Tania Willard, a mixed Secwépemc and settler artist, explores land-based art that intertwines culture and community. Her collaborative initiatives, like BUSH Gallery, emphasize Indigenous resurgence and language revitalization. Recognized with awards, including the Sobey Art Award, she is also an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia.

Vanessa Richards is a Vancouver-based transdisciplinary artist, writer, and facilitator whose practice explores the relationship between creativity, community, and social transformation. Working across live art, performance, writing, music, and civic collaboration, she creates participatory experiences that invite new ways of imagining collective life.

Mani Mazinani (b.1984, Tehran) is a Toronto-based artist making installation, video, film, sculpture, photographs, multiples, sound, and music.