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Audrey is the Assistant Dean (Strategic Partnerships and Societal Impact) and an Assistant Professor in the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics at the University of Guelph.

Audrey is currently leading a national SSHRC-funded project that will explore strategies to scale community finance initiatives across Canada.

A community-engaged researcher, she focuses on the role of community engagement in advancing local economic development. Audrey’s research aims to build stronger, more resilient communities and explores everything from community wealth building and newcomer integration to downtown renewal and the sharing economy. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in sustainability, social entrepreneurship and nonprofit community leadership.

She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo (Urban Planning) and holds a M.A. (Conflict Analysis and Management) from Royal Roads University.

Ryan is an entrepreneur, impact investor and mentor. He has built multiple businesses over the last 10 years and is President and Co-Founder of the Afro-Caribbean Business Network, a non-profit organization created to help entrepreneurs of African and Caribbean heritage to start and grow businesses to become assets for future generations.

After starting a youth social enterprise called Detailing Knights, he launched Knighthood Academy, designed to help underestimated youth in the community develop leadership skills.

Board Member of the Peel Learning Foundation and the Mississauga Board of Trade, Ryan was named one of Brampton’s top 40 under 40, won the Business Excellence Award by the Brampton Board of Trade and the Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year award from the Toronto Region Board of Trade.

Ryan holds a B.B.A in accounting from Pilon School of Business and leads Ontario’s first Black Led Microloan Fund.

Thomas is Professor of Political Economy, Director of the Public Banking Project and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Public Banking for Sustainability, Inclusion, and Prosperity at McMaster University.

He is a leading scholar of public banks worldwide, focusing on public-public collaborations for the financing of green and just transitions.

Thomas is the author of the award-winning 2021 book, Public Banks: Decarbonisation, Definancialisation, and Democratisation with Cambridge University Press, which was awarded the 2023 Joan Robinson Prize by the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy. He sits on the Council of Europe Development Bank Award for Social Cohesion Jury and is an active member of the Finance in Common Summit Global Research Network.

Thomas holds a Ph.D. in Political Economy from York University.

Gillian is a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Economics at the University of Calgary, where her research focuses on Canadian income and social supports spanning several areas including tax policy, municipal policy, poverty policy and access to justice.

She has advised expert panels, including the BC Basic Income Panel, published peer-reviewed journal articles, and co-wrote a book on basic income.

She serves as a member of the Affordability Action Council and is a regular contributor for IRPP. She works on intersectionality-informed, data-driven solutions to economic and social issues facing Canadians today.

She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Calgary and a J.D. from Queen’s University.

Ryan is a family physician and tuberculosis consultant in Saskatoon, SK, with a focus on health equity. A lifelong advocate for healthy public policy, he has practiced medicine in rural and Northern Saskatchewan, inner-city Saskatoon and Southern Africa.

In 2017, Ryan put the concept of politics as “medicine on a larger scale” into practice, running to become Member of the Legislative Assembly for Saskatoon Meewasin and serving as Leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party and Leader of the Official Opposition in Saskatchewan from 2018-2022.

He is the author of two books: A Healthy Society: How a focus on health can revive Canadian democracy and A Healthy Future: Lessons from the Frontlines of a Crisis.

He holds a degree in medicine from the University of Saskatchewan.

Biju is Executive Director of POV Film, a leading charity in the film and media production sector, where he leverages his extensive experience in driving systemic change to advance the organization’s mission of promoting economic inclusion. He has developed and launched innovative workforce development strategies that support BIPOC and diverse young creatives.

Biju’s expertise in forging sustainable solutions convening businesses, government and communities positions him as a key asset in the sector. His influence extends to various boards, task forces and fellowships, where he serves as a subject matter expert on strategy, equity and inclusion.

He is interested in policies and practices that empower working people and foster a more equitable economy.

Louis-Philippe is a Professor of Economics at Laurentian University and Editor-in-Chief of the Review of Political Economy.

He created and is Founding Editor Emeritus of the Review of Keynesian Economics, Consulting Editor for Advances in Economics Education and the Associate Editor of the Journal of Business and Economic Studies. He is the co-director of the Monetary Policy Institute, and the editor of the @Monetaryblog.

Louis-Philippe has authored 180 articles in peer-reviewed journals and books, and has written or edited close to 50 books, including the Encyclopaedia of Post-Keynesian Economics and A Brief History of Economic Thought.

He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the New School for Social Research where he earned the Frieda Wunderlich Award for Outstanding Dissertation.

Alexandra is a Vice President at Policy Concepts, where she draws on her public policy expertise and ability to harness the inner workings of government to drive positive policy outcomes for clients.

Previously, Alexandra was Director of Policy to Ontario’s Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, where she helped design the government’s pro-worker agenda, including the Future of Work and the Portable Benefits Panel. She also led five major legislative bills from concept to law, including the Working for Workers series.

Prior to her work in government, Alexandra was Director of Policy, Research and Government Relations for a major Ontario industry association.

Alexandra holds an M.A. in Sociology, a B.A. in Sociology and a Post Baccalaureate in Labour Studies, all from the Mountains of Simon Fraser University.

Dan is an Assistant Professor at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law, where his research focuses on the legal history of Canadian money, banking and central banking, with an emphasis on the history and constitution of the Bank of Canada.

He also studies and has written on banking in the colonial period, central bank independence, corporate theory and legal historiography.

Prior to joining Windsor, he was a candidate for the S.J.D. program at Harvard Law, concentrating his research on the legal dynamics surrounding money and capitalism.

Dan has practised at a labour-law firm, at a legal clinic that specializes in cases with a systemic impact on those living in poverty and clerked at the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Daniel obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto before pursuing his LLM at Harvard Law School.

Robin Shaban, PhD is a Canadian economist and public policy expert. They are a founding Partner at 2R Strategy, a consulting firm specializing in economic analysis and strategic foresight that helps clients create strategies to overcome complex and existential challenges. With a focus on promoting inclusive economic growth in Canada, Robin has published several original research reports and is a frequent public speaker and media commentator.

They are co-founder and chair of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project, a think tank dedicated to addressing pressing issues caused by monopoly power in Canada. Robin has fellow roles at the Public Policy Forum and Social Capital Partners.  In 2021, Robin received a Changemaker Award from The Globe and Mail for their efforts to advance public policy centered on social justice and their academic work on competition policy.

They hold a doctorate in public policy from the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University, with competition policy as the topic of their dissertation. They hold a master’s degree in economics from Queen’s University, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Alberta.