Pastor JoAnne Lam,

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, Eastern Synod

Pastor JoAnne Chung Yan Lam (ELCIC) is a Hong Kong-born Chinese immigrant who arrived in Canada in 1987 with her family. She holds theological degrees from Emmanuel College (Toronto), Ecumenical Institute of Bossey (Geneva), Waterloo Lutheran Seminary and is pursuing a PhD at Saint Paul University (Ottawa). JoAnne’s passion for ecumenism is a lived one. She has served as intern and student with the World Students Christian Federation (Geneva) and The Canadian Council of Churches. She is a member of the CCC Governing Board and Commission on Faith and Witness.

Pastor Mary Fontaine,

The Presbyterian Church in Canada

The Rev. Mary Fontaine is Cree from the Mistawasis First Nation in Sask. She is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in Canada and the founding Director of Hummingbird Ministries, a ministry for healing and reconciliation with Indigenous people living in the lower mainland of British Columbia.

Pastor Ken Shigematsu,

Tenth Church in Vancouver 

Ken Shigematsu is the Senior Pastor of Tenth Church in Vancouver, British Columbia, one of the largest and most diverse city-center churches in Canada. He is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal awarded to Canadians in recognition for their outstanding contribution to the country. Before entering pastoral ministry, he worked for the Sony Corporation in Tokyo. Ken is the author of the award winning, bestseller Survival Guide for the Soul

Ken lives in Vancouver with his wife, Sakiko, and their son, Joey.

Bishop Noël Simard,

Catholic Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec

Bishop Simard was ordained a priest on May 28, 1972, and ordained Auxiliary Bishop at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, on October 3, 2008. Until his appointment as bishop, he was a professor of moral theology and bioethics at Saint Paul University, Ottawa. Bishop Simard is currently Bishop of Valleyfield and President of the Quebec Assembly of Catholic Bishops.

Former Commissioner Dr. Marie Wilson,

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Marie Wilson spent over three decades building an illustrious career in journalism before becoming one of three commissioners of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). At the TRC, she worked for six and a half years to reveal the history and impacts of more than a century of forced residential schooling for Indigenous children. Ms. Wilson currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC-Radio-Canada) and the Rideau Hall Foundation. As a prominent public speaker throughout Canada and internationally, she brings acknowledged expertise on the successes and challenges of advancing reconciliation.