Cameron Armstrong (she/her) is a third-generation, mixed Filipina environmentalist and youth advocate from Winnipeg, Manitoba/Treaty 1 Territory. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Environmental Science at the University of Manitoba.

Recognized as one of 2023’s Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25 by the Starfish, Cameron currently serves as the Program and Policy Lead at Youth Climate Lab, where she runs From Root to Sky, a program for Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) youth focused on anti-racist climate action and deconstructing systems of oppression within environmental work. Cameron also works as a Research Assistant at the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Human Rights Research and is working on Just Waters, an interdisciplinary project focused on hydro-social relations. She is on the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada’s Youth Advisory Council and Finance, Engage, Sustain’s Youth Steering Committee. She has also worked on the Consider Climate, Manitoba campaign, advocating for climate-centred policy decisions in Manitoba. Cameron is a Commissioner on Manitoba’s Clean Environment Commission, an arms-length provincial government agency that provides a forum for the public to engage in environmental assessment and decision-making.

Her interests lie in environmental justice, water protection, governance, and empowering BIPOC youth in environmental spaces. In her free time, you can find Cameron in a coffee shop or dancing to Carly Rae Jepsen.

Ale is a healthcare ethicists at PHSA, where she provides consultation for teams, patients and families. She is originally from Mexico City, and she is a proud Latina, recognizing that her ancestors were European settlers in Abya-Yala, where many Indigenous peoples and communities still thrive today.

She has a Law Degree, a Master's degree in Science, specifically in the area of Bioethics, and a PhD also in Bioethics from the National University of Mexico, UNAM. Ale is passionate about anti-oppression work and education, and tries to incorporate that lens into her daily practice. She holds a certificate on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from UBC. She also serves as the Diversity Office for the Canadian Bioethics Society (CBS/SCB).

Before coming to Canada, Ale worked for the National Human Rights Commission in Mexico and the National Bioethics Commission. She also taught Bioethics, Law and Human Rights theory in various private and public academic institutions.

Mustafa Abbas is a social policy advocate working across climate action, refugee protection, and democratic governance. Growing up in Sudan under authoritarian rule, he became politically active during the 2018 Revolution, co-founding a youth-led political movement that mobilized for freedom, peace, and justice. That experience shaped his commitment to social democracy and the belief that strong public institutions must protect rights and expand opportunity for all.

After arriving in Canada as a refugee, Mustafa continued his advocacy within and beyond the Canadian Council for Refugees, contributing to coordinated national efforts to strengthen protection pathways and advance newcomer youth leadership. He has worked on biodiversity and climate policy with Nature Canada, advised Global Affairs Canada on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and served as a Youth Delegate on Canada’s delegation at COP29. Through grassroots organizing and institutional policy engagement, Mustafa works to advance inclusive, evidence-based progressive change in Canada and globally.

Rachel Kronick is a researcher and child psychiatrist, and a Fonds de Recherche du Québec Santé (FRQS) Chercheur Boursier Clinicien, Junior 2. She directs the Outpatient Child Psychiatry Services and is a consultant with the Cultural Consultation Service both at the Jewish General Hospital. She is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University. Her primary research is on the social and policy determinants of mental health for refugee, asylum-seeking and precarious migrant children and families with a specific focus on Canada. Her research uses qualitative and mixed-methods methodologies including Critical Ethnography, Visual and Arts-Based Methodologies and Participatory Action Research. 

Shazeen Suleman MD MPH FRCPC FAAP (she/her) is a pediatrician and clinician-scientist at the University of British Columbia and BC Children’s Hospital. She uses mixed methods to co-design and evaluate social and behavioral interventions reduce health disparities for children and families impacted by migration and forced displacement. Prior to returning to Vancouver, she was a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of General Pediatrics at Stanford University and the co-director of Community Engagement in the Office for Child Health Equity in Stanford’s Department of Pediatrics. She remains an Affiliate Scientist with the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Canada, where she co-founded the Compass Clinic, a nationally-recognized model of care for migrant children and youth with medical or social complexity.

She is regarded as a international expert in caring and advocating for immigrant and refugee children, and is a member of the Caring for Kids New to Canada TaskForce, the Canadian Refugee Health Network. She has received many federal grants, including a prestigious New Investigator Grant from the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR). As an advocate, she is outspoken about issues impacting the communities in which she lives, and has influenced policy at the local, provincial and federal levels. Her work is anchored in community development: she co-founded and still leads MusicBox Children’s Charity, a Canadian organization that runs over 40 programs nationally and has supported over 25,000 children.

Dr. Alice Virani is the Executive Director of Clinical Ethics and Spiritual Care at the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia. She provides leadership for clinical and organizational ethics services across PHSA and has extensive experience in ethics consultation, policy development, education, and applied research. Her work spans pediatric, reproductive, cancer, transplant, public health, and health-system ethics, with particular expertise in consent and capacity, parental decision-making, equity, resource allocation, and ethically complex care.

Alice holds a number of provincial and national advisory roles, including Chair of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Public Health Ethics Consultative Group and membership on the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Advisory Committee on Ethics and the BC Drug Benefit Council. She has led major ethics initiatives related to public health emergencies, prescribed safer supply, cancer treatment prioritization, and equitable health-system decision-making. She is also an experienced educator, researcher, and mentor who has supervised graduate students, fellows, and trainees and has helped translate ethical principles into practical tools and frameworks for clinicians, leaders, and policy-makers.

Dr. Manal Kleib holds Baccalaureate and Master of Science in Nursing degrees from the University of Jordan, a Master of Business Administration from Leicester University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing from the University of Alberta. With over 30 years of extensive professional nursing experience spanning diverse educational and healthcare settings, Dr. Kleib is recognized—both nationally and internationally—as a leading expert in nursing informatics education and digital health research.

Her program of research, "Digital Health and AI Research for Enhanced Outcomes," focuses on generating evidence to influence policy and inform clinical practice regarding the nursing workforce readiness for emerging technologies. It aims to empower nurses and nurse learners with the necessary informatics knowledge and skills to confidently lead the digital health future, ensuring that emerging technologies are implemented in a safe, equitable, and inclusive manner for all populations, ultimately translating to higher quality care and improved patient safety.

A dedicated advocate for equity and mentorship, Dr. Kleib prioritizes the development of trainees, highly qualified personnel, and early-career researchers to foster the next generation of scholars and sustainability of nursing research. She plays a pivotal role in building digital health capacity and empowering nurses to lead the digital health future with confidence and expertise, actively addressing significant gaps in Canadian nursing.

She has successfully cultivated strategic partnerships with researchers across Canada and internationally, securing over $1 million in research grants as a principal and co-investigator. Her sustained scholarly output includes over 60 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals and numerous national and international presentations. Her leadership extends to founding the Nursing Informatics Association of Alberta, serving as Chairperson for the CASN Digital Health Interest Group, Associate Editor for JMIR Nursing, and a contributing member for the CASN AI taskforce, reflecting her status as a cornerstone of the global nursing informatics community.

The Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing is a national collaborative that works with stakeholders across the country to connect people and practices, foster knowledge, build evidence, and influence policies to strengthen health and community care systems.

Le-Tien holds a Master of Public Health and is a Health Policy PhD Candidate. She has been integral in developing several social prescribing projects, including co-founding the Canadian Social Prescribing Student Collective. She has experience with program planning, evaluation, community engagement, research, and policy analysis. She is passionate about community-led systems change through advancing evidence-based policies.

Dr. Sue Bennet is a full professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa. She is a pediatrician and mental health professional by training and Director of Social Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Ottawa after more than 2 decades as Director of the Child & Youth Protection Program at CHEO, working clinically with maltreated children, youth, and their families.  She is Lead for Community Service Learning at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa. Sue is committed to the principles of social accountability, social justice and human rights, health equity and compassionate care within an integrated health & social service pediatric practice model.  She is presently working to introduce social prescribing for children & youth as an intervention to impact their mental health & wellbeing at CHEO and in an underserved community in Ottawa. Sue was recently awarded the His Majesty King Charles 111 Coronation Medal for her significant contributions to Canadian society.