Speakers 2024

Concurrent workshops will be running in the morning and in the afternoon. Participants will have the opportunity to attend one workshop in each block.

Visit the Program page for the schedule.
Visit the Workshop page for descriptions and times.

No need to sign up! Workshops are first come, first served. Volunteers will help you find the workshop locations at Children of the Earth High School.


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Afsheen Siddiqui

Healthy Muslim Families
Employment Coordinator

Amna Burki

StoriesMatter
Founder and Lead Facilitator

Amna Iqbal

Healthy Muslim Families
Director of Programs

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Amy Black

Community Financial Counselling Services
Program Coordinator

Bethany Daman

Manitoba’s Climate Action Team
Communications Manager

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Brendan Reimer

Assiniboine Credit Union
Strategic Partner, Values-Based Banking

Cara McCaskill

Heartwood Healing Centre
Program Manager

Carinna Rosales

Carinna D’Abramo Rosales

SEED Winnipeg
Co-Executive Director

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Chanelle Lajoie

Walls-to-Bridges

Chiyi Tam

Toronto Chinatown Land Trust
Managing Director

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Christey Allen

Prairie Climate Centre
Managing Director

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Connor Milligan

FortWhyte Farms
Farm Program and Employment Coordinator

Debby McLeod

Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities
Accessibility Coordinator

Demian Lawrenchuk

Food Matters Manitoba
Executive Director

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Desiree McIvor

Make Poverty History Manitoba
Spokesperson

Edda Livingstone

The Village Co-operative

Elder Mae Louise Campbell

Clan Mothers Healing Village and Knowledge Centre
Elder and Co-Founder

Ella Rockar

Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities
Outreach and Communications Coordinator

Erica McNabb

Manitoba Harm Reduction Network

Erika Frey Morote

Manitoba Association for Newcomer Serving Organizations
Project Lead, Manitoba’s GBA Plus

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Erika MacPherson

Prairie Climate Centre
Documentary Filmmaker

Gerrie Prymak

The Village Co-operative

Hani A. Al-Ubeady

Healthy Muslim Families

Hannah Muhajarine

Climate Reality Project Canada / Manitoba’s Climate Action Team

Hernan Popper

POPP3R Cybersecurity
Founder

Holly Scotland

Community Based Research Training Centre, University of Winnipeg

Humaira Jaleel

Healthy Muslim Families
Executive Director

Jesse Hajer

Jesse Hajer

University of Manitoba

Jonah Pearce

Sixteenth Letter Collaborative
Principal

Judith Harris

University of Winnipeg; The Village Co-operative

Kathy Majowski

Healthy Aging Resource Team (HART) – WRHA
Community Facilitator

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Kayla Penelton

FortWhyte Farms
Farm Program and Development Manager

Kelsey Guyot

Heartwood Healing Centre
Community Engagement Coordinator

Kirsten Bernas

West Central Women’s Resource Centre
Director of Housing

Kristi Rivait

Scale Collaborative
Co-Founder and Director, Partnerships and Programs

Laurie Ringaert

Change Weavers Consulting
Principal Consultant and Owner

Linda Brown

Manitoba Association of Senior Communities
Consultant

Liz Cron

Blueprint Inc.

Marg Fraser

Manitoba Association of Senior Communities.
Consultant

Marianne Cerilli

Marianne Cerilli

Marianne Cerilli – Change Agent
Social Innovator and Consultant

Matthew Rempel

Matt Rempel

Strategy Made Simple

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Matthew Loxley

Prairie Climate Centre
Research Associate

Melissa Chung-Mowat

Blueprint Inc.

Melissa Graham

Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities
Executive Director

Mohamed Zain Munshi

Healthy Muslim Families
Employment Facilitator

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Molly McCracken

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Manitoba Director

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Natalie Wiebe

SEED Winnipeg
Program Manager

Nicole Closs

YMCA-YWCA of Winnipeg Mental Health Services

Omar Fahmawi

Access to Justice Project Coordinator

Peter Cantelon

Peter Cantelon

Jubilee Fund
Executive Director

Philip Mikulec

Peg City Car Co-op
CEO

Rebecca Trudeau

YMCA-YWCA of Winnipeg Mental Health Services

Robyn Penner Thiessen

Robyn Penner Thiessen Consulting
Founder & Lead Consultant

Sabrina Musto

Buy Social Canada
Senior Social Procurement Consultant

Sally Ogoe

Manitoba Association of Newcomer Serving Organizations
Research Lead, Gender-Based Analysis (GBA) Plus

Serena Bittner

Manitoba Association of Senior Communities
Consultant

Shauna MacKinnon

Manitoba Research Alliance
Associate Professor and Chair, Dept of Urban and Inner-City Studies, U of W; MRA Principal Investigator

Sheryl Peters

Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities
Project Coordinator

Uyen Pham

Artbeat Studio
Executive Director

Vera Goussaert

Manitoba Co-op Association
Executive Director

Virginia Hunter

The Village Co-operative

Vivian Spence

The Village Co-operative
Indigenous Elder

Wendy Peterson

Community Futures Westman
Community Development Analyst