Forum 4
COVID-19 Response and Recovery Designing
"New Normal"
Two panels showcasing Newfoundland and Labrador's COVID response highlighting the impact of women and gender diverse individuals in leadership in academia, grassroots NGOs and youth experiences, illustrating an intersectional lens towards designing a 'New Normal' post-COVID. Global guests from the UK and New Zealand will add international insights.
Panel 1: Join grassroots activists, policy analysts, youth leaders and leading NGO path makers to discuss the differential impact of COVID-19 on women and gender-diverse individuals, building Canada forward with a feminist lens.
Panel 2: Explore the difference! Women in leadership are changing COVID-19 outcomes by their courage, unique styles and decisive actions. Meet compelling provincial and global trailblazers busy designing different response and recovery visions.
Moderators
Judy May Foote
Her Honour The Honourable, P.C., O.N.L., Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
Dr. Betsy McGregor
Feminist Forum Co-Founder Harvard Medical School Research Fellow Author, 'Women on the Ballot"
Gudie Hutchings
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development
Equal Voice Hosts
Courtney Clarke
Equal Voice NL
Leadership Committee
Debbie Wiseman
Equal Voice NL
Leadership Committee
Karla Hayward
Co-Chair Equal Voice NL
Gillian Pearson
Co-Chair Equal Voice NL
Panel 1
Dr. Nicola Ngawati
Director, New Zealand Kaiwhakahaere Matua Ministry of Women
Chunyan Zhu
Academic Advisor at Memorial University
Ledon Wellon
Founder of
"Faces of Fertility" Campaign
Kate Cadigan
Youth Leader. Gr. 12 Student at Gonzaga Highschool St. John's
Ophelia Ravencroft
Feminist Researcher & Local LGBTQ2S+
Sex Worker Advocate
Sandra McKellar
Executive Director of NL Sexual Assault and Crisis Prevention Centre
Taylor Barry
Youth Team Forum Chat Moderator
Panel 2
Dr.Supriya Garikipati
Associate Professor Liverpool University Management School
Dr. Deatra Walsh
Dir. of Advocacy and Communications at Municipalities NL
Dr. Vianne Timmons, O.C.
President, Memorial University & Founding Visionary of
The Prosperity Project
Kathy Hawkins
President of Disabled Women's Network Canada
Dr. Sobia Shaikh
Co-Chair, Anti-Racism Coalition & MUN Prof. School of Social Work
Jude Benoit
Co-Founder, Indigenous Activist Collective & 2SLGBTQIA+ Neighbouring Pod
Gloria Jones
Youth Team Forum Chat Moderator