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Jamile Cruz

Founder and CEO | I&D 101 Inc.

Inclusion, Diversity, Execution of diversity and inclusion, Mining, Business transformation, Culture, Engineering, Management consulting

Dr. Dyhia Belhabib

Program Manager, Fisheries | Ecotrust Canada

Illegal fishing, Regulations in fisheries in Canada, Fisheries equity, Food security, Values associated with fishing and social finance, Community MPA, Access rights, Environmental crimes, Slavery in the seafood sector, drug trafficking in the Seafood sector, Quotas and licencing system, Political ecology, Fisheries economics, International policy engagement, Africa

Ms. Myroslava Tataryn

Disability Rights Program Officer, International Human Rights Program | Wellspring Philanthropic Fund

Myroslava Tataryn has worked globally to ensure people with disabilities have access to health services and humanitarian assistance. Having a physical disability herself, she's familiar with daily prejudice and inequality. This has pushed her to transform her own experience of marginalisation and exclusion into a commitment to social justice and constructive work towards social change.

Leslie Hill

Executive Director | Discovery House Family Prevention Society

domestic violence, family violence, violence against women, women fleeing domestic violence with children, mitigate trauma on brain development, exposure to violence, homelessness, non-profits, non-profit management, leadership

Dr. Mira Maximos

Pharmacist | Woodstock Hospital

pharmacy, infectious diseases, antimicrobial stewardship, hospital-based pharmacy, medication safety, knowledge translation, SGBA+