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Threads 2025Speakers

Join us online on October 7^th and October 8^th, 2025 for a celebration of cultural diversity!

Register for Threads 2025 See the Agenda

2025 Emcee

Ahmad Majid
Fund Development & Communications Manager, SODS

2025 Threads Speakers

Ali Abukar

Ali Abukar
CEO, Saskatoon Open Door Society

Alice Kuipers

Alice Kuipers
Award - Winning Young Adult Novelist

Caterina Francesca Guidi

Caterina Francesca Guidi
Immigration Consultant

Candace Wasacase

Candace Wasacase
Chief Operating Officer of KFN

Carol Chipupu

Carol Chipupu
Admin Director of Judo Association of Zambia

Carrie Catherine

Carrie Catherine
Event Producer

Colin Jacobsen

Colin Jacobsen
Violinist and Composer

Corey Gil-Shuster

Corey Gil-Shuster
Creator
The Ask Project

Cynthia Block

Cynthia Block
Mayor of Saskatoon

Cynthia van Frank

Cynthia van Frank
Artist and Educator

Danii Kehler

Danii Kehler
Indigenous Artist and Advocate

Dash Reimer

Dash Reimer
Spoken Word Poet & Hip-Hop Artist

David Ohene-Amoako

David Ohene-Amoako
Musician

Diane Huffman

Diane Huffman
CEO of Women Sports International

Elder Senator Nora Cummings

Elder Senator Nora Cummings
Métis Elder and Senator

George J. Sefa Dei

George J. Sefa Dei
Professor of Social Justice Education

Honourable Dr. Jean Augustine

Honourable Dr. Jean Augustine
Pioneering Educator & Advocate for Social Justice

Jane Tseng

Jane Tseng
SODS Community Development Worker

Jennilee Austria-Bonafacio

Jennilee Austria-Bonafacio
Author and Founder of Filipino Talks

Jim Clifford

Jim Clifford
Historian

Katayoon Navabi

Katayoon Navabi
R&D Lead for Canola North America

Khodi Dill

Khodi Dill
Writer and Anti-racist Educator

Kristi-Lee Stewart

Kristi-Lee Stewart
Cultural Bridging Facilitator

Luis Buatois

Luis Buatois
Geologist and Paleontologist

Lyndon Linklater

Lyndon Linklater
Anishinabe/Nehiyaw Traditional Knowledge Keeper

Mabvuto Ng’uni

Mabvuto Ng’uni
General Secretary of the Judo Association of Zambia

Mehdi Ebrahimpour

Mehdi Ebrahimpour
Cultural Bridging Facilitator

Olga Shanina

Olga Shanina
Social Worker

Pierre-Francois Noppen

Pierre-Francois Noppen
Philosopher

Rembrandt Frerichs

Rembrandt Frerichs
Jazz Pianist and Composer

Shawn DeSouza-Coelho

Shawn DeSouza-Coelho
Actor and Author

Susan Gardner

Susan Gardner
Professor of Philosophy at Capilano University

Tobi Oyedele

Tobi Oyedele
Development and Communications Coordinator

W. J. T. Mitchell

W. J. T. Mitchell
Professor of English and Art History

Yann Martel

Yann Martel
Award-winning Author

Yulissa Campos

Yulissa Campos
Theatre Artists

Threads Studio Artists

Arshia Atiq

Arshia Atiq

Anton Amit

Anton Amit

Henry Kiyingi

Henry Kiyingi

Joy Saha

Joy Saha

Merry Masheka

Merry Masheka

Meunier Jean Norbert

Meunier Jean Norbert

Natalia Burmaka

Natalia Burmaka

Sarah Hussein

Sarah Hussein

Shantal Kisimba

Shantal Kisimba

Sjafril Riz

Sjafril Riz

Susmita Adhikari

Susmita Adhikari

Tyneisha Thomas

Tyneisha Thomas

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