PhD Candidate Geography, Planning, Environment, Concordia University Based in Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawk) territory in and around Montreal, Léa's fieldwork explores ways to leverage mapping to expand negotiation opportunities and enter in dialogue with various stakeholders in potentially conflictual situations. As a cartographer specializing in mapping governmental and ecclesiastical archives, she repurposes state-sanctioned historical materials, producing maps to augment how Indigenous-led campaigns reach their target audiences.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta Dr. Lorin Yochim is a Lecturer and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. Lorin's teaching focuses on ethics and law of teaching and sociology of education. He pursues a range of research interests, including Chinese education culture, internationalization in higher education, education for reconciliation, and cultural-sociology of minor sport. Previous positions included faculty positions in the Institute of Comparative & International Education at Beijing Normal University and the Faculty of Education at Concordia University of Edmonton.
Professor, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Auckland Professor Louisa Allen is a graduate of The University of Auckland and the University of Cambridge. She has taught at both of these universities in the area of educational sociology, the sociology of youth, research methodologies, feminist post-structural theories and theories of gender. Her research interests lie in the area of sexualities, sexuality education, youth, gender and schooling. This work is informed by feminist new materialism, queer theory and sensory methodologies.
Associate professor, University of Cape Town Dr Leigh Johnson is an actuary and epidemiologist. His work to date has focused mainly on modelling the HIV epidemic in South Africa and evaluating the impact and coverage of HIV programmes. He is the lead developer of the Thembisa model and he co-chairs the UNAIDS Reference Group on Estimates, Modelling and Projections.
Teaching Professor of Environmental Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, UMass Lowell Lori's expertise is in education specific to climate change, fresh water resources, earth science and general environmental science.
Senior Fellow, Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University, Georgetown University Laura Blessing, Ph.D. is a Senior Fellow at the Government Affairs Institute (GAI) at Georgetown University and also teaches in the McCourt School of Public Policy. Prior to coming to GAI, she earned her PhD from the University of Virginia, where she was also a Miller Center National Fellow and a fellow for the Bankard Fund for Political Economy. Her interests include institutions, political parties, and policy, particularly tax and budget. She has worked on the Hill as an American Political Science Association (APSA) Congressional Fellow, serving as the legislative assistant for tax policy for a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee. She has published on the eroding budget process, tax policy in the 2016 Presidential campaign, social movements and the Presidency, and the importance of practical experience in politics informing scholarship. She has engaged in congressional testimony and other public commentary on politics in various media venues, including NPR’s Marketplace, CSPAN, and other politics outlets. She is currently working on a book on the politics of tax policy from the midcentury period to today.
