Dr. John LeBlanc is a pediatrician and epidemiologist at the IWK Health Centre and an Associate Professor at Dalhousie University in the Departments of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Community Health & Epidemiology. He collaborates on research with the Nova Scotia Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (EECD) to promote social and emotional skills in children. He is also active in global health as a research collaborator with colleagues in Tanzania in projects that focus on maternal and child health. He holds an MSc in Epidemiology and an MD from McMaster University.

Dr. Mary Jane Harkins is a Professor in the faculty of Education at Mount Saint Vincent University and is a Coordinator of Literacy Programs. Her research interests include diversity and social justice in schooling, Indigenous studies, globalization of teacher education and the scholarship of teaching and learning. She holds a BA from St. Francis Xavier University, a BEd from Mt St Vincent University, both an MA in Early Childhood Education and Educational Administration from Kean University and a PhD in Educational Foundations from Dalhousie University.

Dr. Jessie-Lee McIsaac is an Assistant Professor within the Faculty of Education and Department of Child and Youth Study at Mount Saint Vincent University. Dr. McIsaac holds a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Early Childhood: Diversity and Transitions and directs the Early Childhood Collaborative Research Centre which engages families, as well as partners in policy and practice, in research to enhance early childhood well-being. She holds a PhD in Public Health and an MSc in Health Promotion, both from the University of Alberta, and a BSc in Kinesiology from Dalhousie University.

Dr. Barbara-Anne Hamilton-Hinch is the Assistant Vice Provost Equity and Inclusion and an Associate Professor within the Faculty of Health in the School of Health and Human Performance, at Dalhousie University. She is the co-lead of the Healthy Populations Institute Flagship: Improving Health Outcomes for People of African Descent. Her work examines the impact of structural, systemic and institutional oppression and racism on diverse populations and its impact on their overall health and wellbeing. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Recreation Management, Masters of Arts, (from Dalhousie University) a Bachelor of Education (secondary) from Mount St. Vincent University and a PhD from Dalhousie University.

Alana Butler (Ph.D.) is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Queen’s University. In 2015, she graduated with a Ph.D. in Education from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. She joined Queen’s University in 2017 and currently teaches the at-risk concentration in the Bachelor of Education program.   Her research interests include the academic achievement of low-socio economic students, race and schooling, equity and inclusion, and multicultural education. Prior to joining Queen’s University, she taught at Ryerson University and the University of Toronto as a part-time lecturer. She is currently the co-Chair of the Queen’s  University Council on Anti-racism and Equity (UCARE). In 2019, she was awarded an Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for a study on post-secondary access for low-income youth.

Dawn Burleigh is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada. She holds a PhD from Western University and her research is focussed in the area of Indigenous education, teacher education, and curriculum. Specifically, the work of teachers, educator wellness, and supervisory practices are explored through qualitative research approaches including narrative inquiry and duoethnography.