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Abe Mejia
Information Officer, Unifor
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Adele Perry
Professor, University of Manitoba History
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Alec Stratford
NS representative
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Alex Himelfarb
Chair
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Amanda Klang
Senior Communications Specialist
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Aminah Sheikh
Aminah is a union and community organizer in Canada. Her love for organizing came from her late father who was a hospital worker at Sick Kids Hospital and a community leader. Her work is aimed at strengthening inter- worker solidarity and building workers’ power globally. She completed her Bachelor of Arts at York University in Gender and Sexuality Studies and her Masters in Globalisation and Development with specialisation in Gender at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Connect with her @AminahSheikh.
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Andrew Lodge
Medical Director Klinic Community Health Centre and assistant professor at the Rady School of Health Sciences at the U of M.
Community Health
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Andrew Stevens
Assistant Professor, Business Administration – University of Regina
PhD (Queen’s University). Research Interests: Sociology of work, Labour studies, and Industrial relations
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Andrew Woolford
Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Manitoba
Crime, Aboriginal issues
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Andy Regier
Manitoba Government and General Employees Union
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Angele Alook
Angele is an Assistant Professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at York University. As a member of Bigstone Cree Nation in Treaty 8 territory, her research has mainly focused on the political economy of oil and gas in Alberta. She specializes in Indigenous feminisms, life course approaches, Indigenous research methodologies, cultural identity, and the sociology of family and work. She is a co-investigator on the SSHRC-funded (Partnership Grant) Corporate Mapping Project, where she completed research with the Parkland Institute on Indigenous experiences in Alberta’s oil industry and its gendered impact on working families. Angele is also a member of the Just Powers research team, a SSHRC-funded Insight Grant.
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Angella MacEwan
Senior Economist, Canadian Union of Provincial Employees
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Angelo DiCaro
Unifor
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Anne Lindsey
Environment, Community Development, Health
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Annette Desmarais
Canada Research Chair in Human Rights, Social Justice and Food Sovereignty
Agriculture, food policy and food systems
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Anskia Gingras
Donor Database Administrator
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Anthony Morgan
Anthony is a racial justice analyst with an expertise in addressing anti-Black racism. He is also a lawyer that has appeared at various levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada, and has represented the interests of African Canadians before the United Nations. Anthony’s column, Colour-Coded Justice, appears regularly in the CCPA’s magazine, The Monitor. A father to a wonderful little girl, Anthony is also a Toronto-based municipal public servant. He is completing an M.St. in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford, and holds an LL.B. and a B.C.L. from McGill University.
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Archana Rampure
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
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Arthur Schafer
Professor, Director, Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of Manitoba
Professor
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Beyhan Farhadi
Beyhan is a postdoctoral researcher, secondary teacher, and an advocate for a fully-funded and inclusive public education system. She currently works with Dr. Sue Winton at York University on policy enactment in secondary schools, researching the implementation of educational policy online during COVID-19 school closures. Beyhan holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Toronto (2019) and an MA in English from York University (2010). Her dissertation research examined the relationship between online learning and educational inequality in the Toronto District School Board. She is currently revising this dissertation for a book project with University of Toronto Press.
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Brendan Haley
Carleton University, School of Public Policy
PhD candidate
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Brian Banks
Retired Educator, Former CCPA Saskatchewan Director
Research Interests: Income inequality, Poverty, Environmental sustainability.
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Brianne Goertzen
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Bronson Black
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Bronwyn Dobchuck-Land
Assistant Professor, University of Winnipeg
Criminal Justice
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Bruce Campbell
National Office representative, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Senior Fellow, Centre for Free Expression, Ryerson University, former executive director of the CCPA
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Brynne Sinclair-Waters
Ontario Employment Education and Research Centre
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Carolina Aragão
Researcher
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Cathy Holtslander
Director of Research and Policy, National Farmers Union
Research Interests: Agricultural policy, with expertise in seed issues, Trade agreements, GMOs, Organic agriculture, Supply management, Climate change, Biodiversity, Agroecology.
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Chairperson or designate
Canadian Federation of Students
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Charlene Frenette
Manager, Human Resources & Administration
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Charles Smith
Associate Professor, Political Science, St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan & SK Representative
PhD (York University), Research Interests: Organized Labour and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Law, Politics and Collective Bargaining in Canada, Canadian Provincial Politics
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Cheryl Stadnichuk
Research Representative for CUPE Saskatchewan
Research Interests: Public health, Privatization, Public-Private Partnerships (P3).
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Chris Roberts
Director of Research, Canadian Labour Congress
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Christine Saulnier
Director
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Clare Polster
Associate Professor, Sociology and Social StudiesUniversity of Regina.
PhD (York University), Research Interests: Higher education policy, University corporatization, The privatization of public knowledge; Strategies to revitalize public serving universities.
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Coleen Jones
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
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Colleen Bell
Assistant Professor, Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan
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Cynthia Taylor
Manitoba Teachers’ Society
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Dan Wilson
Researcher, Assembly of First Nations
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Dania Majid
Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario
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Daniel Cerdas Sandí
Research Assistant
Daniel Cerdas Sandí is a political scientist with a Master’s in Sociology and a Ph.D. in Social Science Research. He has over a decade of experience as a research and policy analyst, working at the intersection of labour rights and public policy. His work has focused on freedom of association, collective bargaining, international labour standards, gender equity, and informal work. Daniel has held roles with governments, unions, and international organizations, and is committed to advancing inclusive, evidence-based policy. He is currently based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Dave Campanella
Ontario Nurses’ Association
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Dave Lambert
Diversity representative to the Central Board
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David Alper
Professor, School of Social Work, Universite de St. Boniface
Housing, health and social policy
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David Campanella
Research Analyst, University of Toronto Faculty Association
Research Interests: Political Economy, Privatization.
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David Macdonald
Senior Economist
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David Robinson
Executive Director, Canadian Association of University Teachers
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Denise Doherty-Delorme
Researcher, Professional Institute of the Public Service
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Diana Gibson
President, PolicyLink Research and Consulting
MA
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Elizabeth Comack
Professor, Sociology, University of Manitoba
Gender, Social Justice
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Elizabeth Kwan
Canadian Labour Congress
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Ellen Russell
Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Journalism, Wilfred Laurier University
PhD
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Emily Eaton
Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Regina
PhD (University of Toronto), Research Interests: Resource development policy and impacts, Saskatchewan’s oil industry, Farmers and ranchers living amid oil, Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, Carbon Capture at Boundary Dam, the corporate power of the carbon extractive industries in SK
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Erika Shaker
National Office Director
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Eve-Lyne Couturier
Vice-chair and Allied organization — IRIS
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Filomena Ferraro
Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association
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Fletcher Baragar
Manitoba Economy
Associate Professor, Economics, University of Manitoba
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Gary Fenn
Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation
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Gina Gill Hartmann
Communications Specialist
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Grace-Edward Galabuzi
Associate Professor, Politics and Public Administration Department, Ryerson University and Diversity representative to the Central Board
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Greg Marchildon
Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Economic History, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina
PhD
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Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
Senior Researcher
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Howie West
Public Service Alliance of Canada
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Hugh Mackenzie
Economic Policy Consultant
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Ian Hudson
Associate Professor, Economics, University of Manitoba
Provincial Budget, Taxation
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Igor Delov
Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario
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Isabella Bakker
Professor, Department of Political Science, York University
PhD
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Jacqueline Romanow
Associate Professor, Masters of Indigenous Governance, University of Winnipeg
Indigenous rights, natural resources and economic development
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James Gacek
Assistant Professor in the Department of Justice Studies at the University of Regina
PhD (University of Edinburgh), Research Interests: (1) corrections and community justice; and (2) environmental crimes, harms and justice. He continues to extensively publish in sociological and criminological reviews, journals and international fora, particularly in areas of incarceration; genocidal carcerality; critical issues in media, justice, and security studies; the exploitation of human-animal relations; sex work, indecency and obscenity jurisprudence; and the broader politics of judicial reasoning.
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Jason Demers
Researcher
PhD (University of Toronto), Research Interests: Prison policy; Race and incarceration; Incarceration and human rights; Prison privatization; Prison writing; Cultural representations of incarceration; Literature and social justice.
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Jason Moores
Senior Development Officer
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Jerry Buckland
Rural development
Faculty Member, International Development Studies, University of Winnipeg
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Jess Klassen
Manitoba Research Alliance Project Coordinator
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Jesse Hajer
Assistant Professor in Economics and Labour Studies at the University of Manitoba
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Jill Buckluschuck
Refugees, Newcomers and Labour
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Jim Grieshaber-Otto
Consultant, International Trade and Investment
PhD
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Jim Silver
Chair, Urban & Inner City Studies, University of Winnipeg
Inner City, Indigenous Issues
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Jim Stanford
Research Chair, Constituency representative, Executive Director, Centre for Future Work
PhD
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Joel Lexchin
Emergency Room Physician and Associate Professor, School of Health Policy and Management, York University
MD
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John Jacobs
Carleton University, School of Public Policy
PhD candidate
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Jon Milton
Senior Communications Specialist
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Joyce Green
Professor, Political Science, University of Regina
PhD (University of Alberta), Research Interests: Canadian politics, Electoral reform, Colonialism and decolonization matters in Canada
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Julie Guard
Associate Professor, Labour Studies, University of Manitoba
Labour
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Karen Schlichting
Office Manager
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Kari Levitt
Department of Economics, McGill University
Professor (Emeritus)
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Katherine Scott
Senior Researcher
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Kathy Mallett
Consultant
Early Learning, Aboriginal Education, Inner-City
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Katie Loftus
Senior Development Officer, Monthly and Legacy Giving
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Katrina Miller
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Keith Lowe
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Kent Peterson
SK representative
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Kiavash Najafi
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
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Kim Wilson
President, COPE 397
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Kirsten Bernas
Director of Housing, West Central Women’s Resource Centre
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Larry Brown
National Union of Public and General Employees, Chair
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Laura Macdonald
Professor, Department of Political Science and the Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University
PhD
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Lawrence Deane
Associate Professor, Inner City Social Work, University of Manitoba
Housing
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Leslie Regan Shade
Associate Professor, Department of Communications Studies, Concordia University
PhD
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Letisha Toop
Administrative Assistant
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Lindsay McLaren
Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary
PhD
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Linsday Larios
Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba: Citizenship, immigration, family and reproductive policies
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Lisa Akinyi May
Associate Director
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Lorie English
Labour, Training
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Marc Lee
Senior Economist
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Marc Spooner
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Regina
PhD (University of Ottawa), Research Interests: Standardized testing and assessment, Post-secondary education and audit culture, Poverty and homelessness.
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Mario Seccareccia
Professor, Department of Economics, University of Ottawa
PhD
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Mariwan Jaaf
Associate Director, Operations and Finance
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Mark Bigland-Pritchard
Independent energy consultant/researcher, architectural physicist.
PhD (University of Sheffield), Research Interests: Energy and climate policy, Nuclear policy, Environmental assessment
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Mark Hennessy
United Food and Commercial Workers
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Mark Hudson
Associate Professor, University of Manitoba
Green Jobs, Climate, Oil Sands Extraction, Forest Management
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Marleny M. Bonnycastle
Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba, Northern Social Work Program
Refugee women, Homelessness, FASD, Northern Issues, Community-Based Research
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Martha Friendly
Founder and Executive Director of the Childcare Resource and Research Unit
PhD
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Martine August
Martine is an Assistant Professor in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo. Her research focuses on the political economy of housing and the pursuit of urban social justice, exploring themes related to gentrification, displacement, community organizing, public housing redevelopment, and the politics of social mix. Her current research focuses on the financialization of real estate in Canada, including multi-family apartments, student housing, and seniors housing. She was previously a postdoctoral fellow at Rutgers University, and worked as a housing policy advisor at the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, in the Housing Policy Branch and Homelessness Secretariat.
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Mary Cornish
Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre Cornish
PhD
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Matt McLean
MB representative
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Maureen Simpkins
Associate Professor, University College of the North, Aboriginal and Northern Studies
City planning, participatory research, northern issues, homelessness, gender
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Max Paches
United Food and Commercials Union Local 832
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Maxim Fortin
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Meg Gingrich
United Steelworkers
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Melanie Allison
Accounting Officer
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Michael Barkman
CCEDNET Manitoba Public Policy Coordinato, Community Economic Development
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Michael Byers
Canada Research Chair, Global Politics and International Law University of British Columbia
PhD
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Michael Rachlis
Doctor of Family Medicine, Author and Health Policy Consultant
MD
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Michael Spitale
SEIU Healthcare
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Michelle Lark
Manitoba Nurses Union
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Michelle Stewart
Associate Professor, Justice Studies, University of Regina
PhD (University of California, Davis), Research Interests: Political and legal anthropology, Contemporary policing practices, Medical anthropology, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
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Mike Belmore
Chair, Society of United Professionals
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Mischa Terzyk
Canadian Teachers’ Federation
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Molly McCracken
Director
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Monia Mazigh
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Monica Rusnak
Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
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Morna Ballantyne
National Office representative
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Moya Teklu
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Neil Brooks
Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, Director of Graduate Program in Taxation
LLB
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Niall Harney
Senior Researcher – Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues
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Niigaan Sinclair
Constituency representative
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Owen Toews
Instructor at University of Winnipeg
Racial capitalism
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Paige Galette
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Pam Foster
Canadian Association of University Teachers
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Pat Armstrong
Constituency representative, Professor, Department of Sociology, York University
PhD
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Patrick Falconer
Labour, Training
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Patrick Hoban
Development Assistant
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Paul Gingrich
Professor Emeritus, Sociology and Social Studies, University of Regina
Research Interests: Income inequality, Poverty, Post-secondary education, Immigration and integration
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Paul Leduc Browne
Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Université du Québec en Outaouais
D.Phil
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Paul Moist
Consultant, retired national labour leader
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Peggy Nash
Executive Director
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Peter Kulchyski
Professor, Native Studies, University of Manitoba
Community Economic Development
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Peter Miller
Instructor, University of Winnipeg, Urban and Inner City Studies
Anti-racism and Migration
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Priscilla Settee
Constituency representative, Associate Professor, Department of Indigenous Studies, Women and Gender Studies Program
PhD (University of Manitoba), Research Interests: Indigenous Foods, Food Sovereignty, Indigenous Women’s Rights, Impact of Globalization on Indigenous Peoples, Protection of Biodiversity, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Social Economies in Indigenous Communities
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Ray Silvius
Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Winnipeg
Political Economy
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Ricardo Acuna
Allied organization — Parkland Institute
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Ricardo Grinspun
Professor, Department of Economics, York University
PhD
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Ricardo Tranjan
Senior Researcher
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Rick Sawa
Retired Educator, Prince Albert Grand Council
PhD (University of Saskatchewan), Research Interests: Education, Trade, Water.
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Rick Telfer
Deputy Director
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Rob Gillezeau
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Robert Chernomas
Professor, Economics, University of Manitoba
Health Economics, Post Secondary Education
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Robin Shaban
Principal economist and co-founder, Vivic Research
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Roxanne Dubois
National Office representative
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S. Ashleigh Weeden
Ashleigh is an award-winning rural futurist, feminist, and researcher. Her work focuses on the way people, place, and power dynamics are reflected in and affected by policymaking, particularly in rural contexts. A long-time advocate for community-engaged, place-based approaches to public policy, Ashleigh has spent her career championing locally-led innovation. She is currently completing her PhD in Rural Studies at the University of Guelph. Recognized as a thought leader on rural revitalization and contributor to a growing body of research on ‘the right to be rural,’ Ashleigh works to advance evidence-based policy and public sector leadership across a wide variety of critical portfolios, including infrastructure, innovation, and inclusive community economic development.
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Sabreena Ghaffar-Siddiqui
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Sarah Cooper
Assistant Professor, Department of City Planning, University of Manitoba
Housing policy, housing and community development; planning in colonial contexts, Indigenous planning; neoliberal urbanism; community-based research
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Sarah Zell
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Sean Geobey
Management Science, University of Waterloo
PhD candidate
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Shauna MacKinnon
Assistant Professor, Urban and Inner City Studies, University of Winnipeg
Adult Education, Poverty Reduction
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Shop steward or delegate
non-voting, Unifor 567
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Simon Enoch
Senior Researcher
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Stephen Shrybman
Trade and Environmental Lawyer, Sack, Goldblatt, Mitchell
LLB
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Steven Staples
Individual supporter, Independent Consultant
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Stuart Trew
Senior Researcher
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Susan Prentice
Professor, Sociology, University of Manitoba
Family, Child Care Policy
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Tania Jarzebiak
Canadian Union of Public Employees
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Taylor Bendig
Research Officer, Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union (SGEU)
Research Interests: Privatization, Contracting out, Privacy and freedom of information
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Thevaki Thevaratnam
Ontario Federation of Labour
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Tim Sale
Federal Housing Policy
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Tim Scarth
Senior Graphic Designer
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Tim Smith
Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals
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Toby Sanger
Executive Director, Canadians for Tax Fairness
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Tony Clarke
President, Polaris Institute
PhD
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Tracy Zambory
President, Saskatchewan Union of Nurses
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Trish Hennessy
Senior Communications Strategist
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Wayne Antony
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Ziya Tong
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