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Dana McCauley

CEO | Canadian Food Innovation Network

Food, Food trends, Innovation, Consumer insight, Entrepreneurship

Emilie Nicolas

Anthropologist, Equity & Human Rights Consultant, Columnist | University of Toronto

Equity, race, gender, gender equity, human rights, social justice, Quebec politics, language policies, Haiti, international cooperation, international politics, Black community in Montreal

Dr. Annette Henry

David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education and Professor, Education, Department of Language and Literacy Education and the Social Justice Institute | University of British Columbia

Professor, Faculty of Education, teaches Race, Culture, Language, Gender in Education.

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Maneesha Deckha

Professor and Lansdowne Chair in Law | University of Victoria

Maneesha Deckha's research and teaching interests include feminist analysis of law, reproductive rights, health law and bioethics

Helen Wetherley Knight, MBA

Founder, Technology Nonprofit

Helen leads digital transformations in the nonprofit space. She is an award-winning information technology leader, voted Transformation Leader of Canada in 2019, and winner of the Canadian Digital Transformation award. Wetherley Knight led the three-year digital transformation of the Calgary Drop-In Centre, and now consults to numerous nonprofits, helping them increase efficiency and multiply the impact of their missions with the meaningful application of technology.