Jack Rice is a career educator and academic leader; he currently serves as the Director, Centre for Online Learning, Graduate & Professional Studies at St. Francis Xavier University. Previously, he was a Dean at Elizabethtown College and a Director in the School of Education at Loyola University Maryland.

An Assistant Dean of EDI in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science at Acadia University, Juan Carlos is a soil microbial ecologist who has worked and trained in Europe, North and South America. With students as leaders and collaborators, Juan Carlos has created and modelled high impact practices for student success centred around mental health, as well as decolonization and reconciliation initiatives that have impacted the way we think, talk and learn about Mi'kmaw knowledge in our institutions and beyond.

Rachel Pomerleau is a MSc graduate with a passion for fisheries biology, environmental advocacy, and is always seeking opportunities to be out in the field. With experience in collaborative science and conducting outreach, she understands the importance of making science inclusive and accessible to all. Looking ahead, Rachel aims to blend art and science by creating digestible scientific illustrations and engaging online content to promote awareness and bridge citizens and science.

Gray Brogden is a fourth-year English and Creative Writing student and the current Student Writer-in-Residence at Western University. She is a writer, creator, and communications professional whose work has been published in newspapers, anthologies, and online.