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Jen Lawrence

Critical Thinking Expert | Process Design Consultants Inc.

Jen Lawrence, MBA, is the President of Process Design Consultants. Inc. She draws on 30 years of experience in corporate training, investment banking, coaching, and management consulting to help organizations and individuals develop critical thinking, change management, and people development skills to create success. She is a Certified Career and Business Coach, Trauma of Money Facilitator, and a member of International Coach Federation. Her work has been featured in Inc., Newsweek, US News & World Report, The Globe and Mail, CTV Your Morning, Canadian Family Offices, Thrive Global, and more. She instructs at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies and is the author of Engage the Fox: A Business Fable About Thinking Critically And Motivating Your Team.

Amanda Siebert

Author/Writer/Journalist | Freelance

Cannabis for Health, Cannabis News, Cannabis Writing, Cannabis for Women, Cannabis in Canada

Mary Hagerman, M. SC., FCSI®, CIM®, F. PI

Wealth Advisor and Certified Portfolio Manager | Raymond James

Wealth management, financial planning, investments, investing, exchange traded funds (ETF), money, prosperity, environment, social and governance (ESG), social investing, women and finance, women on boards

Dr. Nadia Naffi

Associate Professor of Educational Technology in the Department of Teaching and Learning Studies at the Faculty of Education and holder of the Chair in Educational Leadership (CLE) in Innovative Pedagogical Practices in Digital Contexts – National Bank | Université Laval

Fighting disinformation and cyber fraud with education and digital agency

Sara Meltzer

Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine, and Obstetrics and Gynecology | McGill University

Diabetes, Pregnancy, Gestational diabetes, Nutrition