Tricia has been the Chair of the Aboriginal and Workers of Colour Committee and Co-chair for the GTA caucus for several years. Tricia is a trained Discussion Leader for Unifor delivering courses in human rights and leadership for Aboriginal and Workers of Colour, to name a few. Also, Tricia is the financial secretary for the…
Leah has a diverse professional background with a Master’s in Speech-Language Pathology. At the onset of her career, she worked across a number of clinical settings in Vancouver. She then moved to Ottawa and served as a policy advisor in the Federal Government contributing to legislation in health, environment and technology. Currently, she works as…
Pat is a research scientist at the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes. In this role he generates, analyzes and publishes information on species impacting the Canadian economy and environment, in order to support regulatory and policy decisions at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. He has traveled broadly,…
Patrick is currently the Director General for the Review of Laws and Policies Secretariat at Justice Canada, where he is accountable for leading the Department’s review of laws and policies to ensure that the Crown is fulfilling its constitutional and international human rights obligations, including Aboriginal and treaty rights, and in support of the Minister…
Jessica is a proud member of Batchewana First Nation and has spent over 15 years working with Indigenous communities. As a professional, she is a proactive go-getter who strives to do the best she can with every challenge or situation she is faced. Jessica works with the values of integrity and dignity with an upfront,…
Lisa is a Regional Representative with the Canadian Labour Congress where she assists area Labour Councils to engage in their communities. Prior to this, she was a Constituency Assistant to a Federal Member of Parliament. She began her career working as a machine operator in an iron foundry where she quickly learned to stand up…
Johannes (Gertjan) lives in Timmins with his wife and three children. He is a professional mining engineer who came to Canada from The Netherlands in 1997 and his passion for the mining industry has taken him to different parts of Canada and the world, which has encouraged him to learn basic communication in several languages,…
A career federal public servant with Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Jane is currently posted to the High Commission of Canada to Pakistan. Jane has also worked in: Kandahar for 14 months in 2009-10; Lebanon during the 2016 resettlement of Syrian refugees; and Algeria to organize two Canadian co-chaired counter-terrorism capacity building conferences. When in Ottawa,…
