People & Players

OLYMPIC AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND ACTIVISTS

  • Billy Bridges Canadian Paralympic Sledge Hockey Team, Gold Medallist (Torino 2006)
  • Mary Ellen Clark American diver and two-time Olympic bronze medal winner (1992 and 1996)
  • Cory Freedman is an Events and Logistics Strategist, Sports Activist, and the Founder and Director of Max V02 Management and Toronto Women’s Runs.
  • Bruce Kidd Canadian Olympic distance runner, Officer of the Order of Canada, and prolific author and athlete activist
  • Kevin Light Canadian Men’s 8 Rowing Team, Gold Medallist (Beijing 2008)
  • Tara Norton Professional triathlete, multi-sport coach, and motivational speaker
  • Ann Peel Keynote Speaker, Canadian Olympic race walker, world-champion, and athletes’, women’s and children’s rights activist
  • Silvia Ruegger Olympic marathon runner, Director of Kidsfest Running and Reading Programs

ARTISTS

  • Barry Callaghan Award-winning Canadian poet, novelist, publisher and journalist
  • Michael Holmes Canadian poet, novelist, editor, and cultural critic
  • George Bowering Poet, novelist, critic, professor and editor, and Canada’s first parlimentary poet laureate
  • Leslie Heywood Keynote Speaker, professor, poet, cultural critic, and nationally ranked runner and power-lifter
  • Craig Le Blanc Widely exhibited Canadian visual artist
  • Dr. Mike Mandel World renowned hypnotist, writer, and martial arts expert
  • Jane Roos Director/curator of the Jane Roos Gallery, and Director and founder of Canadian Athletes Now
  • Priscila Uppal Acclaimed poet, novelist, professor, and primary organizer of Bodyworks

NET MINDERS

  • Elizabeth Ben-Ishai Assistant Professor of political science at Albion College, Michigan
  • Stephen Cain English Professor at York University, Toronto
  • Russell Field Artistic Director of the Canadian Sports Film Festival
  • Bill Kennedy Poet, Director of Artmob and the Scream Literary Festival
  • Greg Malszecki Sports Sociologist and activist, York University
  • Bradley Young Former varsity coach and Professor of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa
  • Suzanne Zelazo Elite triathlete, poet and co-organizer of Bodyworks, Ryerson University, Toronto