Editor
Scott White is Editor of The Conversation Canada. Previously, he was Editor-in-Chief of The Canadian Press and Vice-President, Content Strategy and Business Development at Postmedia Network. He has an MBA from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and is a graduate of the journalism program at Ryerson University.
Politics, Business + Economics
Lee-Anne Goodman is an award-winning journalist who's worked in Washington, D.C., Ottawa and Toronto covering everything from the political ascent of Barack Obama during her years as White House correspondent to the fatal 2014 shooting on Canada's Parliament Hill. She most recently worked as Business Editor and Ontario Bureau Chief for The Canadian Press, managing a staff of more than 20 reporters and editors. She joins The Conversation Canada as its Politics, Business and Economics commissio...
Culture & Society, Critical Race, Arts
Vinita Srivastava has reported for the New York Times, the Village Voice, Savoy and WBAI Radio in New York. She cofounded Masala Mixx (CKLN Radio) and BrownSugarOnline and was the senior editor at Impact and the head of research at Vibe. She developed the graduate studies digital media program and the Verse City Project, a multimedia bootcamp for marginalized youth while she was a professor at the Ryerson School of Journalism. She has a MS degree in International Affairs from the New School.
Health & Medicine, Education
Heather Walmsley is a journalist and interdisciplinary researcher. She has an MA in postcolonial literatures, a PhD in the ethics and anthropology of biomedicine and from 2012-15 was a SSHRC Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia. She has also worked as a research associate in science journalism at Concordia University, staff writer for Internet Magazine, website editor for Greenpeace UK and freelance education writer for The Independent. She has consulted on resear...
Environment & Energy, Science & Technology
Hannah Hoag is an award-winning journalist who has covered the environment, science and medicine for the past 15 years. She has written for Nature, Wired, bioGraphic, The Atlantic, the Globe and Mail and Maclean’s, and she launched and ran Arctic Deeply, an independent digital media project covering circumpolar Arctic issues. She has graduate degrees in biology (human genetics) from McGill University and in science and medical journalism from Boston University.
Audience Development Editor
Lisa is a journalist with experience in digital, broadcast and print media. Prior to The Conversation Canada, she worked at CTV News Toronto for five years. She has a Master of Arts in journalism from the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Arts in political science from McGill University.
Research Assistant
Erin Ward is currently a student in the Master of Journalism program at the University of British Columbia. Previously, she obtained a BA with an honours specialization in philosophy from the University of Western Ontario before going on to complete an MA in philosophy at the University of Windsor. During this time, she also wrote for a variety of local publications including Windsorite.ca and The Windsor Printmaker’s Forum.
David Estok is the Vice-President, Communications for the University of Toronto. He oversees a team of marketing and communications professionals in digital media, brand marketing, media relations and communications. Previously, David was Vice-President, Communications for SickKids Hospital Foundation and was also Associate Vice-President for Communications and Public Affairs for The University of Western Ontario. David had a long career in journalism and was the Editor-in-Chief of The Hamilt...
Director and Associate professor, Graduate School of Journalism
Alfred Hermida Ph.D. is co-founder of The Conversation Canada. He is an award-winning author, online news pioneer and media scholar, with two decades of experience in digital journalism. He is an associate professor and director of the School of Journalism at the University of British Columbia, where his research explores the digital transformation of media, social media and data journalism. He is author of Tell Everyone: Why We Share and Why It Matters, winner of the 2015 National Business B...
Associate professor, Graduate School of Journalism
Mary Lynn Young, PhD, is an associate professor, award-winning academic, university educator and a member of the launch team of The Conversation Canada, a non-profit academic journalism affiliate of the global Conversation network. She is former Associate Dean (Communications and Strategy), Faculty of Arts (2011-2016), director of the UBC Graduate School of Journalism (2008-2011), and acting director (June-December 2007). Her research interests include gender and the media, newsroom sociol...
Pari Johnston is vice-president, policy and public affairs at Universities Canada, leading all federal policy and advocacy initiatives of the association. She is responsible for strategic oversight of Universities Canada’s government relations, communications, policy and research, international relations and member service initiatives to promote the role of higher education, research and innovation in Canada’s future, at home and abroad. Ms. Johnston joined Universities Canada in 1997, and ha...
Head of Engineering
James studied computer science at UNSW. Since then his professional career has been equally split between Australia & the UK. Currently residing in London, he's joined The Conversation eager to work on meaningful software around the way we disseminate information.
Head of Product
Gin has spent the last 15 years learning about, designing for, and leading people in both product and service environments. Drawing from a uniquely diverse set of experiences that span youth work, management consulting, enterprise innovation labs and tech startups, she combines incisive analysis and strategic thinking with a deep care for, and sensitivity to how people think and feel.
Developer
After finishing a degree in Multimedia Design at Monash University, Mark has worked with a number of design and development teams, including Realestate.com.au and SitePoint.
Developer
Nick studied computer science at RMIT University. He has worked in Australia, India, Hong Kong and America before joining The Conversation.
Developer
Eleanor studied Archaeology and Classics at The University of Queensland. She began programming shortly after finishing University. Two years and 28 countries later, Eleanor joined The Conversation.
Data Platform Technical Lead
A UNSW alumnus, Josh enjoys applying CompSci rigour to all manners of problems. Prior to joining The Conversation he worked on several large projects including the Bendigo Bank mobile app, the New Zealand Stock Exchange, the Clear Grain Exchange, and the WordPress iPhone app.
Commercial Platform Senior Developer
Taking a left turn after a BA majoring in Linguistics, narrowly avoiding a career in rock and roll, Ben studied Software Development at RMIT. He comes to The Conversation from working on the TalkBox platform at ImpactData, and is keen to contribute to shaping the future of journalism.
Developer
Tiago studied computer science at UFF (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil). His motto is to write better software that people will love.