Zaima Aurony is an M.A. student at Norman Paterson School of International Affairs concentrating on International Economic Policy. She has worked at the Ontario Ministry of Finance as an Economist and is currently interning at the Women in the House Program at Toronto Metropolitan University. As an immigrant woman from Bangladesh, Zaima hopes to further build on her passion for policymaking through a diverse lens by working for the federal government.

Flore Fournier is an agricultural economist with a background in rural development. For three decades, she taught at Macdonald College (McGill University) and Université Laval, where she founded a union focused on the practical training of future professionals.

Angella MacEwen is the senior economist at CUPE National and a fellow with the Broadbent Institute. She regularly speaks and writes about economic issues from the perspective of workers. Angella is the co-author of 'Share the Wealth: How we can tax Canada's super-rich and create a better country for everyone' available from Lorimer Books.

Ryan Romard is a sociologist, research analyst, and data science enthusiast. Ryan has several years of experience conducting survey research in Ontario's public school system and has worked as a researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. When not doing social and economic justice-driven research and analysis, he is likely experimenting in the kitchen, playing video games, or training in amateur powerlifting.