The Honourable Dr. JODY WILSON-RAYBOULD, P.C., O.B.C., K.C., served as the Independent Member of Parliament for Vancouver Granville, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence until her resignation in 2019. Wilson-Raybould is a Principal of JWR Group, a lawyer, an advocate, a leader among Canada’s Indigenous Peoples with a strong reputation as a bridge builder between communities, and a champion of good governance and accountability. She has been a provincial crown prosecutor, a councillor for the We Wai Kai Nation, a chair of the First Nations Finance Authority and has served as the BC regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Wilson-Raybould has written three bestselling books: “Indian” in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power (2021), From Where I Stand: Rebuilding Indigenous Nations for a Stronger Canada (2019), and True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change (2022).

Jody Wilson-Raybould is a descendant of the Musgamagw Tsawataineuk and Laich-Kwil-Tach peoples, which are part of the Kwakwaka’wakw, also known as the Kwak’wala-speaking peoples. She is a member of the We Wai Kai Nation. Her traditional name, Puglaas, means “woman born to noble people.”

Dr. ROSHAN DANESH, K.C., is an internationally renowned lawyer and educator who for over two decades has been on the frontlines of advancing Indigenous rights and reconciliation in Canada. Danesh's reconciliation work has included representing Indigenous Nations and political organizations in complex negotiations, serving as the special counsel on reconciliation to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and advising the Government of British Columbia on the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Alongside his work in Canada on Indigenous rights, Danesh has worked around the globe on issues of peacebuilding and conflict resolution, including helping design and implement cutting edge peace education initiatives that have involved hundreds of thousands of people, including as part of post-conflict reconstruction efforts.

Educated at Harvard Law School, Danesh has taught at universities across Europe and North America, and is a widely published author, including Dimensions of Bahá’í Law (2019).