Dr. Emily Jenkins (PhD, DVM, BSc), is Professor, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine and co-lead of the One Health signature area at the University of Saskatchewan. Her research takes a One Health approach to parasites and diseases that transmit among animals and people via food, water, vectors, and the environment in the North. She has over 20 years of experience in the Canadian North, training over 50 undergraduate research and graduate students, and producing over 100 peer reviewed publications. She co-leads the Canadian Arctic One Health network and is Canadian representative to the Terrestrial Working Group of the International Arctic Science Committee. 

Dr. Christy Morrissey is a Professor at the University of Saskatchewan in the department of Biology. Her research expertise is in ecotoxicology of birds, insects, rivers and wetlands. Christy has over 23 years experience working on issues related to environmental contamination from agricultural pesticides and other chemicals and the use of birds as indicators of environmental health. She has published over 85 highly cited journal articles and book chapters and was named to the Royal Society College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. She works closely with provincial and national governments on regulatory issues of pesticides, wetlands and the conservation of migratory birds and is working on projects to implement Nature based solutions to improve sustainable agricultural production in the Prairies. Dr. Morrissey has been featured broadly in the national and international media (CBC, National Geographic, Nature of Things, The Messenger Documentary etc) for her research on pesticide impacts and conservation of birds, insects and Prairie wetlands.

Dr. Winona Wheeler is a member of the Fisher River Cree Nation in Treaty 5 territory and her family comes from Gorge Gordon First Nation in Treaty 4 territory. A lifelong student of Indigenous knowledge, oral history, anti-colonial theory and critical Indigenous Studies, Winona has been teaching and publishing in Indigenous Studies since 1988.

In addition to her faculty appointments in Indigenous Studies at First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv), Athabasca University (AU) and the University of Saskatchewan (Usask) she also served as Campus Dean (FNUniv) and Department Head (FNUniv and Usask). Winona is a strong promoter of Indigenous research methodologies, oral history, community-engaged and social action research. Over the years she has developed, led, and collaborated on numerous experiential/community service learning courses and research projects with Indigenous communities and organizations. Her community service over the years includes land claims and Treaty Rights research, expert witness in Federal Court on Indigenous oral history, and community-based oral history projects.

Dr. Wheeler earned her PhD in Comparative Ethnic/Native American Studies in 2000 (University of California, Berkeley), an MA in History in 1988 (University of British Columbia), and a BA Honors in history in 1986 (University of Manitoba). She is a mother, step-mother, and grandmother, and lives on a little ranch with her horses, dogs and porch cats in the traditional territories of the Willow Cree in Treaty 6 territory just north of Saskatoon.

Dr. Tony Ruzzini is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology, associate member of the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology and a member of the Molecular Design Research Cluster at the University of Saskatchewan. His research program is focused on answering questions at the animal-microbe interface through the discovery and study of proteins and small molecules. In particular, the Ruzzini laboratory collaborates with clinicians, clinician-scientists and partners in agriculture to help explain antimicrobial resistance in biological systems that range from honey to beef production.

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