Legal Advisor

Senior legal counsel at B'nai Brith Canada; advisor to Canadian government, Amnesty International Canada, the Canadian Council for Refugees and the International Commission of Jurists; member of Board of Directors for Rights and Democracy; member of the Order of Canada; Nobel Peace Prize nominee 2010.

Legal Advisor

Canadian attorney; Senior Fellow at Macdonald-Laurier Institute; previously conducted research with Munk School of Global Affairs and the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) in Israel; worked with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague and led a Canadian National Security Working Group delivering policy submissions to the Parliament of Canada. Sarah’s current affiliations include the Canadian Coalition Against Terror (C-CAT), the Canadian Security Research Group (CSRG), and the International Counter-Terrorism Review (ICTR).

Legal Advisor

Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre at the University of Ottawa; advisor to numerous inter-governmental organizations, governments, communities and other actors; previously Senior Legal Advisor and Director of the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities in The Hague; previously worked for the ILO, UNHCR and then the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Legal Advisor

Previously professor of Chinese History and Chinese Law at University of Windsor, the University of British Columbia, the Law Faculty of Shanghai’s Fudan University, and the Law Faculty of Shanghai’s Jiaotong University; lawyer specializing in Canadian and Chinese law.

Legal Advisor

Legal Counsel at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights; international human rights lawyer specializing in atrocity justice and prevention, and advocacy for prisoners of conscience.

Legal Advisor

Lawyer at Larochelle Avocats; previously legal advisor in a defense team at the International Criminal Court.

Legal Advisor

Canadian attorney practicing federal regulatory and administrative law with a focus on international economic law and government contracting. Frequently appears before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal in complex anti-dumping, countervailing duty and safeguard proceedings; provides strategic advice on the interpretation and application of regional and multilateral trade agreements, including the WTO agreements and NAFTA/CUSMA. Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada in the area of International Trade and Finance.

Policy Advisor

Senior Fellow at Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, European Values Center for Security Policy. Previously Counsellor at the Canadian Embassy to China; worked at the Communications Security Establishment of the Canadian Department of National Defense; PhD from the University of Toronto after studies at Cambridge University (Oriental Studies) and Fudan University (History of Ancient Chinese Thought Program, Department of Philosophy, class of '77). Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Post-Doctoral Scholar in Political Science at University of Alberta, 1986-88; published extensively on Chinese and North Korean affairs and Canada-China relations and has been commissioned to write reports on matters relating to Canada's relations with China for agencies of the Government of Canada. Charles is a frequent commentator on Chinese affairs in newspapers, radio and TV.

Policy Advisor

Expert in Canada-China relations with 36 years in the public service sector, including as Executive Vice-President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. Held management positions at Industry Canada, the Prime Minister's National Advisory Board on Science and Technology (S&T), the Ministry of State for Science and Technology, and the Privy Council Office. Previous member of the Canada-China Joint Committee on S&T.

Policy Advisor

International award winning documentary filmmaker, journalist, digital communications strategist, and a leading Canadian expert on Russian and Central and Eastern European issues. Commentator for national and international media including the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star. Co-founder and publisher of UpNorth.eu. Recipient of Estonian Order of the White Star by President Toomas Hendrik Ilves.

Policy Advisor

Ph.D in Anthropology, 1998; specializes in the political anthropology of indigeneity and indigenous rights in Taiwan. Conducted ethnographic research with Truku and Sediq peoples, and field research in Japan and Guam (Guåhan). Author of “Sadyaq Balae! L’autochtonie formosane dans tous ses états.”

Research Advisor

Director of Government Research at Internet Protocol Video Market, researching how surveillance technologies impact the public, and what government action impacts those technologies.

Research Advisor

Head of Solution Architecture at MCE Systems