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Ms. Barbara Robinson

President and Founder | Norton Engineering Inc.

Civil engineering, sanitary sewers, basement flooding, climate change, inflow and infiltration, infrastructure, private side sewers, building codes

Paola Melo

Co-founding partner, Lawyer | Melo Carrasquero LLP

Immigration law, corporate immigration, sponsorship, temporary resident visa, study permit, parent/grandparent sponsorship, work permit

Kathleen Cawsey

Associate Professor, Department of English | Dalhousie University

Later Middle English Writing, Medieval Literature 1350-1500, Chaucer, Malory, Arthurian Literature, J. R. R. Tolkien, Medievalism, Modern Fantasy

Dr. Susan Prentice

Professor | University of Manitoba, Department of Sociology

Professor Prentice's primary specialization is contemporary and historical childcare policy and advocacy. She is also an expert in systemic discrimination, particularly in higher education and public policy

Dr. Jean Clinton

Child Psychiatrist, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine | McMaster University

child psychiatry, infant, child and adolescent psychiatry, mental health, child development, building of well being, early learning and child care