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Steffanie Scott

Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental ManagementUniversity of Waterloo

Leading international scholar on food security, food system change, and COVID-19 impacts on the food suppy.

Food Agriculture & EnvironmentCOVID-19 (Coronavirus)ChinaFood PolicyLocal Food Systems
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Marc Freedman

CEO and Founder Encore.org

An award-winning social entrepreneur, frequent commentator in the national media, and the author of multiple books

RetirementBaby BoomersAgingCareers
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Kate McInturff

DirectorCanadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Kate McInturff is director of the CCPA's initiative on gender equality and public policy, Making Women Count.

Gender EqualityPolicy AnalysisFamily policyLabour EconomicsBudget and Tax Policy
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Gregory DeFreitas

Professor of Economics, Director of the Center for the Study of Labor and DemocracyHofstra University

Prof. DeFreitas is an expert on labor studies.

Labor EconomicsResearch MethodsUrban EconomicsMicroeconomicsAfrican Economic Development
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Kara Santokie

DirectorToronto Women's City Alliance

Kara Santokie, PhD, does policy analysis and works to increase civic engagement among women in Toronto.

International RelationsHuman RightsInternational DevelopmentProject ManagementPolicy Analysis
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Mark Anderson

Senior Lecturer of HistoryLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Later Roman EmpireEarly Medieval EuropeAncient MedicineHealth and WelfareCalendrics
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Jacqueline Ortiz, M.Phil

Chief Community Health Impact OfficerChristianaCare

Jacqueline Ortiz, M. Phil. is the vice president for Health Equity and Cultural Competence at ChristianaCare.

Health EquityCultural CompetenceLanguage Services
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Magaela Bethune

Assistant Professor of African American StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Dr. Magaela Bethune is an expert on adolescent socialization, behavior, health, & development at intersections of race, gender, & sexuality.

Black AdolescenceAfrican American StudiesRace & HealthHealth Policy & Policy StudiesRace
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Amy Murphy-Nugen

Associate ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Amy Murphy-Nugen has more than 20 years of social work practice and policy experience in housing, community building and engagement.

Community Development and Housing IssuesHousing LossForeclosureDisenfranchised Grief
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Sylvia Bawa

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology York University

Dr. Bawa teaches sociology at York University

Human RightsWomen's Empowermentpostcolonial feminismsAfrican feminismsDevelopment Theory