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Past speakers

Find out more about the speakers from the Women Leaders Speaker Series.

Past Speakers

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Dr. Jean Addington

Leadership in Psychiatry
Women Leaders Speaker Series

Angela Alberga

Leadership in Weight Bias Reduction
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Danielle Aubry

Leadership in Sexual Assault Prevention
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Brigitte Baradoy

Leadership in Violence Prevention
Women Leaders Speaker Series

Iman Bukhari

YYC Colours
Women Leaders Speaker Series

Claudia Bustos

Women in STEM
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Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes

Leadership in Indigenous Activism
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Gina Cherkowski

Women in STEM
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Marie Delorme

Leadership in Indigenous entrepreneurialism
Women Leaders Speaker Series

Dakshima Dilipani Haputhanthri

Leadership in Creating Safe Spaces for the QPOC Community
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Angela Dione

Leadership in community development
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Lindsey Doe

Live Sexplanations
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Carlene Donnelly

Leadership in poverty alleviation
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Dr. Pamela Dos Ramos

Leadership in Anti-Racism
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Cheryl Foggo

Leadership in creativity
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Valerie Fortney

Leadership in journalism
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Keeta Gladue

Leading from the middle
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Laci Green

Leadership in sexuality
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Kim Grimwade

Leadership in Law
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Kim Hessel

Leadership in Animal Welfare
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Barb Higgins

Leadership in media
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Dr. Janette Hurley

Leadership in Integrative Medicine for Underserved Communities
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Nketti Johnston-Taylor

Leadership in Community Development
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Dr. Harjot Kaur Singh

Leadership in medicine
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Monica Kilburn-Smith

Leadership in spirituality
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Farah Ladak

Women in STEM
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Sophia Lebessis

Leadership in fine arts
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Koren Lightning-Earle

Life as an Indigenous Lawyer
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Suvi-Tuulia Lorenz

Leadership in Food Security for Children
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Lynn MacDonald

Leadership in diversity
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Tessa McGarrigle

Leadership in social services
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Linda McKay-Panos

Leadership in human rights
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Gillian McKercher

Leadership in Canadian Cinema
Women Leaders Speaker Series

Christy Morgan

Leadership in Indigenous community building
Women Leaders Speaker Series

Zarqa Nawaz

Leadership in film and journalism
Women Leaders Speaker Series

Uyen Nguyen

Leadership in Medicine and Social Change
Women Leaders Speaker Series

Kim Ruse

Leadership in human services
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Wilma Shim

Women in Law
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Hasna Shireen

Women in Law
Women Leaders Speaker Series

Jaspreet Singh

Women in Law
Women Leaders Speaker Series

Qiao Sun

Women in STEM
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Beba Svigir

Leadership in immigrant advocacy
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Sable Sweetgrass

Leadership in urban Indigenous diversity
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Mary Valentich

Leadership in feminist social work
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Julie Van Rosendaal

Leadership in food communication
Women Leaders Speaker Series

Laurel Watson

Women in Law
Women Leaders Speaker Series

Kylie Woods

Women in STEM
Women Leaders Speaker Series

Frances Wright

Person's Day
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