POP 2021 Panels and Speakers

Panel 1: Pinoys in Parliament

  • Lhori Webster (Moderator)

    Bio

  • Jocelyn Curteanu

    Whitehorse City Councillor

    Bio

  • Mable Elmore

    The first MLA of Filipino descent in the legislative assembly of BC

    Bio

  • Louroz Mercader

    Chair of Proud Politics, Founder and Executive Director of Mississauga Youth Games and Co-Founder of Rise Tribe

    Bio

  • Jane Spitz

    Founder and Creative Director A.I.M.

    Creative and Social Impact Leader

    Bio

Panel 2: Filipino/a/x-Canadian Leaders in STEM

  • Francis Lao (Moderator)

    MD Candidate at Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University

    Bio

  • Dr. Phil De Luna

    Program Director at the National Research Council of Canada

    Bio

  • Dr. Ryan Figueroa

    Family Physician


    Bio

  • Dr. M. Cynthia Goh

    Professor of Chemistry

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering

    The Institute of Munk School and Global Affairs

    Bio

  • Dr. Mayrose Salvador

    Co-founder of Pueblo Science

    Bio

Panel 3: Bayanihan at Work

  • Karla Atanacio

    Program and Policy Assistant at Government of Manitoba


    Bio

  • Ms. Petronila P. Garcia (Keynote Speaker)

    First Female Ambassador of the Philippines To Canada

    Bio

  • Dr. Leonora C. Angeles

    President of the National Pilipino Canadian Cultural Centre and Associate Professor at UBC School of Community and Regional Planning at the Social Justice Institute

    Bio

  • Chaya Ocampo Go

    Transnational Filipino Scholar

    Bio

  • Paul Jonathan Saguil

    Deputy Head of the TD Bank Group Sanctions Compliance and Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption Program

    Bio