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Dr. Natalie Riediger

Assistant Professor in the Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences and CIHR Early Career Investigator (2018-2021) | University of Manitoba

Food and nutrition policy, Food security, Social nutritional epidemiology, Indigenous health, Health equity

Judith Daniluk

Professor | University of British Columbia

Women’s sexuality, reproductive health and decision-making, psychosocial consequences of infertility, voluntary and involuntary childlessness, delayed childbearing, fertility knowledge and awareness, egg freezing to delay childbearing

Dr. Lisa Chilton

Director, Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture Program; Associate Professor, History Department | University of Prince Edward Island

International migration history, Canadian immigration, British imperialism, Gender history, Migration history, Global humanitarian issues, Applied liberal arts education

Teresa Heffernan

Professor of English, Faculty of Arts | Saint Mary's University

Literary Theory, the Contemporary Novel, Modernism, Postmodernism, Short Fiction, Travel Writing, English Literature

Kimberly Carson

CEO | Breast Cancer Canada

Breast cancer, breast cancer research, breast cancer detection, breast cancer screening, breast cancer treatment