Rowen White is a Seed Keeper/farmer from the Mohawk community of Akwesasne and a passionate activist for indigenous seed and food sovereignty. She is part of a collective movement to reseed imaginations of a more nourishing future through uplifting and mentoring emerging changemakers, visionaries, community members, creative humans who are making life-affirming contributions at the intersections of the landscape of food sovereignty and cultural revitalization. She believes through the power of cultivating creative supportive learning spaces, by reclaiming narratives and practicing radical imagination we can work together to seed the change for a more equitable. relational, and kin-centric food system that centers a deep sense of belonging and connection.

Tu Bears is on an earnest path of inner guidance through ceremony, meditation, self-exploration, and writing. She continues to study Indigenous history, world-Shamanism, quantum cultures, changing possibilities through thought-mind-mastery of our language, and global-dimensional paradigm transformations. She is a writer, an artist, and an oracle. 

Tu Bears is a guide for seekers along their personal journey of self-discovery and authenticity. She creates ritual, ceremony, and dreamtime concepts for each individual. Tu Bears believes that each person is traveling a cosmic path of their own essential consciousness and is here to contribute to our future generations.

Chara Caruthers is a passionate and outspoken voice for the power of living your truth.  An international teacher, speaker, advocate and mentor for women’s wellness, she has inspired and motivated a global community of women of all ages to live juicier and more connected lives by embracing the principles of yoga and Ayurveda.

Dr Robin Youngson is a former medical specialist and international health leader now working full-time as a trauma therapist. He is a Certified Havening Practitioner and Trainer using the latest advances in neuroscience to help clients rapidly recover from trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and relationship problems. He will share his own journey of healing and how the brain can completely release trauma, in a few minutes, in a gentle and fun process.

Michael Keller is a Canadian innovative consultant, catalyst, educator and ‘designer’ of transformative learning in human systems…developing the artistry of designing which enables people to innovate and adapt to emerging complex challenges while maximizing the fit between people, resources, and sustainable living – co-creating a world where people want to belong.

Idelette McVicker is the author of Recovering Racists: Dismantling White Supremacy and Reclaiming Our Humanity and founder of SheLoves Media Society. She was born as a white, Afrikaans woman in South Africa during the apartheid years, which profoundly shaped her quest for Love, justice, liberation and repair. You can find her at idelette.com, or on Instagram at @idelettemcvicker

Christina Baldwin is one of the founding voices in the modern journal writing movement, publishing classic books in this field since 1977, including the classics, Life’s Companion, Journal Writing as a Spiritual Practice, and Storycatcher, Making Sense of our Lives through the Power and Practice of Story. Now in her 70’s, she is an emerita leader in the field of writing and story.

Desiree Adaway is a consultant, trainer, coach and speaker building resilient, equitable, and inclusive organizations. Desiree is the person who says the thing, who runs towards difficult conversations. She is an expert at teaching others how to handle complex, charged conversations (particularly around identity and power) with grace, assertiveness, and transparency.

Jennifer Price Davis is an artist living and working in Cleveland, OH USA. Her work centers primarily on social justice topics, the glorious and ordinary experiences of Black women and girls, and making space for play and community.

Pace Smith is co-host of The Dervish and the Mermaid, a podcast about living wholeheartedly, pathfinding, the Enneagram, feminism & activism for sensitive people, self-love & body love, and plenty more! Pace is a Sufi, a bridger, a pan poly trans DDR player, and a 3. You can find her at PaceSmith.com.

Jena Schwartz is a poet and coach who works with people who want to experience greater ease, authenticity, and courage in writing and in life. She believes that practice, self-compassion, inquiry, joy, and community are all essential aspects of the creative process. A mother of two, Jena lives in Western Massachusetts with her spouse. 

Nam Pham enjoys his career facilitating community processes that enhance social cohesion, mental resourcefulness and belonging in Viet Nam. He works in depth with The Circle Way and aspires to nurture larger (and larger) islands of sanity around this approach.

Dr. Jo Ann Unger, C.Psych. provides treatment and consultation services through her private practice as well as treatment, consultation and assessment services through a public health position. She has many years of experience and training in using a variety of psychotherapy models with children, families, couples and adults.  These include cognitive behaviour therapy, client-centred therapy, mindfulness-based approaches, emotion-focused therapy for couples, dialectical-behaviour therapy, attachment theory and family systems theory.  

In addition, she offers workshops for community members and training to professionals on a variety of topics.  

Dr. Unger is currently President of the Manitoba Psychological Society and is using this position to advocate for better access to psychologists in Manitoba.

Krista Folkers dela Rosa is the co-founder of the Centre for Holding Space. She is also Leadership Coordinator at Good News Fellowship Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Krista often jokes that she is a ‘community evangelist’ and is passionate about leaning into, learning about, and intentionally growing complex, justice-and-mercy seeking, loving communities.

Saleha Alshehri was born and raised in Saudi Arabia where she got her name, skin colour, and collectivist worldviews. She’s a therapist trying to offer safe spaces for people to honour their stories and reach their inner selves. She’s a proud mother and her favourite memories are with her kids doing ordinary life stuff. She finds joy in real communication with people and in deep conversations.

Mary Scholl revels in serving educators and community leaders in their learning and work. She encourages and explores ways of sourcing and weaving empathy, presence, listening, creativity, and curiosity into leadership and teaching practices so that the social-emotional aspect of being and learning supports and complements the rest of what is happening in our classrooms and communities. Born in the USA, based in Costa Rica, Mary is grateful for the opportunity to work in many countries around the world as well as from her front porch accompanied by her dogs, birds, insects and neighbors.