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Adele Lukusa

Engagement Reporter, Newsletters and Zines, The Green Line

Ana Serrano

President & Vice Chancellor, OCAD University

Andrew Zitcer

Director, Urban Strategy Graduate Program and Associate Professor of Arts Administration, Drexel University

Aretha Phillip

Chief of Protocol and External Relations, City of Toronto

Beatrice Wayne

Research Director, Samara Centre for Democracy

Birthe Piontek

Visual Artist and Award-Winning Author

Charlotte Yates

Former President & Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guelph

Cristine de Clercy

Jarislowsky Chair in Trust and Political Leadership, Professor of Political Studies at Trent University

Eden Fineday

Publisher, IndigiNews

Emma Cochrane

Principal, Jackpine Dynamic Branding

Fae Johnstone

Executive Director, Society of Queer Momentum

Hillary Hartley

Former CEO, United States Digital Response

Jennifer Hollett

Executive Director, The Walrus

John Elvidge

City Clerk, City of Toronto

Kelly Wilhelm

Head of the Cultural Policy Hub at OCAD University

Lara Honrado

Columbia University SIPA

Liam Mooney

Founder, Jackpine Dynamic Branding

Lydia Miljan

Professor of Political Science, University of Windsor

Martin Regg Cohn

Political Columnist, Toronto Star

Murad Hemmadi

Reporter, The Logic

Nam Kiwanuka

Journalist

Olivia Chow

Mayor of Toronto

ReAct ReCreate ReVision

Artist Collective

Sabhanaz Rashid Diya

Executive Director, Tech Global Institute

Sanjay Ruparelia

Jarislowsky Democracy Chair and Associate Professor of Politics

Sean Carleton

Associate Professor, History and Indigenous Studies, University of Manitoba

Shachi Kurl

President, Angus Reid Institute

Taki Sarantakis

President, Canada School of Public Service

Teresa Marques

President and CEO, Rideau Hall Foundation

Timothy Snyder

Chair in Modern European History, supported by the Temerty Endowment for Ukrainian Studies, at the University of Toronto, and Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University

Victoria Kuketz

Director of Corporate Engagement, Catalyst Canada

Yara El Murr

Managing Editor, The Green Line

Ailin Dong

Multidisciplinary artist

Andrew Brander

Vice-President, Crestview Strategy and Board of Directors of TVO

Anjum Sultana

Director of Youth Leadership and Policy Advocacy, Plan International Canada

Ariella Kimmel

Executive Director, ABC Toronto and President, Winston Wilmont

Ben Rowswell

Convenor of the Circle for Democratic Solidarity

CHOiR! CHOiR! CHOiR!

Musicians, Artists and Choir! Choir! Choir! Co-Directors

Dan Debow

Entrepreneur

Elamin Abdelmahmoud

Host, Commotion

Erin Millar

CEO & Co-Founder, Indiegraf

Gabrielle Brassard-Lecours

Co-founder, Ricochet and Pivot

Jason Thorne

Chief Planner, City of Toronto

Jessica Johnson

Senior Fellow, McGill University’s Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy

John Vaudreuil

Wisconsin Advisory Council, Keep Our Republic

Kroplya

Multidisciplinary artist and curator

Laura Gabor

Co-founder, Ecologicca & Founder, What in the Tech

Lisa Schirch

Professor of Peacebuilding and Technology, University of Notre Dame

Madalina Botan

European Digital Media Observatory/Associate Professor, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA)

Matthew Mendelsohn

CEO, Social Capital Partners

Musa al-Gharbi

Sociologist, Author and Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University

Neil Desai

Chair, Solace Power and ClearRisk

Pat Tobin

General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, City of Toronto

Renee Black

Founder and CEO, GoodBot

Sabine Matheson

Principal, StrategyCorp

Sara Udow

Principal, Monumental

Seher Shafiq

Global Engagement Manager, Mozilla Foundation

Shannon Litzenberger

Artist-Researcher-in-Residence at the University of Toronto’s School of Cities

Tara Henley

Journalist and Author

The Hon. Lisa Raitt, P.C.

Vice-Chair, Global Investment Banking, CIBC Capital Markets

Uche Amaechi

Strategic Advisor, Ontario Deputy Minister of Treasury Board Secretariat

Vladimir Kanic

Transdisciplinary Artist

Alicia Hrvatin

Artist and Educator

Andrew Parkin

Executive Director, Environics Institute for Survey Research

Annie Kidder

Executive Director, People for Education

Ashna Ali

Leadership Development Facilitator, The Dais

Bennett Jensen

Director of Legal, Egale Canada

Carol Off

Journalist and Author

Claire Trottier

Chair of Patriotic Millionaires Canada

Dave Bulmer

President & Chief Executive Officer, AMAPCEO – Ontario’s Professional Employees Union

Emily Jin

Consultant, MASS LBP

Eunice Yeboah

Policy Consultant, Anti-Racism

Harrison Lowman

Managing Editor, The Hub

Jayde Lavoie

Community engagement and program coordination professional

Jillian Gonzales

Leadership Development Assistant

Kayona Karunakumar

Project Assistant, Circle for Democratic Solidarity

Kymani Montgomery

Executive Director, Ten Oaks Project

Leslie Woo

CEO, Civic Action

Liz Osawamick 

Visiting Elder, President of Anishinaabemowin Teg

Marla Boltman

Executive Director, Friends of Canadian Media

Monica Galstyan

Vice-President, Catholic Education for the Ontario Student Trustees' Association

Nahlah Ayed

Award-winning Journalist (CBC Ideas)

Patti Pon

President & CEO, Calgary Arts Development

Roula Said

Artist

Saman Tabasinejad

Executive Director - Progress Toronto

Sarah Yaffe

Director, MASS LBP

Selina Young

Director, Indigenous Affairs Office, City of Toronto

Skaidra Puodziunas

Director, Government Affairs (Ontario) - Council of Canadian Innovators

Tehreem Fatima

Advocacy Manager, Fora: Network for Change

Tiffany Kwok

Policy Analyst, The Dais

Vass Bednar

Executive Director, MPP in Digital Society at McMaster University

Wynnie Zhao

Project Manager (Community Climate Adaptation) at the UN Global Compact Network Canada

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