Authors & Speakers

Ugoma Brainer Nwabeke (she/her) is a queer, Nigerian-born, instrumentalist and poet.

Jules Roslynis a sapphic Afro-Indigenous multidisciplinary artist, born and raised in Tkaronto, where she has been writing for as long as she can remember.

Danesh Mohiuddin is a Canadian Cartoonist from India, growing up in Dubai (on a regular dose of Mad Magazine, Marvel and European comics) and Toronto and now living in Valencia,...

Alyssa Gray-Tyghter (she/her) is an educator, writer, and storyteller whose work explores equity, Afro-Indigenous histories, memory, and transformative learning through narrative, research, and critical reflection.

Lily Kwok (she/her) is the Advocacy & Research Officer at the Ontario Library Association (OLA), where she leads strategic initiatives that amplify the voices of library professionals and advance sector-wide priorities.

Michael Nyby (he/him) is a cataloguing and metadata librarian at the Hamilton Public Library and former chair of the CFLA Intellectual Freedom Committee.