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Florian Oelck
Florian Oelck has a master’s degree in International Studies from the University of Ottawa
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Ratna Omidvar
Ratna Omidvar was born in India. She moved to Iran in 1975 to start life there with her Iranian partner. In 1981 she and her family (including an infant daughter) fled Iran and found a new home in Canada. Her own experiences of flight to freedom have been the foundation of her work. She has focused on articulating pathways to inclusion for immigrants and visible minorities in host societies, both in Canada and globally. Ratna is both a Member of the Order of Canada and Order of Ontario.
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Simon Orpana
Simon Orpana is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alberta researching the rise of the zombie in popular film and television as a response to neoliberal austerity and finance capitalism.
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Cathy Otten
Cathy Otten is a British writer and journalist based in Iraqi Kurdistan. She writes for a range of publications including the Independent, Newsweek, BBC, TIME, Vogue, Politico, Monocle, the Guardian, and the Telegraph. She is a regular commentator on TV and radio, talking about Iraq and the war with ISIS.