Guests

Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE. Founder – the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace. Jane is an Ethologist and conservationist, known for her research into the lives of wild chimpanzees at Gombe in western Tanzania now entering its 60th year.

Scientist, environmental activist. TV host of the CBC show “The Nature of Things with David Suzuki”.

Botanist, anthropologist specializing in indigenous people. National Geographic Explorer and TED speaker.

Astrophysicist, cosmologist, planetary scientist, author, and science communicator. Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space.

Lead scientist for the Centivax universal influenza vaccine program. Featured in Netflix docuseries “Pandemic”.

Atmospheric scientist who studies climate change and helps engineers, city managers and ecologists quantify the impacts.

Physician, member of Doctors Without Borders / MSF, and author of “Life on the Ground Floor”.

Infectious Diseases consultant and General Internist, Toronto General Hospital and Associate Professor, University of Toronto.

Legendary musician and human rights activist Peter Gabriel will introduce “Doctors Without Borders’” Executive Director, Avril Benoit.

Gender equality activist, speaker, mother of 3 children. Wife of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Host of the “WE Well-being” podcast featuring intimate and soul-lifting interviews and conversations on mental health.

ER Medicine Physician and Clinical Assistant Professor. Founder and CEO of The Monsoon Diaries (travel community).

Managing Director at IRBM SpA, an Italian company doing research for a candidate vaccine against COVID-19.

Harvard-trained doctor, specializing in mental health. TED speaker and author of “The Dolphin Parent: A Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy and Self-Motivated Kids.”

Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives, NYC’s leading walking, biking, and public transit advocacy organization.

Director of infection control at the Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto), serving on Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization.

Director of the Lost Gardens of Heligan (UK). Co-founder of the Eden Project. Music composer and producer.

Journalist and Executive Director of Doctors Without Borders / MSF USA. She has held roles there since 2006.

Speaker on mental health, and documentary “Darkness and Hope: Depression, Sports and Me”. Legendary media personality.

Minister of Infrastructure and Communities. Minister McKenna has earned a reputation as a skilled negotiator and tenacious community builder.

Oceanographer working at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution (Florida Atlantic University).

Scientist and CEO of Conservation International. Host of “Earth a New Wild”, a program aired on Nat Geo Wild.

NASA biological oceanographer. She teaches the Earth Science module of NASA’s astronaut training class.

Photojournalist and wildlife trade consultant who focuses on global environmental and conservation issues.

Disruptive innovator, Tribeca Film Festival 2019 Award-winning multi-disciplinary artist, who works in film, photography, text, tech, branding, and social justice advocacy.

President and CEO of The Economic Club of Canada and The Global Institute for Conscious Economics.

Award-winning author of The Reality Bubble and co-host of Discovery’s Daily PlaneT and contributor to PBS’s NOVA ScienceNow.
Music Guests

Earth, Wind & Fire are a music institution. 2020 marks a year-long celebration of their 50th anniversary in entertainment that has taken founding members Philip Bailey, Ralph Johnson and Verdine White, all around the globe.

Ed Robertson is the lead singer, songwriter, and a founding member of the award winning band, Barenaked Ladies.

The rock band consists of Emily Haines, James Shaw, Joshua Winstead and Joules Scott-Key. JUNO Award winner numerous times including Group of the Year.

Kiana Valenciano is a highly prolific Neo-soul/Future R&B artist from Manila. Satica is a Cambodian-American vocalist/songwriter.

Producer. Songwriter. Singer. Actor. With the group Full Force. P.A. is a 3-Time Cancer Champion and Health & Fitness Influencer.

Singer, pianist and songwriter. Author of “Love Songs For Robots” and soundtracks for films and TV shows.

Grammy-nominated guitarist, singer-songwriter and activist from Niger who over the course of his remarkable life and career has become a folk hero to Nigeriens and to Tuareg people around the world.

Flamenco guitarist and producer. JUNO Award winner in 2001 for the Best Instrumental Album (Free Fall).

Singer and songwriter. Three-time Latin Grammy Award winner and two-time JUNO Award winner.

All female British Rock band with flavours of soul and pop. Their debut single “Get Up” was produced and recorded by Brian May (Queen).

They lead large groups of strangers singing together with famous musical guests around the world.

Emmy-nominated producer and creative strategist in film, music, digital content and live event spaces.

Conductor, Arranger and Ambassador of World-renowned Symphonies across North America.

Colombian musicians Juliana Ronderos and Nicolas Losada. Salt Cathedral is influenced by tropical sounds and their Colombian upbringing dance oriented culture.

Award-winning Canadian rapper with four solo albums. Host of the Hip-Hop Evolution docuseries on Netflix.
Hosts

Co-host of Star Talk Radio with Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson where he provides humorous commentary on one his favorite subjects… science.

Environmental Journalist. TV Host & Producer. MTV, Discovery Channel, NBC4 News in Los Angeles.

Actor and comedian. Starred the ABC drama “Detroit 1-8-7” and HBO documentary “Every Word is Absolutely True”.

Travel, environmental and lifestyle correspondent. Freelance reporter. Owner of the production company Dream Network Media.

Oxford-trained scientist, environmentalist and musician. BBC Learning science expert and co-founder of AimHi, the live, interactive online school.

Science communicator, television presenter, children’s author, and biologist. Former host of the TV show “Scope”.

Host of LIVEMEDAID and co-host of the What If podcast. Has produced, directed and hosted television and radio shows.

Host of LIVEMEDAID and co-host of the What If podcast. Currently host of Discovery Canada’s Mighty Trains.

Pre-show host of LIVEMEDAID and the voice of What If. Schmiedchen is the Head of Video at Underknown.

Pre-show host and LIVEMEDAID organizer. Co-Founder and CEO of Underknown the publisher of What If. Hulford is a Serial-Entrepreneur and swimmer.