Mobina Jaffer is the first Muslim and first African Senator in Canada.

Terry Mosher draws and writes under the nom de plume Aislin. He is the editorial cartoonist for the Montreal Gazette newspaper.

Dr. Samantha Nutt is the Founder of War Child Canada. She is on staff at Sunnybrook and Women’s Health Science Centre in Toronto.

Sheila Fraser is the Auditor General of Canada.

Thomas Homer-Dixon is the Director of the Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies. His new book is called The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization.

Julie Payette is Canada’s Chief Astronaut. She works at the NASA-Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas.

George Bowering is Canada’s first Poet Laureate and the author of over eighty books.

Anne Cools was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 1984.

Dr. Tak Mak is the Director of the Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research at the Ontario Cancer Institute.

Wayson Choy is a Toronto based writer and teacher. His latest novel is called All That Matters.