Joshua Callahan is a business leader and entrepreneur with a passion for driving growth and innovation. He is a partner at OUTFRNT Inc, a business development agency located in Whitehorse, Yukon, where he plays a pivotal role in developing and executing strategic plans for clients. Additionally, Joshua is the President of Replic8 Technologies, an Agritech start-up that focuses on providing plant tissue culture solutions for food producers.
Born and raised in Prince George, B.C., Joshua Callahan earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Northern British Columbia, where he also competed in JDC West, a student-run business competition. After graduation, Joshua worked in banking leadership across British Columbia for 10 years, gaining valuable experience in managing teams and developing successful business strategies.
Currently, Joshua is advising and coaching businesses in Yukon University's Business Incubator, IncubateNorth, where he helps entrepreneurs turn their ideas into successful businesses. His expertise in business development and strategy has helped many local businesses achieve growth and success."

Dancing Wayne with a focus on humour, empowerment, mental health, and social good, the Canadian resident best known as DancinWayne has turned his relatable social media videos into a powerful content vehicle that has circulated the planet to a tune of almost one billion views.

DancinWayne was recently seen worldwide as the official in-game host for FIFA's World Cup 2022 in Qatar in December 2022. Throughout the tournament, DancinWayne served as emcee for the daily football matches. He continues his travels in 2023 and has already had him in Morocco as the stadium emcee for FIFA's Club World Cup.

Mike Irvine, Chief Vision Officer, is an entrepreneur, educator and storyteller. Graduated with a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction, and equipped with filmmaking experience, Mike has devoted his life to creating mind-blowing mixed-media educational experiences to inspire conversation and connect kids to the natural world. In a partnership and sales role, Mike has helped bridge relationships with school districts, communities, industry and institutions to co-create cultural educational stories. These stories involved skills development for youth, hands-on learning with film and media equipment and Augmented Reality workshops. Each story is distributed to thousands of teachers across Canada.  

Lila Mansour was raised in Northern BC, and she attained her BA in Economics from UNBC. As a young Canadian Muslim born to Syrian immigrants, she is passionate about supporting EDI, anti-racism, and access to justice initiatives. In 2019, Lila represented Cariboo-Prince George during the national Daughters of the Vote event and spoke in the House of Commons on Islamophobia, discrimination, and lack of supports for newcomers to Canada.

Throughout her undergraduate degree, Lila held numerous employment and volunteer positions. She volunteered with the Canadian Cancer Society and taught at Sunday School at the PG Islamic Centre. Lila served as the Northern BC regional coordinator for the Justice Education Society, delivering legal education services. During the pandemic Lila had the opportunity to use technology to expand her reach and provide culturally sensitive legal webinars and information across BC in both English and Arabic.

At this time, Lila is pursuing a JD Law degree at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University. Lila is also supporting the development of the BC Arabic Legal Support Centre, an online platform that aims to make legal information more accessible for Arabic-speaking newcomers and other marginalized communities in BC.

Shobha Sharma, with 20 years of experience in non-profit organizations, international development and indigenous self-determination, Shobha has dedicated her professional career to community development both nationally and globally. Shobha completed an undergraduate degree from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 2003, and a Master’s degree in Indigenous Governance from the Faculty of Human and Social Development at the University of Victoria in 2007. 

Her passion for human rights has led her to not only engage in indigenous dialogues responding to globalization and governance in North America, but to plan and implement international programs around capacity building, equity, youth leadership, cross-cultural understanding, resource distribution/infrastructural development, and the social and economic empowerment of women. Shobha’s background in governance, research, public relations, communications, corporate social responsibility, and stakeholder engagement, reinforces her belief that the interconnectedness of communities will continue to inspire sustainable avenues of change.

Shobha currently serves on the traditional and unceded territory of the Lheidli T’enneh, as the Executive Director of Central Interior Native Health Society (CINHS), an organization committed to serving as a leader in delivering Equity Oriented Health Care. Through their unique service delivery, CINHS provides Primary Health Care and Specialty/Specialist Care with a compliment of qualified professionals who address the Social Determinants of Health. CINHS eliminates barriers by providing cultural, trauma and violence informed care, following a harm reduction model. And through a commitment to Teaching and De-colonization, CINHS trains students within the formal education system and informs the community of approaches to health and healing that foster equity and an Indigenous worldview.

In 2013, Shobha founded, Our Satya, an international organization that engages the global community while responding to the health and well-being of women and infants within impoverished conditions around the world.  Our Satya is presently working in India, where the organization is engaging rural communities in programming around Education, Equality and Medical Outreach. One mother at a time, Our Satya, is actively working to empower women to first respond, and then change their reality.

In 2017, she delivered a Tedx Talk organized by the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), and in 2018 received recognition from the Prince George Chamber of Commerce as a Top 40 under 40. Provincially appointed, she currently serves as Board Chair of the Board of Governors for the College of New Caledonia (CNC).