Jessica Tomlin
Executive Director · The MATCH International Women's Fund
Jess Tomlin works with women on the margins both in Canada and around the world.
International Development Strategic & Business Planning Program & Project Management Gender Equality Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Sylvia Bawa
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology · York University
Dr. Bawa teaches sociology at York University
Human Rights Women's Empowerment postcolonial feminisms African feminisms Development Theory
Michele Goodwin
Chancellor's Professor of Law · UC Irvine
Chancellor's Professor Michele Goodwin is an internationally renowned scholar, advocate, author, social commentator, and strategist
Constitutional Law Bioethics Civil Rights Reproductive Health Family Law
Karen Musalo
Professor of Law, International Law Professorship Chair and Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: musalok@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4720 / Office 403-100
Refugee Law and Policy Gender Asylum Women's Rights Child Migrant's Rights Gender Justice / Central America
Feryal Cherif
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the International Relations Program · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Gender and Human Rights International Relations Politics of Middle East
Carla Bittel
Professor of History · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
History of Medicine and Science Gender Issues History of Women's Health Nineteenth-Century U.S. History
Amira Elghawaby
Communications Director · The National Council of Canadian Muslims
Amira Elghawaby leads the NCCM’s media relations, public engagement and strategic communications.
Ethnic Media & Diversity Anti-discrimination Civic Engagement Human Rights Civil Rights
Christopher Kaczor
Professor of Philosophy and Director, Ethics Program · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Bioethics Ethics Positive Psychology & Spirituality Catholic Church
Kelly Shannon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor · Florida Atlantic University
Kelly Shannon, Ph.D. specializes in the history of U.S. foreign relations, with particular attention to the 20th century.
Modern Iran Human Rights U.S. Foreign Relations 20th Century U.S. Modern Islamic World
Kellie A. McElhaney
Lecturer | Founding Director, Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership · Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Leading expert on equity fluent leadership, value-creating strategies of diversity and inclusion, and corporate social responsibility.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Value-creating Strategies of Diversity and Inclusion The Gender Wage Gap Corporate Social Responsibility Women in Leadership
Kerri Froc
Postdoctoral Fellow · Carleton University
Kerri Froc's research interests include feminist legal theory and women's constitutional rights claims
Constitutional Law Government Relations Legal Research Legal Writing Administrative Law
Janet Butler-McPhee
Director of Communications and Advocacy · Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network / Réseau juridique canadien VIH/sida
International non-profit communicator and human rights advocate for people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS.
HIV/AIDS Health Policy and Human Rights Hiv / Aids Non-Profit Advocacy Non-Profit Advocacy and Social Justice
CJ Blennerhassett
Registered Midwife · Association of Nova Scotia Midwives
Registered Midwife and activist with a focus on informed choice, reproductive rights, & the provision of inclusive care for LGBTQ families.
Pregnancy Pregnancy and Abuse Pregnancy and Postpartum Issues pregnancy and sport Pregnancy Loss
Regula (Reggie) Modlich
Urban Planner · Toronto Women's City Alliance
Urban planner, focusing on gender issues, active in the Toronto Women's City Alliance
Community Outreach Women's Rights Equality Rights Sociology Institutional Development
Dr. Jane Barratt
Secretary General · International Federation on Ageing
As Secretary General of the IFA Dr Barratt is an internationaly respected speaker on age related issues across the globe.
Fostering Healthy Ageing Healthy Ageing Public Policy and Advocacy Population Ageing Women's Rights
Arezoo Najibzadeh
Women in Politics Advocate · Young Women's Leadership Network (Femmepower)
Arezoo works on addressing the barriers against young women's involvement in grassroots and institutional politics.
Women in Politics Canadian Politics Politics & Public Policy Women's Rights Young Women
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
Petra Molnar
Associate Director · Refugee Law Lab, Osgoode Hall Law School
Refugee and migration issues; technology and human rights; immigration detention; and the relationship between law, society, and culture
Technology and human rights Anthropology of Migration Ethnography and Ethnographic Writing Women's Rights Refugee and Human Rights Issues
Kathryn Libal, Ph.D.
Director, Human Rights Institute and Associate Professor, Social Work & Human Rights · University of Connecticut
Professor Libal researches human rights norms and practices, including the ability to secure adequate food and housing.
Asylum Seekers Women's Rights Refugees and resettlement Social Mobilization Refugees
Catherine Cerulli
Director, Susan B. Anthony Center · University of Rochester
Cerulli is an expert in women's rights and equality, suffrage, and domestic violence
Women's rights and equality Domestic Violence Psychiatry Women's and Gender Studies Women work and welfare