAL HEALTH
Taslim Alani-Verjee – Clinical Psychologist, Founder and Director, Silm Centre for Mental Health
- Clinical psychology, mental health, stigma, equity, mental illness, how systems of oppression impact mental health, barriers to mental health support
Dr. Melanie Badali – Board Director at AnxietyBC, Registered Psychologist at North Shore Stress & Anxiety Clinic
- Mental health, managing fear and anxiety, taking care of your mental health
Lisa Belanger – CEO, ConsciousWorks
- Mental wellbeing, behaviour change, mindfulness, physical activity, healthy behaviours, stress and work, impactful recovery from stress, attention management, how technology interacts with brain and behaviour
Kristy Brosz – Medical Social Worker & Rare Disease Advocate, HAE Canada & Adoptive Parent Advocate
- Mental health, mental health impact on chronic illness patients, medical trauma
Kimberley Brownlee – Professor of Philosophy, University of British Columbia
- COVID-19 – isolation, quarantine, connection with others; social deprivation; loneliness
Dr. Sarah Cook – Doctor, Integra Health Centre
- Mental health
Robin Cox – Research Director and Professor, ResilienceByDesign Research Lab and Royal Roads University
- Mental health, individual and collective needs, signs and symptoms of stress/fear/anxiety, tips for how to address/manage/cope, emotional/psychological resilience, intersection between pandemic and climate change from a behavioral change perspective
Jennifer Hollinshead – Founder and Clinical Director, Peak Resilience
- COVID-19 and mental health, self-care, video counselling during COVID-19, online support groups
Dr. Katy Kamkar – Ph.D., C.Psych., Clinical Psychologist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
- COVID-19 and mental health, coronavirus and mental health, mental health, PTSD, police, first responders, workplace mental health, stress management
Françoise Mathieu – Executive Director, TEND ACADEMY LTD
- Mental health, burnout, trauma, stress, compassion fatigue, secondary trauma
Farah Mawani – CIHR Health System Impact Fellow, Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Unity Health Toronto & School of Public Health, University of Alberta
- Trauma, recovery, social isolation, social and peer support especially among immigrants and refugees, and people living in social housing, crisis response, social determinants of physical and mental health inequities
Danielle Rice – PhD Candidate, Therapist, McGill University; Canadian Institute for Health Information
- Mental health, social connectedness, loneliness, mental health symptoms, mental health implications from isolation/quarantine and social distancing
Suzanne Tough – Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
- Mental health, online tools for mental health, importance of social support, optimism
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
Xenia Chen – Founder, Threads
- Re-usable cloth masks for non-medical frontline workers and public for COVID-19
Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes – Glengarry Memorial Hospital
- COVID-19 and PPE, emergency medicine
RACISM
Amira Elghawaby – Journalist & Human Rights Advocate
- Racism, anti-hate
Josephine Etowa – Full Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa; OHTN Chair in Black Women’s HIV Prevention and Care, Lead Investigator, Collaborative Critical Research for Equity & Transformation in Health (CO-CREATH) Lab; Affiliate Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies; Affiliate Professor, Institute for Science, Society and Policy
- Systemic racism in healthcare, capacity building to respond to Black Canadians’ health needs during COVID, impact of COVID-19 on Black communities
REFUGEES, MIGRANTS & IMMIGRATION
Evelyn Ackah – Founder and Managing Lawyer, Ackah Business Immigration Law/Crossing Borders Seamlessly
- Business immigration law, corporate immigration law, Canadian immigration law, US immigration law, USMCA immigration law, skilled workers immigration
Shauna Labman – Associate Professor, Human Rights, University of Winnipeg, Global College
- Refugee law, refugee resettlement, COVID-19’s impact on refugee resettlement in Canada, international refugee law, asylum, migration, private refugee sponsorship
Elizabeth Long – Partner, Barrister & Solicitor, Long Mangalji LLP
- Immigration law, COVID-19 travel ban, economic areas in immigration law, immigration for workers, students, and business owners, workers rights, migrant worker’s rights, low-skilled workers
Farah Mawani – CIHR Health System Impact Fellow, Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Unity Health Toronto & School of Public Health, University of Alberta
- Social and peer support among immigrants and refugees
Petra Molnar – Acting Director, International Human Rights Program, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
- COVID-19’s impact on refugees and migrants, migrant workers
Georgette Morris – Graduate Student, Carleton University
- Immigration, migration, temporary foreign workers
Shireen Salti – Executive Director, Canadian Arab Institute
- Canadian Arab community, immigrant and refugee policy, newcomer integration (barriers and successes), internationally-trained professionals
Tanya Walker – Lawyer, Owner, Walker Law P.C.
- Emergency litigation during COVID-19, immigration
SENIORS & ELDERCARE
Katherine Arnup – Keynote & Presentation Speaker, Author, Professor, Carleton University (Retired), Life Changes Coaching
- Seniors, caregiving
Amy Friesen – Seniors Advocate, Founder and CEO, Tea & Toast
- Seniors, senior living, retirement residence
Helen Hirsh Spence – Founder/CEO, T60 Strategies (Top Sixty Over Sixty)
- Older adults and loneliness, older adults and isolation, older adults and online learning, older adults and stress, older adults and tools to stay connected
Dawn Mackey – Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University
- Aging, older adults, mobility, physical activity, long-term care
Laura Tamblyn Watts – President and CEO of CanAge and Acting Policy Director of the National Initiative for Care of the Elderly
- Law and aging, elder law, seniors, intergenerational issues, social isolation, mental wellness, powers of attorney and decision-making
SPORTS
Aileen McManamon – Managing Partner, 5T Sports Group
- COVID-19 impact on sports industry, cancellation of sport seasons, cancellation of Olympic Games
TECH
Lakshmi Baskaran – Vice-President of Engineering, Leonardo Worldwide Corporation
- COVID-19 impact on tech industry, tech employment
Ann-Louise Davidson – Associate Professor, Education and Concordia University Research Chair, Maker Culture, Tier 2, Concordia University
- 3-D printing
Anna Foat – Instructor, University of Western Ontario
- Technology, healthtech, tool to track and screen patients during the COVID-19 outbreak
Diana Goodwin – Founder & CEO, MarketBox
- Technology, innovation, marketplaces, startups, mobile workforce
Laila Paszti – Lawyer/AI Technology Advisor, GTC Law Group PC
- Artificial intelligence solutions for COVID-19
Isabelle Perreault – CEO and Founder, Differly Inc.
- Digital operations, shifting to virtual, online operations now and in the future, digital communications and ways of working, move service offering online, modernization, digital alternatives, technology adoption
Sarah Sasksa – Co-Founder & CEO, Feminuity
- Surveillance technology, data
VACCINES
Jen Gommerman – Professor, University of Toronto, Department of Immunology
- COVID-19 vaccine, COVID-19, immunology
Kelly Grindrod – Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo
- COVID-19 vaccine, pharmacy education, medication use
WAR & CONFLICT COUNTRIES
Muzna Dureid – Liaison Officer, The While Helmets
- COVID-19 and Syria
Rachel Vincent – Co-Executive Director, Nobel Women’s Initiative
- COVID-19 and impact on women and communities impacted by war and conflict, and women political prisoners
COVID-19: A RESOURCE PAGE FOR JOURNALISTS BY THE COALITION FOR WOMEN IN JOURNALISM
The spread of Covid-19 is a new front line for journalists. The Coalition for Women in Journalism is covering several angles including guidelines, advice and insight from women journalists on the frontlines, a map that features 256 women journalists with links to their work and socials and among other things, the very important development of press freedom issues women journalists are facing due to their Covid-19 coverage. The Coalition For Women In Journalism stands in solidarity and support with all journalists covering this massive story. As a support organization for women, they have developed resources and tool kits that any journalist can consult.