Kim Honey has worked for seven newspapers and three magazines in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Ontario, covering everything from science and the environment to higher education for The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and Maclean’s, where she was the editor of the university rankings and guidebooks. A graduate of TMU’s journalism program, she is an alumna of the Poynter Institute Leadership Academy and the Media Management Executive Program at U of T's Rotman School of Management.

Vinita Srivastava is an award-winning journalist. From 2021-25, she hosted and produced TCC's podcast, Don’t Call Me Resilient (UBC's Public Engagement Award, 2024 Anthem Gold, 2025 NMA best current affairs nominee). She has edited and reported for the New York Times Magazine, VIBE, the Village Voice and Savoy. She cohosted on WBAI and CKLN for over a decade. A member of the Journalism Innovation Lab at UBC, she has taught at SFU's Podcast School, TMU and the National University of Rwanda.

Susannah Schmidt worked as general reporter for Turtle Island News and edited for the Centre for Global Social Policy. Earlier, she documented play development for Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal, worked in adult literacy and with a queer-affirming network engaged in questions of Christian faith and social justice. She has a bachelor of applied arts in journalism from TMU, a BA in drama & religious studies from McGill and a master of Catholic thought from St. Jerome's University.

Sacha Tremblay agit en tant que chef de section Culture et Société. Chargé de cours et doctorant en études littéraires à l’Université du Québec à Montréal, il a publié des articles savants dans divers domaines (littérature, religiologie, psychanalyse). Il possède une expérience dans le milieu éditorial, ainsi que journalistique. Il a notamment travaillé pour TVA Nouvelles.

Ibrahim is the Environment and Energy Editor at The Conversation Canada. He holds master's degrees in journalism and conflict analysis and a BA in politics and international relations.

Heather has worked in journalism, research and knowledge mobilization for a variety of media outlets, non-profits and research institutions in the United Kingdom and Canada. She has MA degrees from the universities of Edinburgh and Sussex, a PhD in ethics of emerging technology from Lancaster University and held a SSHRC Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of British Columbia.

Dr. Philip Steenkamp is president and vice-chancellor of Royal Roads University. He previously held the role of vice-president, external relations at the University of British Columbia and at Simon Fraser University. His academic roles have included research fellow at the University of Namibia and assistant professor and postdoctoral fellow in the Department of History at the University of Victoria. Among his many awards, Philip received the King Charles III Coronation Medal in 2024 to recogn...

Philippe Beauregard leads Concordia University's Communications Services, the group that opens the channels of communication throughout the university and to the outside world. Guiding a team of communications, media relations, marketing, and digital communications professionals, Beauregard’s role is to devise and implement strategies that enhance Concordia’s reputation, develop and maintain the integrity of Concordia’s brand and improve the communications between the university and its facul...

Lori is Two-Spirit and is a member of Montreal Lake First Nation, Treaty 6 territory. She is an intergenerational survivor of the Indian Residential School system and a child from the Sixties Scoop generation. Lori has made it her career advocating for social justice and working towards a more equitable society for all. With over 16 years of progressive leadership in student services, academics, research and administration, Lori is an experienced leader in education. Through the sharing o...

University of Alberta President Bill Flanagan holds a BA (English and Philosophy) from Carleton University, a JD from the University of Toronto, a DEA in International Economic Law from Université Paris I-Sorbonne, and an LLM from Columbia University. He joined the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University in 1991 and served as dean of law from 2005 to 2019. He was appointed President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Alberta in 2020. His scholarly work spans property law, corporate law, an...

Andrew Jaspan is the creator and co-founder of The Conversation. He launched the project in Australia in 2011 and was instrumental in seeing it established in the UK and the US. The project was born out of concerns Andrew had about public access to reliable information amid a dramatic shift in the production and consumption of journalism internationally. Andrew has been Editor of The Observer, The Age (Melbourne), The Scotsman and the Sunday Herald (Glasgow).