Speakers

Adam Chaleff is a Toronto-based civic activist who uses legal processes to hold politicians accountable and promote fair elections and public integrity. His work has instigated many investigations, forensic audits, court applications, and prosecutions...

Aliénor (Allie) Rougeot is a climate justice activist and a program manager at Environmental Defence Canada where she advocates for a just transition for workers...

Armine Yalnizyan is a leading voice on Canada’s economic scene. She is the Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers and writes a bi-weekly...

Chi Nguyen is the new Executive Director at Equal Voice, Canada's only multipartisan nonprofit dedicated to electing women to all levels of government...

John Beebe leads the Democratic Engagement Exchange, serves as Advisor to the Dean of Arts...

Johanna Chevalier is a dedicated community leader with decades of experience managing high-profile initiatives in both the public and...

Martin Regg Cohn is a political columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada’s largest daily newspaper, writing on domestic and international issues.

Maurice is a nationally-recognized social movement strategist, a visionary leader in the Movement for Black Lives...

Rajni Perera is a painter and sculptor, known for exploring how power works through the imagery of science fiction. She explores issues of hybridity, futurity, ancestorship...

Dr. Sarita Srivastava, PhD, is the Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and School of Interdisciplinary Studies at OCAD University.

Tiara Letourneau is CEO for Rewrite Capital, a private investment and advisory firm dedicated to creating 100% employee ownership for mid-market companies. She has extensive experience in strategy and financial innovation.

Akaash Maharaj is Ambassador-at-Large for the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC).  He represents the international alliance...

Anand Giridharadas is the internationally bestselling author of multiple books, and one of our foremost voices on democracy, overcoming division...

Celina Caesar-Chavannes is a business consultant, coach and international speaker, who currently serves...

Duff Conacher is an internationally recognized leader in the area of democratic reform and government accountability.

Justin Ling is a freelance investigative journalist who covers disinformation, conspiracy theories, extremism, politics, and so much more.

Dr. Lori Turnbull is an associate professor and the director of the...

Matthew Mendelsohn is a strategic advisor, public policy entrepreneur, board director and educator.

Mia Gaviola is the COO of TheNerve, specializing in analyzing data to bring forth powerful insights and narratives, including disinformation campaigns.

Ranee Lee 郭恩琳 is an industrial designer and an Associate Professor of Industrial Design at OCAD University. She is the founder of DESIGNwith, a design incubator lab for...

Shireen Hassim is Canada 150 Research Chair in Gender and African Studies at Carleton University, and Visiting Professor, WiSER, Wits University.

Zachary Spicer is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration and Head of New College at York University.

Alejandra Bravo was elected as the City Councillor for Ward 9—Davenport in 2022. A Ward 9 resident for over two decades, she first became active in her children’s school n 2000, becoming the Chair of the Davenport TDSB Ward Council.

Andrew Parkin is the Executive Director of the Environics Institute for Survey Research, a not-for-profit agency created in 2006 to conduct in-depth public opinion and social research on the issues...

Dave Troy is an investigative journalist focused on exposing threats to democracy. Based in Baltimore, his background as a technologist...

Heather Scoffield is senior vice-president of strategy at the Business Council of Canada, focused on...

Kazmy is an architect, researcher and educator, specialized in morphology, form/finding, environmental design...

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, press freedom fighter and author, Maria Ressa, to headline DemocracyXChange in Toronto, March 25th.

Elizabeth (Liz) Osawamick is an Anishinaabe Midewiwin-kwe community leader, Water Walker/activist, jingle dress dancer...

Nadia Urbinati is a distinguished political theorist who will analyze the rise of the far right in Italy.

Sanjay Ruparelia is an Associate Professor of Politics, and the inaugural Jarislowsky Democracy Chair, at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Sonja Solomun is a Faculty Associate at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy at McGill University.