Karen B.K. Chan (aka BK) is an award-winning educator and equity specialist with over 25 years of experience in training, facilitation, curriculum development, and public health. She holds a BSc in Cell and Molecular Biology and an MA in Equity Studies and spent over 14 years as a Health Specialist at Toronto Public Health.

BK brings extensive experience working at the intersection of health, science, and equity. Her work includes training healthcare professionals in cultural competence, unconscious bias, anti-oppressive practice, and addressing microaggressions. She has worked with organizations including Women's College Hospital, University Health Network, the Ontario College of Family Physicians, the College of Dietitians of Ontario, the Centre for Effective Practice, and the Ontario Ministry of Health.

Earlier in her career, BK worked extensively in the HIV/AIDS sector, including at Asian Community AIDS Services, where she developed educational programs and co-created counselling guidelines for high-anxiety repeat HIV testers.

Kate Moore is an accomplished educator, facilitator, leadership coach, and organizational consultant with more than 30 years of experience helping professionals recognize assumptions, understand how bias and systemic barriers can shape experiences and outcomes, and build more effective and responsive organizations.

Kate has worked with more than 80 organizations across the health, education, nonprofit, government, and corporate sectors. Her health and medical clients include the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Canadian Association of Orthopaedic Medicine, Four Villages Community Health Centre, Ontario HIV Treatment Network, Nutrition International, the University of Ottawa’s Postgraduate Medical Education program, Toronto HIV Network, and Teva Pharmaceuticals. Through keynotes, workshops, webinars, and customized eLearning, she creates engaging opportunities for professionals to examine complex issues, consider perspectives different from their own, and translate learning into meaningful changes in practice.

Kate brings a global perspective shaped by working, volunteering, studying, and travelling in more than 40 countries. Her leadership experience spans government, higher education, community organizations, international development, and consulting, including work with internationally educated professionals. She is fluent in English and French and has a working knowledge of Spanish.

Kate holds an M.A. from Université Laval, a B.Ed. from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and a B.E.S. from the University of Waterloo. She is also a certified Transformation and Leadership Coach through the Hendricks Institute.