Chris D'souza (M.Ed Equity Studies) has delivered over 5000 Equity and Inclusion lectures/workshops to agencies across Canada.  A DEI activist and National Award winner with the Harmony Movement, he is currently focused on developing, recruiting, and retaining Racialized and Indigenous talent.

Lesa is a provincial mentor and an instructor for the MentorCoaching Additional Qualification course with the Ontario Principals’ Council in addition to being an International Coaching Federation Certified Transformational Coach and Mentor. She holds a diploma in mental health and addiction counseling and trauma informed response therapy. 

After 11 years as assistant principal in North Carolina, Jason Hendrix Burt (M.S.A.) came to Ontario in 2014 to become vice-principal of the Avon Maitland District School Board and subsequently their Human Rights and Equity Lead Administrator in 2021.  Burt is committed to ensuring equity, anti-racist, and anti-oppression education and inclusivity practices permeate all aspects of the district’s education, guidelines, programs and procedures.

Nathalie is an experienced education professional, having worked in a variety of roles in Ontario school boards, including community worker, teacher, coach, consultant, and system leader. In each role, she placed issues of social justice and human flourishing at the centre of her work and learning.  Nathalie currently leads the Global Centre for Pluralism’s efforts to support educators and system leaders to operationalize pluralism in their specific contexts with a view to building inclusive societies resilient to fear and hate.

​Alanna is the Indigenous Education Lead for the Ottawa Catholic School Board.  She has non-status Indigenous ancestry on her mother's side and this influences the perspective from which she approaches this work.  As a presenter of Indigenous issues, Alanna puts relationship building at the foundation of all she does.

Pardeep Singh Nagra is an international speaker and athlete.  An active member with the Sikh community, his DEI work and humanitarian service has earned him the YMCA Canada Peace Medal, University of Toronto Arbor Award, Region of Peel Chair’s Award for community service, Auxiliary Constable of the Year with Peel Regional Police, and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal. His personal journey as a boxer seeking equity is the subject of the movie Tiger.