Alan is a second generation diasporic settler, working in service of equity and liberation for himself and others. Raised on Coast Salish Territories (Metro Vancouver) by immigrant parents and educated in Tiohtià:ke, Kanien’kehá:ka territories (Montreal), he embodies a gentle masculinity and an anti-oppressive approach in his facilitation.

Alisha Lettman is a Sindhi-Jamaican educator, artist and plant steward. Her work seeks to dismantle systems of oppression on an embodied level, while stewarding and making space for new systems of liberation and transformation. She has been working to advance belonging and traditional knowledge within the Black community through culturally relevant outdoor youth education, food justice and ethnobotany. Alisha completed her Bachelor's in Leadership & Social Change from UBC, and currently lives on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories.

Amrita is a passionate storyteller and strategist, helping organizations attain an equitable and sustainable future. She envisions leveraging her energy and enthusiasm to affect positive social change in her community. She was raised by a theatre family and attained a unique blend of education in fine arts and business which all coalesced into her becoming a natural facilitator and strategist, leading organizations into a more inclusive future one policy and one conversation at a time.

Ben is a second generation Filipinx (Visayan & Ilocano) settler who grew up in the East Van area of the stolen land that belongs to the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. The work he does revolves around care in relationships, whether it be with each other, ourselves, with symbols or with society. For him, this shows up in the counselling profession, advisory roles, creative projects, or in just getting through the day.

Cicely Belle Blain is a Black/mixed, queer non-binary femme from London, UK now living on the lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh people. Their ancestry is a mix of Gambian (Wolof), Jamaican and English. Cicely Belle spent their formative years between London, the Netherlands and a small Catholic village in France—each home presenting a pivotal opportunity for awakening and growth. Cicely Belle is descended from a long line of feminist educators and developed a passion for justice from a young age.

Cicely Belle is noted for founding Black Lives Matter Vancouver and subsequently being listed as one of Vancouver's 50 most powerful people by Vancouver Magazine twice, BC Business 30 under 30 and one of Refinery29's Powerhouses of 2020.

Clementina is an artist, researcher, and environmental scientist that is driven to imagine and implement radical visions. Their holistic approach to information gathering and analysis allows for an intersectional approach to equity, reform and justice.

They have a degree in Environmental Geoscience and a minor in Geographic Information Systems, which brings a geospatial perspective to their understanding of data.

Emily is an enthusiastic educator, who is curious about how we facilitate transformative learning spaces to inspire meaningful change. She can be found asking: How do we move towards collective liberation and create a more just, equitable, inclusive, sustainable, and loving future? She strives to embody her anti-oppressive values and her approach emphasizes critical inquiry into the root causes of complex issues, empowerment, and her ongoing learnings about applying the lenses of intersectional feminism and decolonization.

Indra is a South Asian-Canadian activist and educator living on the unsurrendered land of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh First Nation. Her degree in Sociology from the University of British Columbia became the catalyst for her understanding her own experiences as a woman of colour in a colonial society, and a passion for creating spaces for folks to arrive authentically and feel seen followed.

Katya Potapova is a settler to Turtle Island from Yakutsk. Her hometown is thought to be the coldest city on Earth (at least when major cities are considered) but she likes to say that it’s a home to people with the warmest hearts. Ever since she moved to so-called Vancouver in 2014, she has been joking that she has relocated from a place of permanent frost to a place of permanent rain but she truly loves it here, and feels deeply grateful to live on the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh lands.

Kenza is a storyteller and an equity and inclusion consultant, who grew up on the ancestral and unceded territories of the Tsleil-Waututh Peoples. She is currently in the midst of directing her first feature-length documentary with Telefilm Talent to Watch, set against the backdrop of both her home countries — Morocco and Canada.

Koshiki was born in Japan and spent part of her childhood there until moving to Ireland at the age of 11. She relocated to Vancouver in 2014 where she has been living and working with gratitude on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam Nations. She has her Bachelor's Degree in Human Rights and LL.M in Peace Operations, Humanitarian Law and Conflict from the National University of Ireland, Galway. With a deep passion for peacebuilding, Koshiki is currently getting her certificates in Mediation and Negotiation from the Justice Institute of British Columbia.

Lucky Sund is an organizational development consultant & stress-management facilitator with extensive experience in the non-profit and healthcare sector. Her passion lies in leadership development, workplace well-being, as well as advocating for inclusive mental health policies to help individuals flourish both at work and outside of it. She believes that fostering inclusive spaces allows people to thrive in an environment that kindles curiosity, inspires creativity, encourages authenticity, and values honest communication.

Mariana (pronounced mah•ree•anah) is a South American multidisciplinary artist, based and creating work on ancestral and occupied lands of the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish Nations currently known as Vancouver, British Columbia.

Mariana is a committed advocate of racial and climate justice, equality and social change through the assertion of continental Indigenous Sovereignty, service to local and South American community leaders and organizers, fundraising, accountability and art.

Mary is a Taiwanese immigrant and settler, living on the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Her family moved to so-called Canada in the 90s, and over the years, her relationship to Taiwan has evolved from ignorant indifference to complex connection and longing.

Mica Consens is a computer scientist with a background in life sciences as well. Navigating the intersection of these fields has given her a broad range of expertise across machine learning, security, data analysis, software development, biological and clinical research, and beyond. Her experiences across these domains have reinforced to her how important it is to change the current approach to diversity, equity and inclusion within these systems.

Nadine Nakagawa is an organizer, activist, intersectional feminist, creative writer, social justice fairy, city councillor and the co-founder of the Feminist Campaign School. She lives and works on the unceded and unsurrendered territory of Hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking peoples.

Regina is a multidisciplinary artist, poet, and writer. Regina is heavily influenced by the works of adrienne maree brown, Audre Lorde, Tricia Hersey, and bell hooks, and her practice centres on how BIPOC joy/love/rest is a defiant act.

Tyne Johnson-Dhillon is a multidisciplinary artist, earthling and communicator who advocates for dignity, accessibility and belonging. Tyne is fiercely devoted to actualizing equity, diversity and inclusion as well as dignity, accessibility and belonging.

Tyne is also a dreamer who strives for a reality that centres care, joy and rest, and is liberated from oppressive systems and patterns.