Josh Sookman
CEO · Guardly
CEO at Guardly. VC experience. Mentor at JOLT Accelerator and INcubes. Toronto StartupDigest co-curator.
Raising Seed Financing (For Startups) Employee Safety Campus Safety Workplace Violence Working Alone
Kaitlynn Furse
Director, Corporate Communications · CAA Club Group
Media spokesperson and subject matter expert on winter driving, road trips and travel.
Road Trips Strategic Communications Travel and Tourism Winter Driving
Mark D. Morelli
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Lonergan Hegel Plato Philosophy's Cultural Role
Juliana Trichilo Cina
Solutions Director · Learnography | Curriculum Standards Canada
A leader in strategic communications | Learnography.ca
Strategic Communications Corporate Communications Blogging Marketing Communications Strategy
Brendan Rouse
Research Analyst, Channels & Alliances · International Data Corporation (IDC)
Brendan Rouse is a Research Analyst for the Worldwide Channels and Alliances Group
Channels and Alliances Trends IDC Leadership Councils Product Management
Leslie Kern
Director, Women's and Gender Studies Program · Mount Allison University
Expert in urban social issues, including gentrification, gender, and inequalities.
Gentrification/Displacement Gender Cities Urban Affairs Enviromental Justice
Karen Schulman Dupuis
Business Designer
Business Designer. Connector. Shift Disturber. Intrapreneur. Speaker. Teacher. Elephant Hunter. Feminist. FSE.
Marketing Communications Program Management Social Business Customer Engagement Community Management Learning and Development Strategies
Katherine Dennis
Public Program Coordinator · Middlebrook Prize Winners
Katherine Dennis is the recipient of the 2013 Middlebrook Prize.
Curating Museum Collections Art History Public Art Art Education
Leesa Renee Hall
Anti-Bias Facilitator · UnpackBiasesNow.com
Helping leaders unpack implicit and unconscious bias so they stop the spread of self-misinformation and start creating inclusive teams.
Productivity Ancestry Systemic Discrimination Misinformation Unconscious Bias
Tom Rand
Managing Director at MaRS Cleantech Fund I, L.P. · MaRS Cleantech
Experienced, bare-knucked approach to cleantech, finance, policy, climate science and associated global economic opportunities and risks.
Carbon and Climate Science: Industrial Endgame? Cleantech Climate Change Clean Energy Economics
Peggy Cooke
Board Member · Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
Feminist blogger and activist with a decade of administrative and advocacy experience in reproductive rights.
Abortion Social Justice Feminism Abortion in Canada Reproductive Health
Conway Fraser
CEO · Fraser Torosay Inc.
Award-winning former investigative journalist and bestselling author on the issue of crisis communications.
Crisis & Emergency Management COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Crisis Communications Media Relations Media Training
Lori Wilkinson
Professor of Sociology · University of Manitoba
Professor of Sociology, specializing in immigration and refugee studies and survey methods
Research Methods Race and Ethnic Relations Settlement Integration Youth and School-To-Work Transitions
Andrea Benoit
Assistant Professor (Adjunct) · Western University
Dr. Benoit's research interests include advertising, branding, consumer culture, and the commodification of social causes
Branding Commodification of Social Causes HIV/AIDS Awareness Advertising Theory and History Promotional Culture
Dr. Joel Sadavoy
Head of Geriatric Psychiatry · Mt Sinai Hospital
Dr. Joel Sadavoy is a Professor of Psychiatry and inaugural holder of theSam and Judy Pencer Chair in Applied General Psychiatry.
Frailty Geriatric Psychiatry Carers and Caregiving
Warren Shiau
Research Vice-President · International Data Corporation (IDC)
Warren Shiau is a Research Vice-President with IDC Canada.
Analytics Qualitative Market Research Business and Consumer Buying Behaviour PR/communications support Thought leadership research
Eli Singer
Founder and CEO · EXPERTS.INC
Serial entrepreneur and recognized digital communications thought leader
Advertising & Media Strategy Venture Capital Thought Leadership Startup Acceleration Rapid Prototyping
Jay Goldman
Vice President, Innovation and Emerging Channels · Klick Health
Klick Health's VP spearheads improvements and innovations in user experience that are designed to expand the human side of technology
Digital Strategy and Insights Mobile and Mhealth Social and Online Media New Models of Web Application Development Intranets and Internal Collaboration
Kim Anderson
Associate Professor, Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition · University of Guelph
Associate Professor, Department of Indigenous Studies
Oral history and Indigenous knowledge translation Community-based Indigenous research Indigenous Masculinities Indigenous feminism Gender and Indigenous peoples
Maya Wilson-Sanchez
Curator, Writer and Researcher · Middlebrook Prize Winners
Maya Wilson-Sanchez is a curator and writer based in Toronto.
Visual and Critical Studies Museum Programming Curatorial Research Museum Collections