Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird

Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird, better known as 'Mandy', is a professor emeritus in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Dalhousie University. Throughout her career, her clinical, teaching and research focus has been on the development, speech and language assessment and treatment of children with disabilities, particularly those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Mandy also advocates at provincial, regional and national levels to institute a Canada-wide basic income guarantee--a powerful tool for poverty elimination and individual and societal health promotion.