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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.

Savraj is Vice President of Finance and Social Enterprise Strategy at WoodGreen Community Services, one of Toronto’s largest social service agencies.

He has over a decade of experience in finance, strategy and policy in both the private and NGO sectors and has a proven ability to drive transformational change.

In addition to completing a fellowship with CivicAction, Savraj also sits on the boards of the Wellesley Institute, a prominent Toronto think tank, Blueprint, a data policy consultancy. Savraj has the experience, passion, and leadership to connect finance and policy and create new tools that can be leveraged for both purpose and profit.

Savraj is a CPA and holds an International B.B.A. from the Schulich School of Business at York University.

Kaylie is an economist and policy strategist working in the research department at Unifor, where she focuses on issues relating to the future of work and macroeconomic policy.

Prior to joining Unifor, Kaylie held positions in sales, strategy and research. She focuses her research efforts on questions relating to inequality and fairness and supports bargaining committees to develop effective and innovative collective bargaining strategies.

She has contributed to wide-ranging policy initiatives, such as advancing efforts to make wage fixing illegal in Canada, supporting pay equity committees to get women the pay they deserve and studying the potential impacts of new technology on workers.

Kaylie holds a Master of Development Economics from Dalhousie University and a B.Com. in International Business from Lakehead University.

Aleeya is the Founder and CEO of Enfin Impact, a strategy consultancy, where she uses design and impact investing practices to help organizations—both large and small—transition to a more responsible economy.

She understands complex systems and their dynamics and specializes in regenerative real estate, innovation, strategy and measurement.

Her experience includes working as a Business Lead at Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation where she developed Capital Connect, a platform connecting impact investors to housing projects, and underwriting various housing deals across the mixed and affordable housing projects.

She has worked in leadership and policy writing across all levels of government and aims to build a future where prosperity is inclusive and accessible to all. In her spare time, she enjoys cycling, skiing, tennis, dogs and art.

Aleeya holds a graduate degree from the Judge Business School at Cambridge University specializing in Social Finance & Impact Investing.

Rachel is a seasoned corporate lawyer with a diverse background spanning multiple industries. She has worked for two of Canada’s most prestigious law firms, Stikeman Elliott LLP and McCarthy Tetrault LLP, where she advised clients across a range of industries for mergers & acquisitions, strategic investments, complex commercial transactions and corporate governance. Rachel later joined the investment banking industry as a Senior Vice President at KPMG Corporate Finance, the most active M&A advisory firm in Canada, where she advised business owners on selling their business to strategic and financial buyers and managing the process throughout.

Troubled by the state of the consolidating Canadian economy, Rachel was motivated to start her own law firm and advocate for a more sustainable economy. Utilizing her Bay Street experience, Rachel now provides affordable and practical legal advice to entrepreneurs looking to start, scale or exit their businesses. As a fellow for the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project, Rachel wrote “The Private Equity Playbook: How buyout firms extract rather than build value and what to do about it,” in which she advocates for a less extractive and more productive economy that will benefit all Canadians.

Prior to her work in finance and law, Rachel started her career in B2B marketing for two global consumer goods companies, Unilever and Reckitt.

She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Lazaridis School of Business & Economics and a Juris Doctor from Queen’s University.

Silas is a Researcher and Policy Analyst with Canadians for Tax Fairness, an advocacy organization focused on progressive tax issues in Canada.

He has worked with a range of academic and non-profit organizations that aim to better understand and raise awareness about socioeconomic inequalities, including the World Inequality Lab, the UBC Housing Research Collaborative, Oxfam Canada and UBI Works.

A member of the Progressive Economics Forum, he holds master’s degrees in economics from the University of British Columbia and the Paris School of Economics.

Silas is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in political economy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, supported by a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, where he is aiming to understand how orthodox economic ideas became dominant.

Sarah Doyle is Head of Policy at the University College London Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, where she focuses on a new approach to innovation-led inclusive and sustainable growth.

Sarah is Head of Policy to Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London and Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). She develops policy impact strategies, manages partnerships and supports Professor Mazzucato’s engagement with leaders around the world, working to advance a new approach to innovation-led inclusive and sustainable growth.

Previously, Sarah was the Director of Policy + Research at the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship at Toronto Metropolitan University, where she led the development of a research agenda aimed at helping to build an inclusive innovation-driven economy in Canada. At the Centre for Impact Investing at the MaRS Discovery District, she collaborated with community, government and private sector stakeholders to advance policies to broaden business models aligned with public benefit. Sarah also worked in the Government of Canada, including the Privy Council Office, developing advice for the Prime Minister on a range of policy issues, and at Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

She holds a M.S. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ashley is a Senior Manager in EY Canada’s Government & Public Sector consulting practice and is the national lead on housing policy and regulation reform. Prior to joining EY, Ashley served as Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy & Research for the Clerk of the Executive Council in the Government of Manitoba.

Her career includes time as the Vice President, Policy at the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, editing a local newspaper in Tbilisi, Georgia and with the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, D.C.

She currently serves as Chair of the Board of More Neighbours Toronto and is the editor of Policycraft, a newsletter for public policy professionals.

Ashley holds an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science, an MA from the University of Southern California and an HBA from the University of Toronto.