2023 Speakers

WELCOME

Keynote speaker: Chris Leonard

Chris Leonard Chris brings experience supporting workers and communities with grief and trauma debriefing following losses the overdose crisis, the pandemic, and other traumatic loss events.  Over the past 30 years, she has held space for people living with HIV, survivors of sexual violence, bereaved youth, families, and workers impacted by gun violence, the opioid crisis, experience of incarceration and other traumatic losses.  Chris brings mindful awareness from her training as a Zen shiatsu therapist to her work supporting healing in communities.

Janelle Superville

Janelle is a 41-year-old single mother of 2 wonderful girls, 10 and 13. She's been living with HIV for 14 years and is very passionate about helping people in the same situation as her.

SALIMAH KASSIM-LAKHA

YogaVision Centre’s Director, Salimah is an innovative thought leader, a spiritual explorer, and a technology junkie. Salimah lives in Toronto, with her loving and supportive family.  

As a Yogi and Yoga Therapist, Salimah has travelled and taught internationally using Yoga to lead, heal, teach, and transform.  She has pivoted from owning a Yoga studio to teaching and consulting exclusively online.  Her offerings now include online yoga and meditation classes, numerology consultations and Online Yoga Teacher Training.   Her classes are described as impactful, uplifting, and loving explorations of movement and breath.