Speakers
Featured Speakers
Eden Yesh
BC Community Impact Investment Coalition
Chair
Jolene Wilson
West Central Women’s Resource Centre
Restoring the Balance Coordinator
Joseph Wasylycia-Leis
University of Winnipeg
Campus Sustainability Coordinator
Elliot Walsh
Graffiti Art Programming Inc.
Studio 393 Manager
Beth Timmers
Food Matters Manitoba
Acting Vice Chair
Rhonda Thompson
Black History Month Celebration Committee, Congress of Black Women of Manitoba Inc.
Treasurer
CCEDNet Manitoba Team
The Canadian CED Network (CCEDNet)
Ella Taylor
Daniel McIntyre/St. Matthews Community Association
Community Programs Assistant
West End 24 Hour Safe Space (WE24) staff
Spence Neighbourhood Association
Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair
University of Manitoba
Associate Professor
Jessica da Silva
Youth Agencies Alliance
Director
Anna Sigrithur
Fireweed Food Co-op
Food Hub Coordinator
Dawn Sands
North End Community Renewal Corporation
Executive Director
Brendan Reimer
Assiniboine Credit Union
Strategic Partner, Values-Based Banking
Angelina Pelletier
Ndinawemaaganag Endaawaad
Systems Navigator and Program Manager
Asha Nelson
Fireweed Food Co-op
Projects Coordinator
Hannah Muhajarine
Climate Reality Project Canada / Manitoba’s Climate Action Team
Cassandra Montanino
Health in Common
Planning & Evaluation Facilitator
Raissa Marks
The Canadian CED Network (CCEDNet)
Government Relations Director
Sarah Leeson-Klym
Canadian CED Network
Regional Networks Director
Demian Lawrenchuk
Food Matters Manitoba
Executive Director
Glen Koroluk
Manitoba Eco-Network
Executive Director
Erin Huck
Health in Common
Planning & Evaluation Facilitator
Kim Hickes
YWCA Thompson
Executive Director
Josep Seras Gubert
Green Action Centre
Sustainability Projects Coordinator
Jessica Floresco
Mother Earth Recycling
General Manager
Meaghan Erbus
Winnipeg Harvest
Advocacy & Impact Manager
Sagal Dualeh
Canadian Women’s Foundation
Director, Investment Readiness Program
Michael Redhead Champagne
Fearless R2W
President
Elder Mae Louise Campbell
Clan Mothers Healing Village and Knowledge Centre
Elder and Co-Founder
Dorota Blumczynska
Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba (IRCOM)
Executive Director
Kirsten Bernas
West Central Women’s Resource Centre
Director of Housing
Michael Barkman
Canadian CED Network
Manitoba Network Manager
Speakers
Andrée Forest
Manitoba Research Alliance/Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Project Coordinator
Shauna MacKinnon
University of Winnipeg, Urban and Inner-City Studies
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Urban and Inner-City Studies, UWinnipeg and PI, Manitoba Research Alliance
Ron Missyabit
First Nations in Treaty 2 Territory
Circle Keeper-Care and Protection of The Natural World
Daniel Waycik
Persons Community Solutions Ltd
Operations Director, Interim Coordinator Community Safety Host Initiative
