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Jesse Wente is a husband and father, as well as a writer, broadcaster, speaker and arts administrator. Born and raised in Toronto, his family comes from Chicago and Genaabaajing Anishinaabek and he is a off-reserve member of the Serpent River First Nation. Jesse is best known for more than two decades spent as a columnist for CBC Radio’s Metro Morning. In 2018, Jesse was named the founding director of the Indigenous Screen Office and in summer 2020 he was appointed Chair of the Canada Council for the Arts. Jesse received the Arbor Award from the University of Toronto in 2021 for his volunteer contributions and was recently appointed a Senior Fellow of Massey College. His first book “Unreconciled: Family, Truth and Indigenous Resistance” is a national bestseller and was picked as one of best books of 2021 by Chapters-Indigo, Apple Books and The Globe and Mail. Jesse recently won the Kobo Emerging Writers Prize in Non-Fiction.
Maya Mahgoub-Desai is the current Chair of Environmental Design and an Associate Professor in the Design for Health program at OCAD University. Maya’s current research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC / CRSH) and the Government of Canada’s Sustainable Development Goals Program and investigates themes related: to human-environment behaviour, public health policy and public realm design, addressing equity in design education (with a focus on disability) and inclusive teaching pedagogies.
As the Senior Urban Designer and Planner for Moriyama Teshima Architects, Maya has led several urban and peri-urban campus, community and municipal plans which focus on sustainable approaches, cultural resilience, and a collaborative community engagement process. Her portfolio includes serving as a subject matter expert for Waterfront Toronto; developing master plans for Qatar's Education City, Surrey City Development Corporation, and the Town of Whitby; and campus plans for the University of Lethbridge, Wilfrid Laurier University, and Conestoga College.
Maya also remains actively engaged in professional and volunteer activities that focus on health and equity; serving as an executive member of BEAT (Building Equality in Architecture Toronto); a committee member of the RAIC (Royal Architectural Institute of Canada) Promoting Equity and Justice Advisory Committee; and formerly, a committee member of ClimateACT.
Keziah Myers believes in the skills and uniqueness of this country and knows that there is so much talent yet to be discovered. Currently as the Executive Director of ADVANCE - Canada’s Black Music Business Collective, Keziah’s main role is to advocate for the betterment, upliftment, and retention of Black Talent within the music industry. Leading this organization, Keziah focuses on changing processes, creating opportunities, and providing resources to ADVANCE members, and music industry organizations. Prior to ADVANCE, Keziah led music licensing initiatives at Entandem, and the A&R Operations at SOCAN, where she was instrumental in ensuring diverse hiring, updating internal systems, improving operations, and enabling all offices to better serve 150,000 members.
As a part of a major music movement in Canada, Keziah has taken opportunities to stay involved, advise, volunteer, educate, and advocate. Her passion for people has afforded her the opportunity to be able to live on three continents, and travel to over 30 countries. Keziah has worked with countless artists and music creators. Along the way she has worked with Drake, Maroon 5, Kim Davis, DSVN, Boi 1da, and many more.
Keziah currently lends her time to advisory committees, and juries for MusiCounts, FACTOR, The JUNO Awards, SOCAN Foundation and the Trebas Institute.
Caroline has been specializing in eco-responsible events since 2001. Co-initiator of the Sustainable Event Council, she is a leader in eco-responsible events in Quebec. She participated in the standardization and certification committee for the BNQ responsible event management standard and the Canadian mirror committee for the ISO standard on the same subject. She has been the director of the Women Environmental Network since 2003 and auditor for the BNQ since 2010. She's also one of the three founders of Artis citizens on tour (ACT) with Laurence Lafond-Beaulne and Aurore Courtieux-Boinot. She work on the program Scène écoresponsable for the theater, artists, agency and producers who really want to be green. She works with RIDEAU and artists as a consultant on a regular basis. She began her work in association with the Quebec film and television council (QFTC) and others partners four years ago and now works as a consultant with film and TV productions.
Véronique Rankin, a member of the Anicinape Nation and originally from the community of Pikogan, has been the Director General of Wapikoni Mobile since October 2021. Véronique began her professional career by holding various positions within the federal government. Subsequently, she directed a historic site recognized by Quebec, managed the restructuring of a community business in her community and created the Puamun Meshkenu organization with Dr. Stanley Vollant. She has a Master's degree and a post-graduate diploma from the École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP). She is currently completing a certificate in philanthropic management and is a lecturer at the Université de Montréal. Véronique is also involved in the governance of various organizations related to the arts and culture (Place des Arts de Montréal, Productions Menuentakuan and Fondation Québec Philanthrope).