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Karen Zoppa

Instructor, Collegiate, Religion and Culture, Philosophy | University of Winnipeg

Philosophy, Ethics, Religion, Continental Philosophy, Existentialism, , Critical Theory in Religion, Simone de Beauvoir, Michel de Certeau, Jacques Derrida, Mysticism,

Bili Balogun

CEO | Tribe Beauty Inc.

beauty industry, e-commerce, sales, growth marketing, brand strategy, organic growth, influencer marketing, affiliate marketing, paid marketing

Dr. Patty Thille

Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy | University of Manitoba

Primary care, Healthcare, Stigma, Weight and obesity, Weight stigma, Fat shaming, Healthy behaviour

Dr. Ainsley Hawthorn

Cultural Historian & Non-Fiction Author | Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador

Middle Eastern History • Human Senses • Religion in Society • Gender in History • Word Origins

Claire Battershill

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of English | Simon Fraser University

Early 20th Century literature, Book history, Invention of paperbacks, Digital publishing, Changes in technology impacting way we read