Advisory Board

Valerie Fox is the co-founder of the DMZ at Ryerson University – the leading university incubator in Canada, ranked among the top three in the world – The Pivotal Point, her new venture brings entrepreneurial thinking to organizations around the globe.

Francesca is a feminist fundraising rock-star, and works to bringing people together to create strategic partnerships, or helping companies and organizations develop and align corporate goals.

Anita Li is the Director of Communities at The Discourse, a digital media company. She's also Editor-in-Chief of The Other Wave, and has served as Senior Editor at Fusion and as News Director at Complex. Other reporting and editing positions at Mashable, The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, CBC and CTV. Anita frequently speaks publicly about diversity, innovation and ethics in media.

Cahill is committed to collaborative processes with a passion for storytelling to develop meaningful and productive projects.

Jack Jackson found a completely new life in Toronto. Jack owns a dog walking business, dog photography business and co founds the social impact documentary photography project Don’t You Want Me. DYWM is a global photography project showcasing the beauty and resilience of LGBTQ people with their rescue dogs, giving previously silenced voices a platform to show society how discrimination and gender inequalities harm us all. Jack is a proud trans man, feminist and forever thankful to Toronto - the first place he could call home.”