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Jasmine Ramze Rezaee

Director of Advocacy & Communications | YWCA Toronto

social policy, gender equality, poverty, racism, racial justice, child care, women's rights, women's advancement, violence, economic and social impacts of pandemic on women, public health equity

Dr. Kathy Hogarth

Dean, Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work | Wilfrid Laurier University

Race, Belonging, Discrimination, Racism, Understanding the Other, Marginalization of racialized women’s voices, Creating spaces of belonging

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Sylvie Grosjean

Professeur Agrégée | Université d'Ottawa

Communication organisationnelle. Travaille sur l'implantation des systèmes d'information médicaux, la télémédecine et télésanté.

Ms. Diane Bégin

Vice President, Social Marketing and Brand Communications | ruckus Digital / APEX Public Relations

Agency-side strategic communications practitioner and instructor at the University of Toronto

Dr. Jane Thornton

Doctor | Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic, Western University

Physical activity, health, physical activity for treatment of chronic conditions, women's health, female athletes, active women