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Dr. Heidi Tworek

Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor of International History and Public Policy; Director, Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions | University of British Columbia

Professor Tworek's current research focuses on global platform governance and the history and policy of health communications

Terri-Lee Oleniuk

Partner | Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP

Energy industry project lawyer with deep expertise in energy regulatory, environmental and Aboriginal law issues. Advises major corporations in obtaining approvals for oil and gas, pipeline, mining, hydro, solar and wind projects. Negotiator of impact benefit agreements with First Nations and Metis groups.

Gracia Dyer-Jalea

Founding Executive Director | Toronto Ward Museum Inc.

Creative leadership, non-profit leadership, participatory action research, community organiser, fundraiser, community-led work, migration stories, citizenship, migration and belonging

Judith Daniluk

Professor | University of British Columbia

Women’s sexuality, reproductive health and decision-making, psychosocial consequences of infertility, voluntary and involuntary childlessness, delayed childbearing, fertility knowledge and awareness, egg freezing to delay childbearing

Yechenu Audu

Relationship Manager, Commercial Financial Services | RBC

Finance, Economics, Economy, Business, Commercial Business, Manufacturing, Transportation, Wholesale Distributors, Export and Import Businesses, Tariffs, Interest Rates, International Business, International Trade, Lending to Businesses, Black Community, Community Work, Immigrant Perspectives, Mother to Autistic Child, Autism