Burt Perrin served as the founding President of ARCH (Advocacy Resource Centre for the Handicapped), and more recently as a member of the Founding Board of TIC (The Inclusive Commons). Now based in France, Burt is recognized as a leader in the international evaluation community, serving for example as Secretary-General of the European Evaluation Society, and with numerous publications and presentations around the world. Burt has consulted widely, providing guidance to international organizations, governments, and NGOs in the areas of planning and evaluation.

Stephanie holds the Azrieli Accelerator Professorship in Law & Disability Policy at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Law and School of Public Policy. Stephanie completed her JD at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and is a member of the Law Society of Ontario. During her graduate studies at McGill University, Stephanie was injured in a car accident and became a wheelchair user. She brings lived experience to her research on disability law and policy.

Jutta Treviranus is the Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC) and professor at OCAD University. Jutta established the IDRC in 1993 to proactively ensure that our digitally transformed and globally connected society is designed inclusively, with and by people that experience the greatest barriers. She established a graduate program in inclusive design at OCAD University and developed an inclusive co-design methodology that has been adopted by organizations internationally.

David Baker is the founding Executive Director of ARCH, which is a disability law clinic that specializes in litigating precedent-setting cases and engaging in law reform as counsel to the leadership of the disabled community. He has been in private practice for 25 years, currently acting as counsel to Ross & McBride. He currently confines his practice to human rights, the Charter, and class action proceedings, with inclusion being a common theme in all cases. His cases have been before the Supreme Court of Canada more than 20 times. Honors include an honorary doctorate from Trinity College at the University of Toronto, the Law Society medal, Honorary Membership in the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, and the PUSH – Ontario Human Rights Award. He taught Access to Justice at the University of Toronto Law School. Access and inclusion have been the two overriding themes that have held constant throughout his legal career.