Hon. Donna Skelly MPP has represented the Hamilton riding of Flamborough-Glanbrook since 2018. She is an enthusiastic and outspoken advocate for constituents, fighting to make life more affordable for people across the Province. She is the Deputy-Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. She is also the Chair of the Committee of the Whole House and Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.

Donna Skelly entered politics after a successful 30-year career in broadcast journalism and prior to entering Provincial politics, she served on Hamilton City Council where she quickly earned a reputation as a Councillor who took a stand against wasteful spending at City Hall.

Donna Skelly served on the Audit, Finance and Administration Committee, General Issues Committee, Mayor’s Intelligent Community Sub-Committee, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton Arts Council and the Hamilton Status of Women Committee. She also served on the National Advisory Board for Canadian Culture, as well as Banyon Community Services a not-for-profit agency that works with youth at risk. She was recognised for her contribution to her community when she was named the 'YWCA Woman of the Year in Politics'.

In 2023, Donna Skelly was appointed to the International Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

Dr Gabriel Lubale PhD, MIHRM, OGW is an academic, researcher and the Coordinator of the Kenya Institute of Migration Studies at the University of Nairobi.

The Kenya Institute of Migration Studies (KIMS) is the regional centre of excellence for Migration Studies in the horn of Africa. KIMS was established under section 4(2i) of The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act, 2011 and is hosted at the Population Studies and Research Institute of the University of Nairobi.

Hon. Tessie Eria Lambourne is a Member of the Maneaba ni Maungatabu (Kiribati Parliament) for the
constituency of Abemama, and has been  Leader of the Opposition since August 2020.

Hon. Tessie Lambourne received a Masters Degree (with Honors) in International Law and Politics from the University of Christchurch, New Zealand and currently holds the position of Secretary for the Association of Pacific Island Legislatures.

Hon. Tessie Lambourne has served in many Ministerial roles including Deputy Secretary and Head of the Multilateral Affairs Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration and Secretary to the Cabinet for the Office of the Beretitenti/President.

Hon. Ruth Cross Kwansing, MP is an elected Member of Parliament for Tarawa Teinainano.

She is the Founder of the Tungaru Climate Alliance and In-Country Director of Kindling Kiribati – Small Business Development. Ms Cross has developed programmes and projects to address challenges relating to women's economic empowerment, adaptation and mitigation efforts in climate change, sanitation, the environment, health care, education and business.

In 2021, The President of Kiribati awarded Ms Cross the Kiribati Order of Merit for aid efforts and programs totalling over $2 million and in 2023, she became the first I-Kiribati to participate in the Obama Leadership programme.

Professor Emerita Gillian Triggs has recently completed her role as United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant High Commissioner Protection with UNHCR. She was formally President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, President of the Asian Development Bank Administrative Tribunal and Chair of the UN Independent Expert Panel on Abuse of Office and Harassment in UNAIDS.

She was Dean of the Faculty of Law and Challis Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney from 2007-12 and Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law from 2005-7.

Gillian Triggs is an International lawyer awarded an inaugural Ruth Bader Ginsberg medal in 2022 and named the 2023 International Law Woman of the Year by the American Society of International law. She is the author of Public International Law: Contemporary Principles and Practices, 2nd Ed 2011 and 'Speaking Up' 2018.