Megan C. Engel (b. 1989) is a Canadian theoretical physicist at the Department of Biological Science of the University of Calgary, whose graduate work at Oxford earned her the Springer Theses Prize. She is a former Rhodes Scholar, dedicated mother, inspiring mentor and passionate science educator.

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 23, Page 11

Omar Elmi (b. 2003) is a Canadian student of astrophysics at McMaster University as well as an intern at the Canadian Space Agency. He is a close collaborator with the Optical Transient Survey conducted at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria. Omar's interests include research in exoplanets and galaxy formation and evolution.

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 23, Page 10

Kiana Hayeri (b. 1988) is an Iranian-Canadian photographer who spent nearly a decade living in Afghanistan, including one year under the Taliban. She has won numerous awards and grants for her work focusing on women and girls in Afghanistan, including the James Foley Award for Conflict Reporting, the Robert Capa Gold Medal, and the World Press Photo.

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 23, Page 7

Michele Koppes (b. 1973) is a Canadian professor of geography at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on how the Earth’s landscapes, glaciers, and human cultures are responding to climate change.

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 23, Page 7

William Gladstone Colgrove (1872–1958) was a Canadian amateur astronomer, botanical taxonomist and skilled machinist who won the RASC Chant Medal in 1942 for designing and building models for use in astronomical teaching, such as the Sotellunium, which is described here
https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1938JRASC..32..405C
and here
https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1940PA.....48..482C

Aidan J. MacDougall (b. 2003) is a Canadian student of astrophysics at the University of Waterloo as well as an intern at the Canadian Space Agency. He is a close collaborator with the Optical Transient Survey conducted at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria.

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, volume 5, Number 20, page 7

Rachel Friesen (b. 1979) is a Canadian astronomer and Assistant Professor at the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on the analysis of the structure and composition of dense gas in star-forming
molecular clouds through observations at multiple single-dish and interferometer telescope facilities.

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, volume 5, Number 20, page 7

Julie Bolduc-Duval (b. 1978) is a Canadian astronomer and the Director of the astronomy education program “Discover the Universe” which is supported by the Dunlap Institute of the University of Toronto. She is a former student at the University of Victoria.

Reference: WGSBN Bulletin, volume 5, Number 20, page 7