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Dr. Connie Russell

Professor | Lakehead University

Author, researcher, teacher with expertise in environmental and social justice education

Emily Drake

Health Promotion Specialist, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Advocate, Social Innovator & PhD Candidate | EmilyDrake.ca/ Dalhousie University

Adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer, Oncology, Metastatic/advanced cancer, Social media, Knowledge translation, Developing communities, Patient engagement,

Charlotte Kiddell

Donor Relations Manager | Inter Pares

fundraising, charitable giving, donor engagement, philanthropy, grants, feminism, anti-oppression, social justice, youth activism

Erin Hunt

Co-Director | Mines Action Canada

Humanitarian disarmament expert focusing on indiscriminate weapons, victim assistance, casualties and international disarmament treaties.

Dr. Aisha Ahmad

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Director of the Islam and Global Affairs Initiative at the Munk School of Global Affairs, Senior Fellow at Massey College | University of Toronto

International Security, Terrorism, Political economy of civil war, Political Islam, International Relations, South Asia, Africa, Middle East