Monserrat Creamer is Currently a Postgraduate Professor at the Espíritu Santo University - UEES, Ecuador.

She was Minister of Education of Ecuador between 2019 and 2021. She has a long professional career in the field of education and teaching, including serving as Director of Education at Grupo FARO, Director of Academic Excellence at the Universidad de las Américas- UDLA- Coordinator, and Advisor to the Ministry of Education for the creation of the National University of Education- UNAE. She holds a PhD in Education from the Autonomous University of Madrid.

Sarah Brauner-Otto is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at McGill University. She is a social demographer studying global family change with a focus on the relationship between social context (such as schools and community organizations) and demographic behaviours over the life course. She is particularly interested in which dimensions of social context (e.g. characteristics of schools or health services) matter the most and how context influences the individual. 

Dr. Rothwell is an Assistant Professor in the College of Public Health at Oregon State University, and an Adjunct Professor at McGill's School of Social Work. He holds a postdoctoral fellowship at the National University of Singapore and had practiced as a social worker in mental health and community economic development. His research is primarily concerned with questions such "what are the levels and trends of poverty over time and across the life course?" and "what are the causes and consequences of poverty and how do these vary across family structures?" He aims to understand the mechanisms driving social and economic inequalities. He is currently researching child poverty across countries and over time, poverty measurement based on financial assets and net worth, financial stability of families with a child with a neurodevelopmental disability, and factors that influence financial capability and inclusion. Much of this work compares policies and institutional frameworks between the US, Canada, and other OECD countries. 

Joseph Levitan is Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director - Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE) McGill University. His current research focuses on culturally grounded and socially just approaches to education and educational leadership. 

He was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from the Association of Postgraduate Researchers of Peru (AMADO Pero), a UNESCO recognized research organization, for his community-based participatory action research work to improve the quality of education in Peru. 

Sheena Bell is a PhD Candidate in Educational Leadership and Policy at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. Her research interests lie in comparative and international education, specifically evidence-based policy making and policy evaluation to improve the equity and quality of K-12 education in middle and lower income countries. Previous to joining OISE, Sheena worked for ten years in education data and programming with UNICEF and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.  She previously completed an MA in Political Science at McGill University, and a Masters in Public Administration – International Development at the University of York (UK).

Khandys Agnant is a 3rd year PhD student in the Department of Sociology at McGill University. She is demographer whose research focuses on maternal and childhood health, nutrition, fertility, and climate change. She holds a MSc in health and international development from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BSoc.Sc in international development and globalization from the University of Ottawa.