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Jesper Alvaer<\/strong> is a Norwegian artist based in Oslo and Prague. From 2013 to 2017, he was a research fellow at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts with the project Work, Work: Staging Dislocation in Artistic and Non-Artistic Labour<\/em>. He holds a MFA from the Academy of Fine Art in Prague (2004) and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS) from the Arts, Health and Society Division of the European Graduate School (2014). In addition to showing his art at a number of international exhibitions, Alvaer has also participated in numerous study, residence, and research programs in Norway and abroad.<\/p>\n

Jesper Alvaer<\/strong> est un artiste norv\u00e9gien bas\u00e9 \u00e0 Oslo et Prague. De 2013 \u00e0 2017 il a travaill\u00e9 au projet Work, Work: Staging Dislocation in Artistic and Non-Artistic Labour<\/em> \u00e0 la Oslo National Academy of the Arts gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une bourse de recherche. Il a re\u00e7u un MFA de l\u2019Academy of Fine Art de Prague en 2004, et un Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS) de l\u2019Arts, Health, and Society Division de l\u2019European Graduate School en 2014. Alvaer pr\u00e9sente ses oeuvres dans de nombreuses expositions d\u2019art dans le monde, il a en outre particip\u00e9 \u00e0 de multiples programmes d\u2019\u00e9tude, de r\u00e9sidence et de recherche en Norv\u00e8ge et dans d\u2019autres pays.<\/p>\n

Sean Caulfield<\/strong> was named a Canada Research Chair in Fine Arts (Tier 2) from 2000 to 2010, and is a Centennial Professor in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Alberta, living and working in Treaty Six territory. He has exhibited his prints, drawings, and artist\u2019s books extensively throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, and Japan. Recent exhibitions include Perceptions of Promise<\/em>, Chelsea Art Museum, New York\/Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta; The New World<\/em>, The Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art, Debrecen, Hungary; Imagining Science<\/em>, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. Caulfield has received numerous grants and awards for his work, including Triennial Prize at the 2^{nd<\/sup> Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bangkok, Thailand; SSHRC Dissemination Grant: Canadian Stem Cell Network Impact Grant; SSHRC Fine Arts Creation Grant; Canada Council Travel Grant; and a Visual Arts Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council, Illinois. Caulfield\u2019s work is in various public and private collections, including Houghton Library, Harvard University; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England; Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin. In 2017 Caulfield was elected to the Arts Division of the Academy of the Arts and Humanities of the Royal Society of Canada.<\/p>\n}

Sean Caulfield<\/strong> a d\u00e9tenu la position de Canada Research Chair in Fine Arts (Tier 2) de 2000 \u00e0 2010 et il est Centennial Professor dans le D\u00e9partement d\u2019Art et de Design \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de l\u2019Alberta, r\u00e9sidant et travaillant en territoire autochtone r\u00e9gi par le Trait\u00e9 Six. Il a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 ses gravures, dessins et livres d\u2019artistes de fa\u00e7on extensive au Canada, aux Etats-Unis, en Europe et au Japon. Parmi ses expositions r\u00e9centes, on notera: Perceptions of Promise<\/em>, au Chelsea Art Museum de New York et au Glenbow Museum de Calgary en Alberta; The New World<\/em>, au Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art \u00e0 Debrecen en Hongrie; Imagining Science<\/em>, \u00e0 l\u2019Art Gallery of Alberta, \u00e0 Edmonton en Alberta. Caulfield s\u2019est vu d\u00e9cerner de nombreux prix et bourses pour son oeuvre, dont le Triennal Prize \u00e0 la deuxi\u00e8me Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing Exhibition \u00e0 Bangkok en Thailande; la SSHRC Dissemination Grant: Canadian Stem Cell Network Impact Grant; la SSHRC Fine Arts Creation Grant; la Canada Council Travel Grant; ainsi qu\u2019un Visual Arts Fellowship de l\u2019Illinois Arts Council en Illinois. Les oeuvres de Caulfield sont pr\u00e9sentes dans de nombreuses collections priv\u00e9es et publiques, dont la Houghton Library \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Harvard; le Fitzwilliam Museum de Cambridge en Angleterre; le Blanton Museum of Art de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 du Texas, \u00e0 Austin. En 2017 Caulfield a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lu \u00e0 la Arts Division de l\u2019Academy of the Arts and Humanities de la Royal Society du Canada.<\/p>\n

Timothy Caulfield<\/strong> is a Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, a Professor in the Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health, and Research Director of the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta. His interdisciplinary research on topics such as stem cells, genetics, research ethics, the public representations of science and public health policy has allowed him to publish over 350 academic articles. He has won numerous academic and writing awards and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. He contributes frequently to the popular press and is the author of two national bestsellers: The Cure for Everything: Untangling the Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness and Happiness<\/em> (Penguin, 2012) and Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?: When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash<\/em> (Penguin, 2015).<\/em> His most recent book is Relax, Dammit!: A User\u2019s Guide to the Age of Anxiety<\/em> (Penguin Random House, 2020). Caulfield is also the host and co-producer of the award-winning documentary TV show A User\u2019s Guide to Cheating Death<\/em>, which has been shown in over 60 countries, including streaming on Netflix in North America.<\/p>\n

Timothy Caulfield<\/strong> est Canada Research Chair en Loi et Politique de la Sant\u00e9, professeur \u00e0 la Facult\u00e9 de Droit et \u00e0 la School of Public Health, et directeur de recherche au Health Law Institute \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de l\u2019Alberta. Ses recherches interdisciplinaires sur des sujets tels que les cellules souches, la g\u00e9n\u00e9tique, l\u2019\u00e9thique de la recherche, les repr\u00e9sentations publiques de la science et de la politique de sant\u00e9 publique lui ont permis de publier plus de 350 articles acad\u00e9miques. Il a remport\u00e9 de nombreux prix acad\u00e9miques et litt\u00e9raires et il est membre de la Royal Society du Canada et de la Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Il apporte fr\u00e9quemment sa contribution dans la presse populaire et il est l\u2019auteur de deux best-sellers nationaux: The Cure for Everything: Untangling the Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness and Happiness<\/em> (Penguin, 2012) et Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?: When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash<\/em> (Penguin, 2015). Son livre le plus r\u00e9cent s\u2019intitule Relax, Dammit!: A User\u2019s Guide to the Age of Anxiety<\/em> (Penguin Random House, 2020). Caulfield est aussi l\u2019h\u00f4te et le co-producteur de la s\u00e9rie documentaire t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e A User\u2019s Guide to Cheating Death<\/em> qui a remport\u00e9 de nombreux prix et a \u00e9t\u00e9 diffus\u00e9e dans plus de 60 pays, elle est \u00e9galement accessible sur Netflix en Am\u00e9rique du nord.<\/p>\n

Patrick Fafard<\/strong> is Full Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa and Associate Director of the Global Strategy Lab. He has had an extensive career in both academia and government. His public service career includes several years as an executive with the Government of Canada and work for three provincial governments, including serving as Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Commission on Medicare (2000-2001). Patrick is the author, co-author, and editor of publications dealing with health, trade, and environmental policy as well as a series of studies on federalism in Canada. His work has appeared in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health<\/em>, Canadian Public Administration<\/em>, and Evidence and Policy<\/em>. His current research includes work on the role of senior public health leaders in Commonwealth countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, the governance of organ donation and transplantation in Canada, and the challenge of developing public health political science.<\/p>\n

Partick Fafard<\/strong> est professeur titulaire \u00e0 la Graduate School of Public and International Affairs \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Ottawa et Directeur Associ\u00e9 du Global Strategy Lab. Il a une longue carri\u00e8re dans le monde acad\u00e9mique et le gouvernement. Son service public inclut plusieurs ann\u00e9es dans un poste ex\u00e9cutif pour le gouvernement du Canada et son travail pour trois gouvernements provinciaux, dont celui de Directeur Ex\u00e9cutif de la Saskatchewan Commission on Medicare (2000-2001). Patrick est l\u2019auteur, le co-auteur et l\u2019\u00e9diteur de plusieurs publications traitant de la sant\u00e9, du commerce, et de la politique de l\u2019environnement, ainsi que d\u2019une s\u00e9rie d\u2019\u00e9tudes sur le f\u00e9d\u00e9ralisme au Canada. Son travail a \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9 dans le Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health<\/em>, dans Canadian Public Administration<\/em>, et dans le Journal of Urban Health.<\/em> Ses recherches actuelles portent en partie sur le r\u00f4le des principaux responsables de sant\u00e9 publique dans les pays du Commonwealth durant la pand\u00e9mie du COVID-19, sur la gouvernance des dons et des transplantations d\u2019organes au Canada, et sur les d\u00e9fis pos\u00e9s par l\u2019\u00e9laboration d\u2019une science de la politique de sant\u00e9 publique.<\/p>\n

Caitlin Fisher<\/strong> directs both the Immersive Storytelling Lab at AMPD@Cinespace Studios and the Augmented Reality Lab at York University where she held the Canada Research Chair in Digital Culture 2004-2014. A co-founder of York\u2019s Future Cinema Lab and a 2013 Fulbright Research Chair, Fisher is the recipient of many international awards for digital storytelling. She serves on the international Board of Directors for HASTAC, the Humanities Arts Science Alliance and Collaboratory and as Vice-President of the Electronic Literature Organization. Her current SSHRC-funded project is Artificial Intelligence Storytelling<\/em>. She is also Co-PI on a New Frontiers project investigating Immersive digital environments and indigenous knowledges: co-creation in virtual reality environments to advance artmaking, digital poetics and reconciliation<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Caitlin Fisher<\/strong> dirige l\u2019Immersive Storytelling Lab aux studios AMPD@Cinespace ainsi que l\u2019 Augmented Reality Lab \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 York o\u00f9 elle \u00e9tait titulaire d\u2019une Canada Research Chair en Culture digitale entre 2004 et 2014. Co-fondatrice du Future Cinema Lab de York et laur\u00e9ate d\u2019une Fulbright Research Chair en 2013, Fisher s\u2019est vue d\u00e9cerner de nombreux prix internationaux pour la narration digitale. Elle si\u00e8ge au Comit\u00e9 de Direction international de HASTAC, la Humanities, Arts, Science, Alliance and Collaboratory, et elle est vice-pr\u00e9sidente de l\u2019Electronic Literature Organization. Elle travaille actuellement \u00e0 un projet financ\u00e9 par le SSHRC intitul\u00e9 Artificial Intelligence Storytelling<\/em>. Elle est \u00e9galement l\u2019un des principaux responsables d\u2019un projet New Frontiers sur Immersive digital environments and indigenous knowledges: co-creation in virtual reality environments to advance artmaking, digital poetics and reconciliation<\/em>.<\/p>\n

John Hammersley<\/strong> is an artist-researcher and educator. He is a Lecturer in Graphic Design at Coventry University in the UK, and an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Communication Design at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland. His work explores dialogical approaches to art and design practice and education. He is a founding member of the artist network-as-artwork The Dialogic<\/em>, and has recently published articles on learning dialogues in art and design education (Arts and Humanities in Higher Education) and the reciprocity of care in collaborative artworks with end-of-life participants (Scottish Journal of Performance).<\/p>\n

John Hammersley<\/strong> est chercheur-artiste et enseignant. Il est lecteur en design graphique \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Coventry au Royaume-Uni, et lecteur-adjoint dans le d\u00e9partement de Conception de communication au National College of Art and Design de Dublin en Irlande. Son travail explore les approches dialogiques dans l\u2019art ainsi que la pratique et l\u2019enseignement de la conception artistique. Il est membre-fondateur du r\u00e9seau d\u2019artiste\u2013con\u00e7u comme une oeuvre artistique, The Dialogic,<\/em> et il vient de publier des articles portant sur les dialogues \u00e9ducatifs dans le domaine de l\u2019art et de l\u2019enseignement du design (Les Arts et les Humanit\u00e9s dans l\u2019Enseignement Sup\u00e9rieur) et sur la r\u00e9ciprocit\u00e9 des soins dans les projets artistiques collaboratifs avec des patients en fin de vie (Scottish Journal of Representation).<\/p>\n

Steven J. Hoffman<\/strong> is the Dahdaleh Distinguished Chair in Global Governance & Legal Epidemiology and a Professor of Global Health, Law, and Political Science at York University, the Director of the Global Strategy Lab, the Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Global Governance of Antimicrobial Resistance, and the Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Population & Public Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. He holds courtesy appointments as a Professor of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics (Part-Time) at McMaster University and as an Adjunct Professor of Global Health & Population at Harvard University. He is an international lawyer licensed in both Ontario and New York who specializes in global health law, global governance and institutional design. His research leverages various methodological approaches to craft global strategies that better address transnational health threats and social inequalities. Past studies have focused on access to medicines, antimicrobial resistance, health misinformation, pandemics and tobacco control.<\/p>\n

Steven J. Hoffman<\/strong> est titulaire de la Dahdaleh Distinguished Chair en Gouvernance Globale et Epid\u00e9miologie l\u00e9gale et Professeur titulaire en Sant\u00e9 mondiale, Droit, et Sciences Politiques \u00e0 York University, il est \u00e9galement directeur du Global Strategy Lab, directeur du Collaborating Centre on Global Governance of Antimicrobial Resistance de l\u2019OMS, et directeur scientifique du CIHR Institute of Population & Public Health aux Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Il offre des consultations de courtoisie en tant que Professeur \u00e0 temps-partiel d\u2019\u00e9pid\u00e9miologie et de biostatistique cliniques \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 McMaster et en tant que Professeur-Adjoint de Sant\u00e9 Mondiale et Population \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Harvard. Avocat international licenci\u00e9 \u00e0 la fois en Ontario et \u00e0 New York, il se sp\u00e9cialise dans le droit mondial de la sant\u00e9, la gouvernance mondiale, et la conception institutionnelle. Sa recherche s\u2019appuie sur diff\u00e9rentes approches m\u00e9thodologiques pour cr\u00e9er des strat\u00e9gies globales destin\u00e9es \u00e0 mieux faire face aux menaces transnationales sur la sant\u00e9 et aux in\u00e9galit\u00e9s sociales. Ses recherches pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes se sont concentr\u00e9es sur l\u2019acc\u00e8s aux m\u00e9dicaments, la r\u00e9sistance antimicrobienne, les conceptions erron\u00e9es en mati\u00e8re de sant\u00e9, les pand\u00e9mies et le contr\u00f4le de la tabagie.<\/p>\n

Johan Holst<\/strong> is a Senior Scientist with basic academic training as a pharmacist from the University of Oslo, and research experience in the field of development, characterization, and evaluation of vaccines. He works at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) in Oslo and, since 2013, has mainly been involved in a collaborative project with Novartis Vaccines (now gsk) dealing with evaluation of vaccines against serogroup B meningococcal disease. The collaboration between NIPH and Novartis grew out of relationships founded during an earlier public health intervention in New Zealand. Dr.\u00a0Holst\u2019s career in vaccinology began in the area of Bordetella pertussis research where he characterized pili and their potential use in modern vaccine development. From 1988 to 1998, he was Head of Control at the Department of Vaccinology at NIPH, with a primary focus on the characterization, quality control, and quality assurance for the Norwegian vaccine against serogroup B meningococcal disease, MenBvac\u00ae. He has participated in numerous clinical trials, including the pivotal placebo-controlled double-blind efficacy trial of MenBvac\u00ae in 180,000 teenagers from 1989 to 1991. His clinical trial experience also includes investigations of mucosal vaccines. Since the early 1990s, Dr.\u00a0Holst has served as an advisor to various WHO research programs, Pan American Health Organization, and the United Arab Emirates. In addition, he worked as a consultant for different vaccine companies such as Chiron, Novartis, and Wyeth, as well as giving assistance to several biotechnology groups. His list of publications includes about 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals and a couple of book chapters. He is also a co-inventor of three patents. In August 2016, Dr.\u00a0Holst joined the Secretariat of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations headquartered in Oslo, where he currently serves as a vaccine expert.<\/p>\n

Johan Holst<\/strong> est un scientifique de premier rang qui a re\u00e7u sa formation acad\u00e9mique initiale en pharmacie de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Oslo et son exp\u00e9rience de recherche dans le domaine du d\u00e9veloppement, de la caract\u00e9risation et de l\u2019\u00e9valuation des vaccins. Il travaille au Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) \u00e0 Oslo et, depuis 2013, il travaille principalement \u00e0 un projet collaboratif sur les Novartis Vaccines (maintenant gsk) pour l\u2019\u00e9valuation des vaccins contre la maladie du m\u00e9ningocoque de s\u00e9rogoupe B. La collaboration entre le NIPH et Novartis est n\u00e9e de relations \u00e9tablies \u00e0 l\u2019occasion d\u2019une intervention ant\u00e9rieure dans le domaine de la sant\u00e9 publique en Nouvelle Z\u00e9lande. La carri\u00e8re en vaccinologie du Dr.\u00a0Holst a d\u00e9but\u00e9 dans le domaine de la recherche contre le Bordetella pertussis o\u00f9 il a caract\u00e9ris\u00e9 des pilus et leur emploi potentiel dans le d\u00e9veloppement moderne des vaccins. De 1988 \u00e0 1998 il a occup\u00e9 la position de Chef des Contr\u00f4les dans le d\u00e9partement de vaccinologie du NIPH, avec un int\u00e9r\u00eat sp\u00e9cial pour la caract\u00e9risation, le contr\u00f4le de qualit\u00e9, et l\u2019assurance de qualit\u00e9 du vaccin norv\u00e9gien contre la maladie du m\u00e9ningocoque de s\u00e9rogroupe B, le MenBvac\u00ae. Il a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 de nombreux essais cliniques dont l\u2019exp\u00e9rience cruciale sur l\u2019efficacit\u00e9 du MenBvac\u00ae contr\u00f4l\u00e9e par placebo et double v\u00e9rification anonyme men\u00e9e parmi 180 000 adolescents de 1989 \u00e0 1991. Ses exp\u00e9riences d\u2019essais cliniques incluent \u00e9galement des recherches sur les vaccins muqueux. Depuis le d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 90, le Dr.\u00a0Holst sert en qualit\u00e9 de conseiller pour divers programmes de l\u2019OMS, de la Pan American Health Organization et des Emirats arabes unis. Il a en outre servi comme conseiller aupr\u00e8s de diverses compagnies de vaccin telles que Chiron, Novartis et Wyeth et il a apport\u00e9 sa contribution \u00e0 plusieurs groupes biotechnologiques. La liste de ses publications compte une soixantaine d\u2019articles dans des journaux acad\u00e9miques et deux chapitres de livres. Il est co-inventeur de trois patentes. En juin 2016, le Dr.\u00a0Holst a rejoint le Secretariat of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations bas\u00e9 \u00e0 Oslo au sein duquel il sert d\u2019expert en vaccin.<\/p>\n

Annemarie Hou<\/strong> is the Executive Director a.i. of the United Nations Office for Partnerships. She also serves as the Senior Communications Adviser with the Executive Office of the Secretary-General at the United Nations, focused on partnerships, advocacy and strategic communications for sustainable development. Most recently she served as Chief of Staff and Director of the Executive Office for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV\/AIDS (UNAIDS). Previously, she oversaw the communications and advocacy portfolio at UNAIDS where she was responsible for positioning HIV and development issues in the global landscape. Prior to joining UNAIDS, Ms.\u00a0Hou worked in the philanthropic field, with a focus on health and children\u2019s issues. She was the Communications Director at Casey Family Programmes, an operating foundation dedicated to child welfare issues started by the founder of UPS. Ms.\u00a0Hou served as the first Global Health Communications Manager at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and as the family\u2019s spokesperson. An award-winning writer, she started her career as a television journalist.<\/p>\n

Annemarie Hou<\/strong> est directrice ex\u00e9cutive de l\u2019Office for Partnership des Nations-Unies. Elle sert \u00e9galement en tant que Senior Communications Adviser aupr\u00e8s du Bureau ex\u00e9cutif du Secr\u00e9tariat G\u00e9n\u00e9ral aux Nations-Unies o\u00f9 elle se concentre sur le partenariat, la promotion et les strat\u00e9gies de communication pour le d\u00e9veloppement durable. Plus r\u00e9cemment elle a servi en tant que chef de cabinet et directrice dans le Bureau ex\u00e9cutif du Joint United Nations Programme on HIV\/AIDS (UNAIDS). Auparavant elle a supervis\u00e9 les communications et les dossiers de promotion \u00e0 UNAIDS o\u00f9 elle \u00e9tait charg\u00e9e de positionner les sujets du VIH et du d\u00e9veloppement dans le paysage mondial. Avant de se joindre \u00e0 UNAIDS, Mlle. Hou a travaill\u00e9 dans le domaine philanthropique se sp\u00e9cialisant dans les questions concernant la sant\u00e9 et l\u2019enfance. Elle \u00e9tait directrice de communications aux Casey Family Programmes, une fondation \u00e9tablie par le cr\u00e9ateur de UPS et consacr\u00e9e aux questions de l\u2019aide sociale \u00e0 l\u2019enfance. Mlle. Hou a \u00e9t\u00e9 la premi\u00e8re Global Health Communications Manager \u00e0 la Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation et elle a servi comme porte-parole de la famille. Ecrivaine prim\u00e9e, elle a commenc\u00e9 sa carri\u00e8re comme journaliste de t\u00e9l\u00e9vision.<\/p>\n

Alison Humphrey<\/strong> plays with story across drama, digital media, and education. After starting her career as an intern at Marvel Comics, she joined science fiction author Douglas Adams\u2019s company The Digital Village, producing one of the first ever web-based alternate reality games for Starship Titanic<\/em>, whose community-created storyworld has continued to evolve for nearly two decades, as featured in a 2011 article in The Economist<\/em>, \u201cEmergent Systems: The Forum at the End of the Universe.\u201d She wrote on 115 episodes of Global TV\u2019s Train 48<\/em>, initiating one of the earliest transmedia in-fiction blogs in a TV series; assistant directed at the Royal Court Theatre, English Touring Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, and Stratford Shakespeare Festival; directed at the Old Red Lion Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company Fringe Festival; and most recently co-wrote and directed two interactive, live-animated sci-fi theatre projects: Faster than Night<\/em>, for Harbourfront Centre HATCH in Toronto, and The Augmentalist<\/em> for Augmented World Expo in Silicon Valley. Alison earned a BA in American studies and studio art from Wellesley College, an MA in interactive multimedia from the Royal College of Art, and an MFA in theatre directing from York University, where her thesis production of A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em> used motion-capture technology to weave real-time 3D computer animation and digital effects into live performance. Shadowpox<\/em> (shadowpox.org) forms part of her research-creation PhD in Cinema and Media Studies at York University, where she is a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar.<\/p>\n

Alison Humphrey<\/strong> joue sur le drame, les m\u00e9dias digitaux, et l\u2019\u00e9ducation pour raconter des histoires. Apr\u00e8s avoir d\u00e9but\u00e9 comme interne \u00e0 Marvel Comics, elle a rejoint The Digital Village, la compagnie de l\u2019auteur de science-fiction Douglas Adams, produisant l\u2019un des tout premiers jeux de r\u00e9alit\u00e9 alternative bas\u00e9s sur le web pour Starship Titanic<\/em>, dont le monde imaginaire cr\u00e9\u00e9 collectivement par les participants a continu\u00e9 d\u2019\u00e9voluer au cours de presque deux d\u00e9cennies et fait l\u2019objet d\u2019un article de 2011 dans The Economist<\/em>, \u201cEmergent Systems: the Forum at the End of the Universe.\u201d Elle a \u00e9crit pour 115 \u00e9pisodes du Train 48<\/em> sur Global TV, initiant un des tout premiers blogs transmedia de fiction dans une s\u00e9rie t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e; elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 assistante de mise-en-sc\u00e8ne au Royal Court Theater, \u00e0 l\u2019American Conservatory Theater et au Stratford Shakespeare Festival; elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 metteure-en-sc\u00e8ne \u00e0 l\u2019Old Red Lion Theater et au Royal Shakespeare Company Fringe Festival; plus r\u00e9cemment elle a co-r\u00e9dig\u00e9 et mis en sc\u00e8ne deux projets th\u00e9\u00e2traux anim\u00e9s interactifs de science-fiction: Faster than Night<\/em> pour le Harbourfront Center HATCH de Toronto et The Augmentalist<\/em> pour l\u2019Augmented World Expo \u00e0 Silicon Valley. Alison a re\u00e7u un BA en Etudes am\u00e9ricaines et en art d\u2019atelier de Wellesley College, un MA en multimedia interactifs du Royal College of Art, et un MFA en mise-en-sc\u00e8ne th\u00e9\u00e2trale de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 York, o\u00f9 son projet de th\u00e8se en mise-en-sc\u00e8ne de A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em> employait la technologie de capture du mouvement pour unir l\u2019animation 3D en temps r\u00e9el sur ordinateur avec des effets digitaux dans le cadre d\u2019une repr\u00e9sentation en direct. Shadowpox<\/em> (shadowpox.org) constitue une partie de sa th\u00e8se de doctorat en recherche-cr\u00e9ation dans le d\u00e9partement d\u2019Etudes du Cin\u00e9ma et des M\u00e9dias \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 York, o\u00f9 elle occupe la position de Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar.<\/p>\n

Annie Jones<\/strong> is a change management and communications consultant in Ottawa, Canada. She holds a Bachelor of Communications: Image, Politics, and Persuasion (Honours) degree from Carleton University, and is a Certified Change Management Practitioner. Her work is focused on healthcare, politics, and government institutions.<\/p>\n

Annie Jones<\/strong> est consultante en gestion du changement et en communications \u00e0 Ottawa au Canada. Elle d\u00e9tient un dipl\u00f4me de Bachelor of Communications: Image Politics, and Persuation (avec honneurs) de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Carleton, elle est certifi\u00e9e comme Praticienne de la Gestion du Changement. Son travail se concentre les soins de sant\u00e9, la politique et les institutions gouvernementales.<\/p>\n

Rachelle Viader Knowles<\/strong> is an artist, researcher, and educator. She is Head of International for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK, where her role supports the development of international initiatives and partnerships for education, research, and knowledge exchange. Rachelle has eleven years\u2019 experience in academic leadership roles in higher education. Prior to joining Manchester Met, she was Associate Head International for the School of Art and Design at Coventry University, UK, and Head of Visual Arts at the University of Regina in Canada, where she taught media arts practice for twelve years. She is a dual UK and Canadian citizen. Her practice-led research investigates translocality, dialogue as art, and artistic practices\/methods developed through participation, collaboration, and networks. Her works have been performed, published, screened, found, or encountered in numerous international venues and publications. Exhibitions include MilaKunst Gallery in Berlin; Conflux, and the Experimental Text Festivals in New York; Three Walls Gallery in Chicago; the MacKenzie, Mendel, Neutral Ground and YYZ galleries in Canada; Residencia Corazon Gallery in La Plata, Argentina; Chapter Gallery in Cardiff, Wales; the Gwangju Biennale in South Korea; the Gyumri Biennale in Armenia; and the Can Gelabert Cultural Centre in Mallorca. She is an active member of the international advisory board for the Armenian Art Centre of Social Studies based in Yerevan, Armenia. Rachelle holds a PhD in Art+Media from Plymouth University and an MFA in Visual Arts from the University of Windsor.<\/p>\n

Rachel Viader Knowles<\/strong> est artiste, chercheure et \u00e9ducatrice. Elle est Head of International pour la Facult\u00e9 des Arts et des Humanit\u00e9s \u00e0 la Manchester Metropolitan University au Royaume-Uni, o\u00f9 son r\u00f4le est de favoriser le d\u00e9veloppement d\u2019initiatives et de partenariats internationaux pour l\u2019enseignement, la recherche et les \u00e9changes de connaissances. Rachel a derri\u00e8re elle onze ans d\u2019exp\u00e9rience dans des positions de responsabilit\u00e9 dans le monde acad\u00e9mique. Avant de travailler au Manchester Met, elle \u00e9tait Associate Head International pour la School of Art and Design \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Regina au Canada, o\u00f9 elle a enseign\u00e9 la pratique des arts m\u00e9diatiques pendant douze ans. Elle a la double nationalit\u00e9 canadienne et britannique. Guid\u00e9e par la pratique, sa recherche examine la translocalit\u00e9, le dialogue en tant que forme artistique, ainsi que les m\u00e9thodes et pratiques artistiques d\u00e9velopp\u00e9es \u00e0 travers la participation, la collaboration et les r\u00e9seaux. Ses oeuvres ont \u00e9t\u00e9 repr\u00e9sent\u00e9es, publi\u00e9es, film\u00e9es, trouv\u00e9es ou rencontr\u00e9es dans de nombreuses pr\u00e9sentations et publications internationales. Parmi les expositions, on notera la MilaKunst Gallery \u00e0 Berlin; les Conflux and the Experimental Text Festivals \u00e0 New York; la Three Walls Gallery \u00e0 Chicago; les Galeries MacKenzie, Mendel, Neutral Ground et YYZ au Canada; la Residencia Corazon Gallery \u00e0 La Plata en Argentine; la Chapter Gallery \u00e0 Cardiff au Pays de Galles; la Biennale de Gwangju en Cor\u00e9e du Sud; la Biennale Gyumri en Arm\u00e9nie; et le Centre Culturel Can Gelabert \u00e0 Majorque. Elle est membre active de la commission consultative de l\u2019Armenian Art Center of Social Studies bas\u00e9 \u00e0 Yerevan en Arm\u00e9nie. Rachelle d\u00e9tient un PhD en Art+Media de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Plymouth et un MFA en arts visuels de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Windsor.<\/p>\n

Kaisu Koski<\/strong> is Associate Professor at Lab4Living at Sheffield Hallam University. She is an interdisciplinary artist-researcher with a background in films and performance. Kaisu collaborates with scientists, clinicians, and engineers, focussing on simulation and human\u2013machine interactions in clinical contexts. She has conducted research fellowships in various medical schools in the US, Canada, UK and Denmark, and developed films for medical curricula on topics such as vaccine-hesitancy and empathy. Her scholarly work addresses the methodology of arts-based research, medical education, and bioethics. She also serves as an expert evaluator in the European Commission Horizon2020 Programme. Kaisu\u2019s work has been exhibited and performed in multiple gallery shows and theaters, and received multiple official selections on the film festival circuit. These include venues such as K\u00fcnstlerhaus Mousonturm in Frankfurt, Hasselt Triennial, Lawndale Art Center in Houston, Estonian Museum of Applied Arts, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art in Korea, Helsinki International Film Festival, and Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam. She has received numerous grants and awards for her scholarly and artistic work including organizations such as the Academy of Finland, the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, and Portuguese National Science Foundation.<\/p>\n

Kaisu Koski<\/strong> est professeure agr\u00e9g\u00e9e au Lab4Living \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Sheffield Hallam. Elle est artiste-chercheure interdisciplinaire avec une formation dans le film et le spectacle. Kaisu collabore avec des scientifiques, des cliniciens et des ing\u00e9nieurs avec un int\u00e9r\u00eat sp\u00e9cial sur la simulation ainsi que sur les interactions entre l\u2019humain et la machine dans des contextes cliniques. Elle a men\u00e9 des projets de recherches dans diverses \u00e9coles de m\u00e9decine aux Etats-Unis, au Canada, au Royaume-Uni et au Danemark, et a d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 des films pour les \u00e9tudes m\u00e9dicales consacr\u00e9s \u00e0 la m\u00e9fiance vis-\u00e0-vis des vaccins et \u00e0 l\u2019empathie. Son travail acad\u00e9mique s\u2019int\u00e9resse \u00e0 la m\u00e9thodologie de la recherche bas\u00e9e sur l\u2019art, l\u2019enseignement m\u00e9dical et la bio\u00e9thique. Elle sert aussi d\u2019experte-\u00e9valuatrice dans le Programme de la Commission Europ\u00e9enne Horizon2020. Le travail de Kaisu a \u00e9t\u00e9 expos\u00e9 et repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 dans de nombreux th\u00e9\u00e2tres et galeries d\u2019art et il a re\u00e7u de multiples s\u00e9lections officielles parmi les festivals de cin\u00e9ma. Parmi ceux-ci, on notera le K\u00fcnstlerhaus Mousonturm \u00e0 Francfort, le Hasselt Triennal, le Lawndale Art Center \u00e0 Houston, l\u2019Estonian Museum of Applied Arts, le Czong Institute for Contemporary Art en Cor\u00e9e, le Festival International du Film de Helsinki et l\u2019Arti et Amicitiae \u00e0 Amsterdam. Elle a re\u00e7u de nombreux prix et bourses pour son travail d\u2019art et de recherche, dont ceux d\u00e9cern\u00e9s par des organisations telles que l\u2019Academy of Finland, l\u2019Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, et la Portuguese National Science Foundation.<\/p>\n

Vicki Sung-yeon Kwon<\/strong> is an art historian and curator. Kwon is currently a PhD candidate in the History of Art, Design and Visual Culture and a lecturer of modern and contemporary East Asian art history at the University of Alberta. Her doctoral research explores socially engaged art in transnational contact zones facilitated by artists from East Asia, funded by SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, International Researcher Residency Program of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Korea, Junior Fellowship of Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies at the Seoul National University, etc. Having completed her BA in art history and semiotics and communication theories and MA in art history at the University of Toronto, she worked as an administrator, curator, project manager, and researcher for art, education, and cultural organizations. Her curated exhibitions include Designing Connection in Friction<\/em> at Harcourt House in Edmonton (2018) and Mass and Individual: The Archive of the Guyanese Mass Games<\/em> at the Arko Art Centre in Seoul (2016), which garnered the largest of the 2016 Korea Arts Council\u2019s exhibition grants. Kwon has published research papers in the journals Korean Studies<\/em> and Inter-Asian Cultural Studies<\/em>. Kwon is participating in <Immune Nations><\/em> as an artist and project manager.<\/p>\n

Vicki Sung-yeon Kwon<\/strong> est historienne de l\u2019art et curatrice. Elle est actuellement doctorante en Histoire de l\u2019Art, Design et Culture visuelle et lectrice en histoire de l\u2019art moderne et contemporain d\u2019Extr\u00eame-Orient \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de l\u2019Alberta. Sa recherche doctoral explore l\u2019art socialement engag\u00e9 dans des zones de contact transnational facilit\u00e9 par des artistes d\u2019Extr\u00eame-Orient, elle est financ\u00e9e entre autres par le SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, l\u2019International Researcher Residency Program du Mus\u00e9e national d\u2019Art moderne et contemporain de Cor\u00e9e, le Junior Fellowship de l\u2019Institut Kyujanggak pour les Etudes cor\u00e9ennes de l\u2019Universti\u00e9 nationale de S\u00e9oul. Ayant obtenu son BA en histoire de l\u2019art et en th\u00e9ories de la s\u00e9miotique et de la communication ainsi qu\u2019un MA en histoire de l\u2019art \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Toronto, elle a travaill\u00e9 comme administratrice, curatrice, responsable de projet et chercheure pour des organisations artistiques, \u00e9ducatives et culturelles. Parmi les expositions dont elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 la curatrice, on compte Designing Connection in Friction<\/em> \u00e0 la Harcourt House d\u2019Edmonton (2018) et Mass and Individual: The Archives of the Guyanese Mass Games<\/em> au Arko Art Center de S\u00e9oul (2016) qui a re\u00e7u la plus grande des bourses d\u2019exposition du Korea Arts Council en 2016. Kwon a publi\u00e9 des articles de recherche dans les journaux acad\u00e9miques Korean Studies<\/em> et Inter-Asian Cultural Studies.<\/em> Kwon participe \u00e0 <Immune Nations> en tant qu\u2019artiste et responsable de projet.<\/p>\n

Olivia Lee<\/strong> is a psychiatry resident at The Ottawa Hospital. She holds a Bachelors of Arts & Science from McMaster University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Ottawa. As a research assistant with the Global Strategy Lab (2014-2016), she gained experience in global health governance and knowledge translation which she has applied to projects on genetic discrimination, privacy policy, neuroethics, and the intersection between mental illness and the legal system. She has led health advocacy projects on both provincial and federal levels, and will sit as the Resident Doctors of Canada representative on the Canadian Medical Association Ethics Committee for the 2020-2021 term. Her research interests include the interaction between mental illness and the legal system, Medical Assistance in Dying, neuroethics and the mental health of vulnerable populations.<\/p>\n

Olivia Lee<\/strong> est r\u00e9sidente en psychiatrie \u00e0 l\u2019h\u00f4pital d\u2019Ottawa. Elle d\u00e9tient un Bachelors of Arts and Science de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 McMaster et un Juris Doctor de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Ottawa. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 son poste de chercheure-assistante au Global Strategy Lab (2014-2016) elle a acquis de l\u2019exp\u00e9rience dans le domaine de la politique sanitaire mondiale et de la transmission du savoir, qu\u2019elle a mise \u00e0 profit dans des projets sur la discrimination g\u00e9n\u00e9tique, la politique de protection de la vie priv\u00e9e, la neuro\u00e9thique et l\u2019intersection entre la maladie mentale et le syst\u00e8me l\u00e9gal. Elle a men\u00e9 des projets de promotion de la sant\u00e9 aux niveaux f\u00e9d\u00e9ral et provincial et elle occupera la position de repr\u00e9sentante des Resident Doctors of Canada aupr\u00e8s du Canadian Medical Association Ethics Committee pour l\u2019ann\u00e9e 2020-2021. Ses recherches s\u2019int\u00e9ressent entre autres \u00e0 l\u2019interaction entre la maladie mentale et le syst\u00e8me l\u00e9gal, le Soutien M\u00e9dical de Fin de vie, la neuro\u00e9thique et la sant\u00e9 mentale des populations vuln\u00e9rables.<\/p>\n

Natalie Loveless<\/strong> is Associate Professor of Contemporary Art and Theory at the University of Alberta, situated in Treaty Six Territory, where she directs the U of A Research-Creation and Social Justice CoLABoratory and co-leads the Faculty of Arts\u2019 Signature Area in Research-Creation (SPAR\u00b2C). Her recent books How to Make Art at the End of the World: A Manifesto for Research-Creation<\/em> and Knowings and Knots: Methodologies and Ecologies in Research-Creation<\/em> examine debates surrounding research-creation and its institutionalization, paying particular attention to what it means\u2014and why it matters\u2014to make and teach art research-creationally in the North American university today. Forthcoming books include Responding to Site: The Performance Work of Marilyn Arsem<\/em> and The Routledge Companion to Performance Art.<\/em> During the 2018-19 academic year, Loveless was in residence as a visiting scholar in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture (CISSC) at Concordia University in Montreal, working on a new book and curatorial project, Sensing the Anthropocene: Aesthetic Attunement in an age of Urgency<\/em> and a new collaborative interdisciplinary curatorial project, Speculative Energy Futures<\/em>, as part of the Just Powers initiative funded by the Future Energy Systems Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF).<\/p>\n

Natalie Loveless<\/strong> est professeure agr\u00e9g\u00e9e d\u2019Art et Th\u00e9orie Contemporains \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de l\u2019Alberta, en territoire autochtone r\u00e9gi par le Trait\u00e9 Six, o\u00f9 elle dirige le Research-Creation CoLABoratory de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de l\u2019Alberta et partage la direction de la Faculty of Arts\u2019 Signature Area in Research-Creation (SPAR2C). Ses derniers livres, How to Make Art at the End of the World: A Manifesto for Research-Creation<\/em> et Knowings and Knots: Methodologies and Ecologies in Research-Creation<\/em>, examinent les d\u00e9bats qui entourent le sujet de la recherche-cr\u00e9ation et de son institutionnalisation, avec une attention sp\u00e9ciale \u00e0 la signification\u2013et l\u2019importance\u2013de cr\u00e9er et d\u2019enseigner l\u2019art en combinant recherche et cr\u00e9ation dans une universit\u00e9 d\u2019Am\u00e9rique du nord aujourd\u2019hui. Parmi ses livres \u00e0 para\u00eetre on compte Responding to Site: The Performance Work of Marilyn Arsem<\/em> et The Routledge Companion to Performance Art.<\/em> Au cours de l\u2019ann\u00e9e universitaire 2018-2019, Loveless \u00e9tait chercheure-r\u00e9sidente au Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture (CISSC) \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Concordia de Montr\u00e9al et elle pr\u00e9parait un nouveau livre et projet d\u2019exposition intitul\u00e9 Sensing the Anthropocene: Aesthetic Attunement in an Age of Urgency<\/em> ainsi qu\u2019un autre projet de collaboration interdisciplinaire, Speculative Energy Futures,<\/em> dans le cadre de l\u2019initiative Just Powers financ\u00e9e par le Future Energy Systems Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF)<\/p>\n

Patrick Mahon<\/strong> is an artist, a writer, and a Professor of Visual Arts at Western University, in London, ON. He is also the current Director of the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts & Humanities at Western. Mahon\u2019s artwork has been exhibited widely in Canada at Museum London, the Hamilton Art Gallery, the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Kamloops Art Gallery, and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), Toronto; in recent exhibitions in China, France, Ecuador, and Japan in 2017; and at numerous print biennales. Patrick was in residence at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (New York), Frans Masereel Centrum (Belgium), and La Maison Patrimoniale Barth\u00e8te in France. The SSHRC-funded project, Art and Cold Cash, which involved Mahon and other artists from southern Canada and Baker Lake, Nunavut, was produced and exhibited between 2004 and 2010 (MOCCA, Toronto; McLaren Arts Centre, Barrie; Platform, Winnipeg: Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina), and a book was published by YYZ in 2010. Patrick\u2019s collaborative SSHRC project, Immersion Emergencies and Possible Worlds, on the theme of water, began in 2010 and included a residency in Niagara Falls and at the Banff Centre. A related group exhibition, The Source: Reconsidering Water through Contemporary Art<\/em>, presented at Rodman Hall Art Centre, opened in May 2014. A follow-up exhibition, co-curated with Stuart Reid, The Living River Project<\/em>, was presented at the Art Gallery of Windsor in 2019. Patrick lives in London, Ontario.<\/p>\n

Patrick Mahon<\/strong> est artiste, \u00e9crivain et Professeur d\u2019Arts Visuels \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Western de London en Ontario. Il est aussi actuellement Directeur de la School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities \u00e0 Western. Les oeuvres artistiques de Mahon ont \u00e9t\u00e9 largement expos\u00e9es au Canada au Museum London, \u00e0 la Hamilton Art Gallery, \u00e0 la Southern Alberta Art Gallery, \u00e0 la Kamloops Art Gallery, et au Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) de Toronto; elles ont aussi \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9cemment expos\u00e9es en Chine, en France, en Equateur et au Japon en 2017; ainsi que dans de nombreuses biennales d\u2019oeuvres imprim\u00e9es. Patrick a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9sident \u00e0 l\u2019International Studio and Curatorial Program (\u00e0 New York), au Frans Masereel Centrum (en Belgique) et \u00e0 La Maison Patrimoniale Barth\u00e8te en France. Le projet Art and Cold Cash, financ\u00e9 par le SSHRC auquel ont particip\u00e9 Mahon et d\u2019autres artistes du sud Canada et de Baker Lake, dans le territoire de Nunavut, a \u00e9t\u00e9 produit et expos\u00e9 entre 2004 et 2010 (au MOCCA de Toronto; au McLaren Arts Centre de Barrie; au Platform de Winnipeg: et \u00e0 la Dunlop Art Gallery de Regina) et un livre au sujet de ce projet a \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9 par YYZ en 2010. Le projet de collaboration de Patrick au SSHRC, Immersion Emergencies and Possible Worlds, consacr\u00e9 au th\u00e8me de l\u2019eau a d\u00e9but\u00e9 en 2010 et inclus une r\u00e9sidence aux Chutes du Niagara et au Banff Centre. Li\u00e9e \u00e0 ce projet, une autre exposition commune, The Source: Reconsidering Water through Contemporary Art<\/em>, pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e au Rodman Hall Art Center, s\u2019est ouverte en mai 2014. Une exposition qui s\u2019est tenue \u00e0 la suite de cela, co-organis\u00e9e avec Stuart Reid, The Living River Project<\/em>, a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e \u00e0 la Art Gallery de Windsor en 2019. Patrick vit \u00e0 London en Ontario.<\/p>\n

Nicola Sahar<\/strong> is an MD and incoming Harvard MBA (2+2 deferred program). He is passionate about the intersection of healthcare and technology and is currently building a healthcare machine learning startup out of Toronto.<\/p>\n

Nicola Sahar<\/strong> est docteur en m\u00e9decine et il pr\u00e9pare un MBA \u00e0 Harvard (programme de 2 ans en entreprise et 2 ans d\u2019\u00e9tudes). Passionn\u00e9 par l\u2019intersection entre les soins de sant\u00e9 et la technologie, il est en train de mettre au point un startup pour l\u2019apprentissage de soins de sant\u00e9 \u00e0 Toronto.<\/p>\n

Lathika Sritharan<\/strong> is a Research Manager at the Global Strategy Lab, where she oversees the day-to-day operations of the lab. She has completed her Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from the University of Saskatchewan and her Hon.\u00a0Bachelor of Science (HBSc) degree from the University of Toronto. Her research interests include immigrant health, health policy, and chronic disease research. Her passion for public health has led her to be actively involved in the Tamil Health Association (a not-for-profit organization in the Greater Toronto Area) as Director of Community Research and a board member of the Human Rights Internet (an organization dedicated to providing accessible information on human rights in Canada and beyond).<\/p>\n

Lathika Sritharan <\/strong>est charg\u00e9e de recherche au Global Strategy Lab, o\u00f9 elle supervise quotidiennement les op\u00e9rations du laboratoire. Elle a compl\u00e9t\u00e9 son Master of Public Health (MPH) \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 du Saskatchewan et son Bachelor of Science avec honneurs (HBSc) \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Toronto. Ses recherches s\u2019int\u00e9ressent aux questions de sant\u00e9 chez les immigrants, \u00e0 la politique sanitaire, et aux recherches sur les maladies chroniques. Sa passion pour les questions de sant\u00e9 publique l\u2019a amen\u00e9e \u00e0 jouer un r\u00f4le actif au sein du Tamil Health Association (une organisation \u00e0 but non lucratif de la grande agglom\u00e9ration de Toronto) en tant que Directrice de recherche communautaire et membre du conseil de l\u2019Human Rights Internet (une organisation dont le but est d\u2019offrir l\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l\u2019information sur les droits de l\u2019homme au Canada et au-del\u00e0).<\/p>\n

Mkrtich Tonoyan<\/strong> is an Armenian artist, co-founder, and current President of the AKOS Cultural NGO, founder of the Art Centre of Social Studies (ACOSS) international artists-in-residence program (2006), co-founder of the ACSL NGO\u2019s artists-in-residence program Art Commune (2008), and co-founder of Microresidence, a worldwide network of Artists residencies based in Japan. In the early 1990s, Tonoyan participated in the Karabakh War, experiencing all the horrors and suffering of death, destruction, injury, and despair, which continue to have profound impact on his creative and social practice. Tonoyan turned to contemporary art as a space of possibility to address crisis and change in all its dimensions: personal, political, ideological, and social. He works in a new direction of conceptual art called military art, founded by Alexander Melkonyan. Active in the professional realm of contemporary art since graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Yerevan in 2002, Tonoyan has regularly presented his work, projects, and lectures on Armenian contemporary art and had talks at numerous national and international art events, galleries, and universities. As President of the AKOS Cultural NGO, Tonoyan collaborates with organizations internationally to develop cultural exchange opportunities, and locally to develop socially engaged projects in the peripheries of Armenia. In 2010 Tonoyan was awarded a mobility grant from the Euro Cultural Foundation to research models of artist residencies in the UK; in 2011 he was awarded professional development funding from the Open Society Foundation to research artist residencies management practice in the United States; and in 2014 he was awarded research residency from Youkobo Art Space to continue research on the theme of microresidence and participate in the Microresidence Forum 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. In 2015 he was awarded a grant from Cleveland Foundation to be in Cleveland, Ohio, as an artist in the Creative Fusion residency for research and community-engaged projects. In 2019 Tonoyan was awarded an artist residency grant in Rikuzentakata, which was almost destroyed by the tsunami following the T\u014dhoku earthquake in March 2011<\/p>\n

Mkritch Tonoyan<\/strong> est un artiste arm\u00e9nien, co-fondateur et actuel pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019ONG culturelle AKOS, fondateur en 2006 du programme international d\u2019artistes-en-r\u00e9sidence Art Centre of Social Studies (ACOSS), co-fondateur du programme d\u2019artistes-en-r\u00e9sidence Art Commune de l\u2019ONG ACSL (2008), et co-fondateur de Microresidence, un r\u00e9seau mondial d\u2019internats artistiques bas\u00e9 au Japon. Au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9e 1990, Tonoyan a pris part \u00e0 la guerre du Karabakh, dont il a subi toutes les horreurs et les souffrances caus\u00e9es par la mort, la destruction, les blessures et le d\u00e9sespoir, une exp\u00e9rience qui continue \u00e0 avoir un impact profond sur son activit\u00e9 sociale et cr\u00e9atrice. Tonoyan s\u2019est tourn\u00e9 vers l\u2019art contemporain qui constitue pour lui un espace dans lequel il peut faire face aux crises et aux changements dans toutes leurs dimensions: personnelle, politique, id\u00e9ologique et sociale. Son travail s\u2019est engag\u00e9 dans une nouvelle direction d\u2019art conceptuel, celui de l\u2019art militaire fond\u00e9 par Alexander Melkonyan. Actif dans le domaine professionnel de l\u2019art contemporain depuis la fin de ses \u00e9tudes \u00e0 l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie des Beaux-Arts de Yerevan en 2002, Tonoyan pr\u00e9sente r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement ses oeuvres, projets et conf\u00e9rences sur l\u2019art arm\u00e9nien contemporain et il a tenu des discussions au cours de nombreux \u00e9v\u00e9nements artistiques nationaux et internationaux, dans des galeries et dans des universit\u00e9s. En tant que pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019ONG culturelle AKOS, Tonoyan collabore avec des organisations internationales dans le but de d\u00e9velopper des possibilit\u00e9s d\u2019\u00e9changes culturels et, localement, pour d\u00e9velopper des projets socialement engag\u00e9s dans les r\u00e9gions limitrophes de l\u2019Arm\u00e9nie. En 2010 Tonoyan a re\u00e7u une bourse de mobilit\u00e9 de l\u2019Euro Cultural Foundation pour rechercher des mod\u00e8les d\u2019internats artistiques au Royaume-Uni; en 2011 il s\u2019est vu d\u00e9cerner un fond de d\u00e9veloppement professionnel de l\u2019Open Society Foundation pour \u00e9tudier la gestion des programmes d\u2019artiste-en-r\u00e9sidence aux Etats-Unis; en 2014 il a obtenu une r\u00e9sidence de recherche du Youkobo Art Space pour poursuivre ses recherches sur le th\u00e8me de la micror\u00e9sidence et pour prendre part au Microresidence Forum 2014 \u00e0 Tokyo au Japon. En 2015 il a re\u00e7u une bourse de la Cleveland Foundation afin d\u2019\u00eatre pr\u00e9sent \u00e0 Cleveland en Ohio en tant qu\u2019artiste-en-r\u00e9sidence \u00e0 la Creative Fusion pour la recherche et la cr\u00e9ation de projets engageant la communaut\u00e9. En 2019, Tonoyan a re\u00e7u une bourse pour lui permettre d\u2019\u00eatre artiste-en-r\u00e9sidence \u00e0 Rikuzentakata qui avait \u00e9t\u00e9 presque d\u00e9truit par le tsunami d\u00e9clench\u00e9 par le tremblement de terre Tohoku en mars 2011.<\/p>\n

Lisa Webb<\/strong> is an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design and Course Director for MA Graphic Design at Coventry University, UK. She holds an MA in Electronic Art and maintains a particular interest in digital media and computer mediated printmaking. A Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Lisa was previously a Teaching Development Fellow in the School of Art and Design. She has successfully run an international exchange programme with Central South University in China, which has fuelled her interest in intercultural learning and informs her current teaching approach.<\/p>\n

Lisa Webb<\/strong> est Ma\u00eetre-Assistante de Design Graphique et directrice des cours pour MA Graphic Design \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Coventry au Royaume-Uni. Elle d\u00e9tient un MA en Arts \u00c9lectroniques et conserve un int\u00e9r\u00eat particulier pour les m\u00e9dia digitaux et la gravure par ordinateur. Avant de devenir Membre sup\u00e9rieur de la Higher Education Academy, Lisa \u00e9tait charg\u00e9e de d\u00e9veloppement de cours \u00e0 la School of Art and Design. Elle a dirig\u00e9 avec succ\u00e8s un programme d\u2019\u00e9change international avec la Central South University en Chine, qui a d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 son int\u00e9r\u00eat pour l\u2019enseignement interculturel et qui enrichit son approche p\u00e9dagogique actuelle.<\/p>\n

Julia Woo<\/strong> is a researcher and a psychiatry resident at McMaster University. She completed her Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) degree at McMaster University and Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include inner city health, addictions treatment, and predictors of treatment outcomes in mood disorders.<\/p>\n

Julia Woo <\/strong>est chercheure et r\u00e9sidente en psychiatrie \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 McMaster. Elle a compl\u00e9t\u00e9 son dipl\u00f4me de Bachelor of Health Sciences (avec honneurs) \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 McMaster et un Doctorat en M\u00e9decine \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Toronto. Sa recherche s\u2019int\u00e9resse entre autres aux questions de sant\u00e9 dans les banlieues d\u00e9favoris\u00e9es, au traitement des accoutumances, et \u00e0 la pr\u00e9vision des r\u00e9sultats dans le traitement des troubles de l\u2019humeur.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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