Meet Our Speakers
Forum Emcee
Adrian Harewood
- Associate Professor, Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication
Opening Remarks and Musical Performance
Marie-Eve Sylvestre
- President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ottawa
Wisdom Tettey
- President and Vice-Chancellor of Carleton University
West African Rhythm Ensemble
- Carleton Music Program
Key Note Speakers
Liban Abokor
- Founder and CEO of Reimagine LABS
Malinda Smith
- Associate Vice-President Research (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion), University of Calgary
Panelists
Menna Agha
- Associate Professor of Design and Spatial Justice and the founding Director of the Architecture Action Lab, Carleton University
Jude Mary Cénat
- Professor, School of Psychology, University of Ottawa
Nana aba Duncan
- Associate Professor and the inaugural Carty Chair in Journalism, Diversity and Inclusion at Carleton University’s School of Journalism
Josephine B. Etowa
- Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa
Gervan Fearon
- President of George Brown Polytechnic
Joy Johnson
- President and Vice-Chancellor, Simon Fraser University
Jane Ngobia
- Vice-President, People and Culture, University of Prince Edward Island
Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba
- Assistant Professor and founder of Africa Indigenous Knowledge Research Network, Institute of African Studies, Carleton University
Ewurabena Simpson
- Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Remarks
Noël Badiou
- Associate Vice-President, Equity and Inclusive Communities
Rawlson King
- Ottawa Councillor – Ward 13 Rideau-Rockcliffe