Dr. Ramneek Dosanjh, MD, CCFP is a visionary leader, physician, author and advocate whose work spans clinical practice, health system transformation and social justice advocacy. She currently serves as the Executive Vice President of North America for the Medical Women’s International Association and Past President of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada, representing and amplifying the voices of women physicians worldwide and the healthcare empowerment of all women and girls.

Prior to this, she was the President of Doctors of BC in (2022-2023) where she played a pivotal role in shaping healthcare policy, gender equity, cultural safety & humility for truth and reconciliation and advancing primary care reform in British Columbia.

She was the first Punjabi female in 122 years to lead the association.

She was also previously the President of BC Family Doctors, served as a board member for her Division of Family Practice and on the Child Health BC board for four years.

She also launched the Health Justice Alliance, a groundbreaking intersectoral initiative bringing together physicians and lawyers to explore collaborative approaches to improving the family justice system. She has also been appointed to the Collaborative Strategy Justice Commission.

Her leadership extends to multiple professional committees and strategic bodies, including the Physician Services Committee, BC Coroners Service Illicit Drug Toxicity Provincial Steering committee, indigenous specific anti racism steering committee and the Provincial Digital Health Leadership Committee.

She is a passionate force for healthcare equity, human rights, and challenging the status quo. A mother of three daughters, survivor and keynote speaker Dr. Dosanjh combines compassion, resilience and strategic vision to inspire change within medicine and beyond.

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Katrina Chen (陳葦蓁) immigrated to Canada from Taiwan on her own and began her career in grassroots community work before serving as a Trustee on the Burnaby Board of Education. She was later elected MLA for Burnaby–Lougheed and became the first Taiwanese-born Canadian appointed to the BC Cabinet as Minister of State for Child Care, where she helped lay the groundwork for the $10-a-Day child caresystem.

With nearly 20 years in community service, Katrina is now a life and impact coach and the President of 安信 Community Savings, B.C.’s first credit union initiative serving Chinese-language communities. A survivor of gender-based violence, she is also the author of A Stronger Home, a picture book about family violence, healing, and the meaning of home. She continues to advocate for child care, public education and equity.