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Catherine Kitts

Former political candidate | City of Ottawa

Women in politics, Young women in politics, Gender parity in politics, Equal representation, Young voices

Leena Minifie

Producer, Digital Strategist, Indigenous Media, ex-journalist | Stories First

current events; history; BIPOC films, tv and media; BIPOC marketing/digital strategy; digital technology; digital communications; social media; social justice; film and interactive media; Indigenous land protection; First Nations communications; storytelling

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Katherine Kortes-Miller

Assistant Professor, School of Social Work and Palliative Care Division Lead, Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health (CERAH) | Lakehead University

An unconventional death educator and researcher with a passion for palliative care and improving end of life care for all

Kathryn Campbell

Assistant professor, Criminology | University of Ottawa

Young offenders, Indigenous justice, Miscarriages of justice, Youth justice

Natasha Carew

Partner | Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP

Construction, infrastructure, public infrastructure, commercial litigation, arbitration, disputes, mediation, public private partnership (P3s), refugee sponsorship