Mario Murillo
Professor of Radio, Television, Film · Hofstra University
Prof. Murillo has special interest in community-based radio journalism, Latin American studies, citizen's media, and civic engagement.
Civic Engagement Documentary Production Community Radio Latino Culture and History U.S./Latin American Policy
Jean Polfus
Postdoctoral Fellow · University of Manitoba
Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellow working on caribou conservation in the NWT using non-invasive methods, traditional knowledge & sciart.
Ecology Ecology - Animal Movement and Space Use Conservation Biology Conservation Genetics Environmental Science
Teresa Scassa
Professor, Faculty of Law · University of Ottawa
Teresa Scassa is the Canada Research Chair in Information Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Common Law
Legal issues in Digital Cartography Citizen Science Intellectual Property Freedom of Expression Open Government
Heike Schroeder
Professor of Environmental Governance · University of East Anglia
She examines the international politics of climate change at global, national and regional levels.
Carbon Emissions International Politics of Climate Change Climate Change Climate Change Governance International Development
Scott Wallace
Associate Professor of Journalism · University of Connecticut
Scott Wallace is a bestselling author, photojournalist and educator who covers the environment and vanishing cultures worldwide.
Amazon Rainforest Brazil Indigenous Cultures Uncontacted Tribes Illegal Logging
Susan Prentice
Professor · University of Manitoba
Professor Prentice's primary specialization is contemporary and historical childcare policy and advocacy
Social Inequality Social Change Systemic Discrimination Historical Sociology Childcare Policy
Kyle Whyte
Timnick Chair in the Humanities · Michigan State University
Expert in American Indian and Indigenous Studies, environmental philosophy
Ethics of Knowledge Exchange Environmental Philosophy and Ethics Indigenous Environmental Studies Climate Justice Climate Change
Kim Anderson
Associate Professor, Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition · University of Guelph
Associate Professor, Department of Indigenous Studies
Oral history and Indigenous knowledge translation Community-based Indigenous research Indigenous Masculinities Indigenous feminism Gender and Indigenous peoples
Deborah Cullinan
Chief Executive Officer · YBCA
Deborah is a leading advocate on the pivotal role artists & cultural organizations play in shaping our social & political landscape.
Nonprofit Management Civic Engagement COVID Recovery Unemployment Philanthropy
Margarita R. Ochoa
Associate Professor of History · Loyola Marymount University
Department of History, Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Social Justice and Equal Rights Latin America Race and Ethnicity Women and Gender Indigenous/Ethnohistory
Gillian Gregory
Researcher, Traditional Knowledge and Use Studies · The Firelight Group
Research, analysis & technical support for Indigenous communities
Indigenous communities Traditional land and resource use Resource Management Migration Vulnerability & well-being
Deborah Bolnick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor · University of Connecticut
Dr. Bolnick is an expert on genetic ancestry testing and how sociopolitical forces & history shape human genomic diversity.
Native American Genetic Histories Genetic Ancestry Testing Human Biodiversity Anthropology Ancient DNA
Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux
Chair on Truth and Reconciliation · Lakehead University
Dr. Wesley-Esquimaux's research addresses unresolved intergenerational trauma and grief primarily within the Canadian Indigenous community.
Community Development Government Community Outreach Leadership Teaching
Suzanne Toro
Owner · OmToro, LLC
Inner Wellness Teacher, Advocate for Global Change, Visionary & Strategist
Female Empowerment Inner Wellnes & Meditation Self Awareness Food Alchemy Creative Visionary
Muneeza Sheikh
Partner · Levitt LLP
Muneeza Sheikh practices in the area of labour and employment law
Canadian Politics Diversity Engagement in the Workplace Human Rights in Canada Labour Law in Canada Employment Law in Canada
Dayna Nadine Scott
Associate Professor · Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Dr.Dayna Scott works in the areas of environmental law and policy; critical risk theory; environmental justice; and trade and globalization.
Environmental Law and Justice Gender and Environmental Health Toxic Substances Regulation Feminist Theory of the Body Pollution
Jonathan McGavock
Associate Professor and CIHR Applied Health Chair · Diabetes Canada
Dr. McGavock’s research program is focused the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes in youth
Prevention & Management of Type 2 Diabetes Human Physiology Improving Metabolic Control Prevention of Obesity Diabetes in Aboriginal Populations
Luis Sanchez-Lopez
Visiting Assistant Professor · Loyola Marymount University
Luis Sanchez-Lopez is an expert in Latin American history, state formation, citizenship, popular politics, and social movements.
Social Autonomy Indigeneity Citizenship Latin American History State Formation
Brenda Nicolas
Assistant Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Brenda Nicolas is an expert in Latin American Indigenous diasporas, transnationalism, communal participation/identity & settler colonialism.
Social Movements Critical Indigenous Studies Latin American Indigenous Diaspora Mexican Migration Zapotec & Mixtec Indigeneity
María G. Arroyo
Extension Instructor · Loyola Marymount University
Center for Religion and Spirituality