Postdoctoral research fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Dr. Eden Kamar is a postgraduate in the Evidence-Based Cybersecurity research group at Georgia State University. She received her Ph.D. in criminology specializing in cybercrime and cybersecurity, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Her MPhil in Criminological Research from the University of Cambridge (UK). Her research focuses on cybercrime and cybersecurity, namely, technology-facilitated sexual abuse of minors, phishing attacks, dark markets, malicious codes, and information system vulnerabilities. In her research, she employs innovative approaches and rigorous methods, including but not limited to honeypots, open source intelligence, digital forensics, and experiments, to understand different types of cybercrime, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and cyber victimization.
Instructor in Political Science, Carleton University I specialize in International Politics with a focus on International Security and Canadian Foreign Policy.
Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia Dr. Eric Yoshida is a Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia and a Gastroenterologist/Hepatologist at the Vancouver General Hospital. He is a hepatologist within the Liver Transplant Program, Vancouver General Hospital and BC Transplant (an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority)
Director of the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG) at the School of Cities, University of Toronto Dr. Enid Slack is the Director of the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG) at the School of Cities at the University of Toronto. The IMFG focuses on the fiscal health and governance challenges facing large cities and city-regions. The Institute’s mandate is to conduct independent research, spark and inform public debate, and to engage the academic and policy communities around important issues of municipal finance and governance. Enid has been working on municipal finance issues in Canada and abroad for 40 years. Prior to establishing the IMFG, she was a consultant specializing in municipal finance. Enid has worked with the World Bank, the IMF, UN Habitat, ADB, and IDB in countries such as Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Mexico, Mongolia, the Philippines, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. She has written several books and articles on property taxes, intergovernmental transfers, development charges, financing municipal infrastructure, municipal governance, municipal boundary restructuring, and education funding. Recent books (co-edited with Richard Bird) include Financing Urban Infrastructure: Who Should Pay and Is Your City Healthy? Measuring Urban Fiscal Health. Enid received her B.A. in Economics from York University (Glendon College), and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Toronto. In 2012, Enid was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for her work on cities.
Chartered Psychologist, Southern Cross University I am a researcher and psychologist specialising in Health, Performance and Learning in nature based and adventure based experiences.
Pinangba Support Officer, Indigenous Knowledge Erin Cunningham is a Kalkadoon woman from the Cloncurry and Mount Isa region of Western Queensland. Erin is an Enrolled Endorsed Nurse (EEN) who worked for five years on Palm Island in both hospital and community nursing roles before joining Stagpole Street Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Unit (SSDARU). Erin is a Support Officer at SSDARU and is the lead investigator of the government-funded Pinangba project to evaluate their model of care. Erin holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Family Therapy from the Bouverie Centre and La Trobe University.