Dr. Lynn Marshall is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine at Lakehead and Laurentian Universities. She is also a lecturer in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, and teaches both medical students and graduate physicians.

Clinically, Dr. Marshall has worked in Primary Care Family and Emergency Medicine, Occupational Medicine, and a private Environmental Medicine consulting practice. Since the inception in 1996 of the Environmental Health Clinic (EHC) at Women's College Hospital, Toronto, the only government-funded, academically-affiliated, and provincially-mandated such facility in Ontario, she has worked in the EHC as a Staff Physician, Medical Director, and Medical Education Liaison.

Dr. Marshall is a past President of the Canadian Society for Environmental Medicine, and in 1997 was presented with the Society's John G. Maclennan Award "for outstanding contribution to Environmental Medicine in Canada". She serves as Co-Chair of the Environmental Health Committee of the Ontario College of Family Physicians, and as the Committee's Representative in the Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment.

Myriam Beaulne is the Health Promotion Coordinator for the Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment (CPCHE). With her many years of experience in environmental toxicology, ecology, scientific studies and environmental law, and a strong commitment towards the protection of our environment and our health, she aims to bridge science and policy and raise public awareness of the dangers of chemical exposures.

Dr. Quentin Chiotti, Air Programme Director and Senior Scientist at Pollution Probe, has worked extensively in the area of climate change since 1993. His experience includes 7 years with the Adaptation and Impacts Research Group of the Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada. He was the scientific authority for an Environment Canada led multi-stakeholder study on atmospheric change in the Toronto-Niagara Region. He has published more than 40 articles and was a contributor to the Canada Country Study, the first national assessment on climate change impacts and adaptation. He has taught at various universities across Canada and currently represents Pollution Probe on more than a dozen environment-related advisory boards including the Clean Air Foundation. Dr. Chiotti has a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Western Ontario.

Kathleen Cooper has worked in environmental research positions for over twenty years. As Senior Researcher at the Canadian Environmental Law Association, she provides casework support to environmental litigation files and has directed several major law reform campaigns on the subjects of toxic substances, pesticides and land use planning. She has written extensively on the subject of environmental policy and children's health with a particular focus in recent years on federal law and policy concerning toxic substances and pesticides.

Meg Sears (PhD) brings her background in chemical engineering, applied chemistry and biochemical engineering to scientific analysis and medical writing at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute. Her long-standing interests in protection of both natural areas and human health give her a broad perspective on environmental issues.

Loren Vanderlinden is an Environmental Assessment and Policy Supervisor at Toronto Public Health. She comes from a broad background in social and health sciences. She received a doctorate in medical anthropology from the University of Toronto, and postdoctoral training in environmental health at the McMaster Institute of Environment and Health. Loren has done applied environmental health research with academic, health and environmental institutions for over a decade. Her work at Toronto Public Health's Environmental Protection Office has focused on children's environmental health, the health effects of pesticides, and fish consumption messages for vulnerable groups.

Franca joined the Environmental Health Division, Peel Region-Public Health in 2005 as Research and Policy Analyst. Prior to joining Peel, she worked in the Environmental Protection Office of Toronto Public Health for 10 years as a Research Consultant, and for 4 years with the Ontario Ministry of Environment. Franca has worked on assessing and implementing many environmental health initiatives in the public health sector including those associated with air pollution, soil contamination and children's exposure to contaminants. Franca holds a Master's of Science degree in Toxicology from the University of Toronto. She is a member of the Ontario Public Health Association, a member of the OPHA Environmental Health Workgroup and the OPHA representative on Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment.

Louise Aubin is an Environmental Health Research and Policy Analyst with Peel Public Health. Her current activities include air quality issues, pesticides, children's health and the environment and other environmental health issues. She is the current chair of the Ontario Public Health Association's Environmental Health Workgroup. She holds a Masters degree in Environmental Studies from York University and a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from the University of Toronto.

Tonya Surman has been working with social mission groups to collaborate, innovate and overcome barriers to achieve success for over 15 years. Tonya has been the Partnership Director for the Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment since it was founded in 2000, facilitating a multisectoral group to work together to protect children from potentially toxic exposures. Tonya is also a co-founder and executive director of the Centre for Social Innovation, whose mission is to catalyze, inform and support projects that use collaborative and entrepreneurial strategies to advance our social and environmental wellbeing. Tonya has also been a senior partner in the Commons Group, the founding business manager for rabble.ca, and was executive director of Web Networks. Tonya is focused on building collaborations, system innovations and transformations that address the root causes of our social and environmental challenges.

With a Masters degree in economics and almost 40 years of experience in such diverse fields as resource industry economics and policy, water resources, transportation, energy policy and markets, and regional development, Wayne Trusty now serves as President of the ATHENA Sustainable Materials Institute and its U.S. affiliate, Athena Institute International. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor on the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Environmental Design, a member of the board of the Green Building Initiative, and Chair of the Technical Committee established in the U.S. to take the Green Globes rating system through a full American National Standards Institute process. He has served as Board Vice-Chair of the Canada Green Building Council. Recently, Wayne organized and coordinated a green building project team for the design and construction of a new “green” day care centre in Merrickville, Ontario, with emphasis on the environmental health and safety of the children.