Jennifer Wemigwans is Anishinaabe from the Wiikwemikoong Unceded Reserve. She is an Associate Professor at OISE University of Toronto, where she teaches in the Adult Education & Community Development Graduate program.  Her book A Digital Bundle: Protecting and Promoting Indigenous Knowledge Online (2018) explores the prospects of education and digital projects in a networked world. Prior to joining UT, Wemigwans produced numerous cultural resources with Indigenous Knowledge Keepers and Elders from across Canada, the U.S., and Central and South America. She has earned a reputation for ethically translating Indigenous knowledge in ways that are valued by Elders and Knowledge Keepers.

Victoria Owen holds a joint appointment as Special Advisor to the VP Dean on Information Accessibility at U of T Scarborough and as Information Policy Scholar-Practitioner in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. Her complementary roles position her within the academic and experiential programs to contribute to the practice, principles, and scholarship of information policy. Her particular focus encompasses copyright, access, accessibility, preservation, and the public interest. 

Her background is in library administration at the University of Toronto, and in special and public libraries, including the CNIB Library for the Blind. Victoria holds a Master’s in Library Science and a Master’s in Law, specializing in intellectual property. She is the chair of the Canadian Federation of Library Association’s Copyright Committee, on the board of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Accessible Book Consortium, Chair of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions’ (IFLA) Advisory Committee on Standards, and a member of OLA’s Copyright Users Group. She is currently a Visiting Program Officer with the Association of Research Libraries and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries, and chairs the ARL-CARL Joint Task Force on the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation

Alex Kohn (she/her) is the Copyright Librarian at McGill University, where she has worked since 2015. Prior to joining McGill, she worked at academic libraries in the UK, Ireland and Italy. She is active in the areas of copyright advocacy and reform and is the ABQLA (l'Association des bibliothécaires du Québec - Quebec Library Association) representative to the CFLA (Canadian Federation of Library Associations) Copyright Committee, where she currently serves on the AI and Accessibility subcommittees.

Laurie Davidson (she/her) is the Executive Director of CELA (Centre for Equitable Library Access) and is passionate about building an accessible and equitable reading landscape for all. She has more than 20 years of experience working as a librarian and technologist in a variety of settings. She has worked in non-profits, library consortia, academic and public libraries, and the library technology industry and is interested in the intersection of systems and people, and how best to support collaboration and cooperation across organizations.

Meaghan Shannon is the Copyright Librarian at Queen’s University and previously managed a portfolio of copyright and academic integrity at a large Ontario college. She earned her Master of Library and Information Science degree and her Master of Studies in Law degree, with a specialization in intellectual property, from Western University. She has experience in both academic and public libraries as well as in archives.

Jessica Ho is a Library Systems Technician with the Toronto District School Board. She graduated from the Master of Information program at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information, concentrating in Library Science/Archives and Records Management. Her research work reflects her interest in the human dimensions of GLAMs, including just, equitable access, trauma-informed practice, and meaningful representation/participation.

Ben Robinson has been the Supervisor of the Guelph Public Library’s Westminster Branch and Makerspace since 2021. Prior to this, Ben acted as Children’s and Teens Services Librarian.

Alex Mitro is the Program Coordinator at the John F. Wood Centre for Student and Business Enterprise. He is responsible for running entrepreneurship-themed workshops and programming for students across campus. He also manages the MakerSpace, a collaborative space for students to access tools and equipment that will help with their innovation development. Previously, Alex worked in the beer industry as a Project Manager innovating processes and growing the business, and he holds a master's degree in biotechnology from the University of Guelph.

Brianne Selman is the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Librarian at the University of Winnipeg. She’s interested in user and author’s rights, and with Lucie Guibault and Mark Swartz has been exploring the idea of a Secondary Publishing Right for academic authors in Canada.

Lucie Guibault is Professor of Law in the Schulich School of Law, and (Acting) Associate Director, Law & Technology Institute at Dalhousie University. The goal of her research is to explain, interpret and evaluate legal rules, mostly in the area of copyright law, in a constantly evolving socio-economic and technological environment and where possible, make suggestions for improvement. Her research and teaching focuses primarily on intellectual property law, with important incursions into contract law, e-commerce law, competition law, fundamental rights law (mainly freedom of expression and right to privacy), and consumer law.