Georgialee Lang has been a trial and appellate lawyer for 28 years. A graduate of the University of British Columbia's law school, Georgialee is a Canadian leader in the family law bar and was recognized in 2013 with a prestigious Lexpert Zenith award, making her one of 60 Canadian women lawyers honoured for leadership in the profession. Georgialee has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada in family law for the past 12 years. Georgialee was an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law for six years and assumed leadership positions in the Canadian Bar Association, Legal Services Society, Lawyers Benevolent Fund, Continuing Legal Education, Alpha in the Workplace and the board of governors for Regent College. She is a prolific writer and media commentator who pens the award-winning blog Lawdiva. Three appearances as counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada havebeen the highlight of Georgialee's legal career.
Margaret Gibb is the Executive Director of Women Together, an international speaker, a published author and was selected as one of Canada's 100 Christian women leaders in 2014. Her extensive leadership experience includes 25 years of pastoral ministry with her late husband, and 10 years as President of Women Alive. She currently travels the globe as a mentor, motivator and encourager expanding Women Together in nine different countries building a global community of Christian women leaders.
Carolyn Arends has released 12 albums and 3 critically acclaimed books. She is also the author of the long-standing "Wrestling with Angels" column in Christianity Today. Fifteen of Carolyn's songs have become top-ten radio singles on the Canadian pop and US Christian charts, earning her two Dove Awards, three Juno nominations, and recognition as the West Coast Music Awards' Songwriter of the Year. Carolyn is the director of education for Renovaré, an organization that encourages and nurtures personal and spiritual renewal through writing, speaking, singing and songwriting. With a degree in psychology and English from Trinity Western University and a master of arts in theological studies from Regent College, she is an adjunct professor at ACTS Seminary, Pacific Life Bible College, and Columbia Bible College, all in British Columbia.
Lorna Dueck has explored the intersection of journalism and Christianity for over 30 years. In 2016, she was appointed CEO of the Crossroads Global Media Group. Crossroads oversees the YES TV network, its faith and values media distributor Tricord Media, and 100 Huntley Street, Canada's longest running daily TV talk show and prayer line ministry. For 11 years prior, Lorna was CEO at Media Voice Generation (MVG), a community held Canadian charity that created the award-winning TV program Context With Lorna Dueck, which featured news analysis from a Christian perspective. Lorna is also a commentary writer on faith and public life in Canada's leading national newspaper, The Globe and Mail.
Brian C Stiller serves as Global Ambassador for the World Evangelical Alliance a global alliance which serves some 600 million evangelical Christians, and is president emeritus of Tyndale University College & Seminary, Toronto.He is the author of a dozen books, including: Preaching Parables to Post Moderns, (Fortress Press); You Never Know What You Have Till You Give It Away (Castle Quay Books); Jesus and Caesar - Christians in the Public Square (Castle Quay Books); What Happens When I Die(Castle Quay Books) and When Life Hurts - A Three-Fold Path to Healing, (Harper Collins). He is founding editor of Faith Today and for years hosted a weekly national television program, Cross Currents. He and his wife, Lily, live in Newmarket, Ontario.
After a 23-year teaching career in Manitoba, Joy Smith became a member of Parliament. Since her election in 2004, she has worked with leaders at the federal and international levels to advance legislation and initiatives to combat modern-day slavery and to provide assistance to survivors. Joy is recognized as a leading Canadian anti-human-trafficking advocate and has received numerous awards, including the United Nations Women Canada Recognition of Achievement Award and the Wilberforce Award. Joy was instrumental in passing two bills that made Canadian history: Bill C-268 enforces tough child trafficking penalties, and Bill C-310 allows law enforcement to arrest Canadians if they engage in human trafficking abroad.
The Honourable Deborah Grey was raised in Vancouver, BC, where she attended Trinity Western University. She later earned a bachelor of arts and education at the University of Alberta. After teaching school in northeastern Alberta for ten years, Deborah made Canadian history in 1989 as Canada's first-ever Reform Party member of Parliament. She sat in the House of Commons until 2004. Deborah is the recipient of an honorary doctorate of laws from Trinity Western University and Alberta's Centennial Medal. Deborah is a professional speaker, an active volunteer with several charitable organizations, an officer of the Order of Canada and a member of the Queen's Privy Council.
Janet Epp Buckingham is a professor at Trinity Western University (TWU) and the director of the prestigious Laurentian Leadership Centre, an Ottawa live-in extension program focusing on leadership in public policy, business and communications. Prior to her career at TWU, Janet served as executive director of the national Christian Legal Fellowship and also as legal counsel for the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. Janet researches and publishes on the topic of religious freedom with a focus on the intersection of faith, public policy and the legal system. She is a media commentator and public speaker on the Charter of Rights and human rights. Her recent book, Fighting over God, is a legal and political history of religious freedom in Canada. Janet has a key role in developing the proposal for the TWU School of Law in British Columbia.
An inspiring and effective advocate of social justice, Commissioner Christine MacMillan served as a Salvation Army officer, holding appointments in six countries: Canada, Bermuda, Australia, England, Papua New Guinea, and the United States. In 2007, Christine became the founding director of theSalvation Army International Social Justice Committee, and following her retirement in 2012, she was invited to work at the World Evangelical Alliance, where she now serves as the director of public engagement. Working with the United Nations and others in the international community, Christine identifies key global social issues and implements strategies and responses on behalf of the WEA. She is a frequent speaker and the author of When Justice Is the Measure.
