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Dr. Audrey Brennan

FNRS Research Fellow | Université libre de Bruxelles / Université Laval

Political parties, Canadian politics, Westminster-type systems, comparative politics, leadership selection, candidate selection, intra-party democracy, elections, electoral reform

Kalee Boisvert

Financial Expert, Author, Speaker | Kalee Boisvert Wealth Advisory

money, financial literacy, finances, women and wealth, personal finances

André-Yanne Parent

Director of Leadership Development | Boursiers McCall MacBain Scholars

Climate change, climate justice, education on climate crisis, green washing, climate solutions, coalition building, mobilization, holding elected officials accountable on climate solutions

Shayna Rector Bleeker

Cofounder & Partnerships Manager | 7 Generation Capital

climate change, social innovation, clean growth, mobilizing capital, Canadian infrastructure banks to decarbonize, electrifying freight transport, electrifying medium to heavy duty fleets, partnerships, intrapreneur

Dr. Sarah Gallagher

Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy | University of Western Ontario

Professor Gallagher's research focuses on investigating the nature of winds from luminous quasars