Edith is Manager of the Capital Maintenance and Pipeline projects team at Enbridge Pipelines in Edmonton. She has worked for Enbridge in various roles for 19 years. Edith holds an MBA and BSc in Electrical Engineering, both from the University of Alberta, and is registered as a Professional Engineer with APEGA, a Project Management Professional…
Simon has worked as a heavy vehicle technician for the Department of National Defence since 2010 and has been a union delegate since 2012. Currently Second Vice President of his union local, he is Quebec Young Workers Director for the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and sits on various committees of PSAC, the Quebec…
Evan serves as Chief of Staff to the Deputy Minister of the Alberta Government’s Executive Council. Prior Alberta Government roles involved advising on policy and directing strategy and operations for senior leadership in the departments of Innovation and Advanced Education; Human Services; and International and Intergovernmental Relations. Previously Evan worked in the non-profit sector and…
Ana wants to live in a world where everyone has equal access and opportunity to find the information they need to be able to create the life they chose. She has found that slice of utopia in public libraries. Ana has been with the Chetwynd Public Library since 2012. She believes passionately in public libraries…
Mindy is the first Hasidic Jewish woman to ever hold political office in Canada. As an elected official, she aims to make a difference in Outremont, the Montreal neighbourhood she loves. After a referendum was held in 2011 to block renovation plans for a synagogue on her street, Mindy saw the need for dialogue between…
Krista is the Deputy City Clerk from the City of Thunder Bay, located on Lake Superior in Northwestern Ontario. A graduate of Lakehead University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English, Krista has continued her education in the Municipal Administration Program through AMCTO. Krista’s career began with the Ministry of Tourism at Fort William…
Merissa has over 15 years’ experience assisting persons with barriers enter into employment, mainly in the construction sector through apprenticeship. Merissa started her career with JobStart in 1999 as a summer student and held various positions from frontline staff to management. In 2010 Merissa became the Coordinator of the Hammer Heads Program that supports youth…
Sarah is a Senior Advisor at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). She spends most of her day working to protect fish from nasty stuff entering water. She has also worked in climate change policy. Before joining ECCC, Sarah was a manager at Natural Resources Canada in a program to provide funding for deployment of…
During his short but adventure-filled 17 years in education, Shawn has had the opportunity to collaborate and work with some amazing educators and progressive school divisions both as a teacher and an administrator. He is honored to be an Executive Member in Parkland Local 10 as Treasurer, which is part of the Alberta Teachers Association.…
A Torontonian at heart, Archana now lives (reluctantly) in Ottawa and works (enthusiastically) for the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Canada’s largest union. Archana is CUPE’s Senior Officer for Political Action, working alongside staff and members on campaigns that range from protecting public healthcare to trying to keep water services public. Archana, a political…