Shari Graydon draws on her diverse background - as a newspaper columnist, broadcaster, communications instructor, speechwriter and media critic - in her work supporting individuals and organizations in communicating effectively about education, health and social justice issues. Former president of MediaWatch and the Women's Future Fund, she has written two award-winning media literacy books for young people, Made You Look and In Your Face. She speaks regularly about the social impacts of media to both adults and children, and contributes columns and articles to a variety of publications. www.sharigraydon.com

Leslie Regan Shade is an associate professor at Concordia University in the Department of Communication Studies. Since the mid 1990s, her research has focused on the social, policy and ethical aspects of information and communication technologies, with particular concerns towards issues of gender, globalization and political economy. Her research contributions straddle the line between academic and non-academic audiences, including policymakers and non-profit groups. Leslie is the author of Gender and Community in the Social Construction of the Internet (Peter Lang 2002) and co-editor of Feminist Interventions in International Communication (with Katharine Sarikakis, Rowman & Littlefield 2008), as well as the author of numerous other publications. She is the former president of the Canadian Communication Association and the former editor of Computers and Society. Blog: shade.flinknet.com.

Amanda Parriag has nearly 10 years of experience as a researcher and consultant in a wide range of social policy and public policy issue areas, particularly focused on the realm of violence against women as well as issues faced by Aboriginal peoples. Her work on women's issues has included research on barriers faced by female offenders on reintegration into society, as well as the use of myths in sexual assault trials. Her work on Aboriginal issues has included research on violence faced by First Nations and Off-Reserve Aboriginal Women, Perceptions of Northerners and Perceptions of Off-Reserve Aboriginal People. Amanda received her Doctor of Psychology degree from Carleton University in 2001.

Patrizia Gentile is assistant professor at Carleton University. She teaches in the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies and is affiliated with the Department of History. Her research interests focus on the history of beauty contests, the body, queer theory, and the impact of national security regimes on the gay and lesbian community in the Cold War era.

Nicole Cohen is a PhD student in the Graduate Programme in Communication and Culture at York University in Toronto, where she studies political economy of media and labour. Nicole is the co-founder of Shameless, an award-winning independent magazine for young women, which she co-edited until 2007. She has written for a variety of Canadian independent and alternative media and helps produce Upping The Anti: A Journal of Theory and Action.

Radha Nayar has 15 years experience working in women's health centres to promote optimal health in the community. Specifically, she has focused her efforts on program planning and evaluation, community engagement and health promotion and creating inclusive feminist organizations. Currently, Radha works as a consultant providing organizational development and review expertise to non-profit agencies, including women's organizations. Prior to that, Radha was the Coordinator of the Immigrant Women's Health Centre. Radha has extensive volunteer experience, including providing sexual health education overseas, and most currently sitting on the Diversity Implementation Management Committee of Women's College Hospital and the Board of Sherbourne Health Centre.