Jasmin Laine

A once suicidal, "going no where" kid from a small town, quickly turned her life around when she realized through using her voice that she wasn't as alone and hopeless as she was lead to believe by the devil on her shoulder. She learnt that one of the most powerful tools you have as a human being, is your vulnerability... and how high you can soar simply by doing the one thing so many are afraid to do - talk. Whether that be in the form of standing up for what you believe in, or harnessing the skills to connect with others, separate emotion from fact - and understand what it really means to be "wise as a serpent and harmless as a dove".

Laine, who has been a professional broadcaster for over a decade, appearing on major networks in both radio and television with her outspoken, humorous and at times blunt observations on society, culture, and mental health, has helped thousands of people feel confident, understood, comfortable and given them the advice (though, sometimes unsolicited) needed to break free from harmful patterns, coping mechanisms and unhealthy attachments by using her own lived experience and research into categories like peer pressure, human behavior - and most importantly, self development.

Aly Raposo

Aly Raposo received her Bachelors Degree in 2018 from the University of Manitoba, where she is currently pursuing post graduate studies in human resources and in the last stage of her counselling certification.  Over the past years, Aly has worked tirelessly in all of her roles to advocate for Mental Health and Human Rights. She has been an invited facilitator, researcher and speaker in these fields having delivered speeches nationally and internationally. Her initiatives have earned her some tremendous awards in the past few years which include but are not limited to: The University of Manitoba Emerging Leader Award in 2018, CBC Manitoba Future 40 finalist in 2017, YMCA-YWCA Young Woman of Distinction Award in 2017 and the Achievement Award Art’s Celebrating Art’s at the University of Manitoba in 2017.  She currently sits on the Board of Directors on a national Board of Directors for the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (CASP). She was appointed to the first Human Rights Committee of Council for the City of Winnipeg in 2019. In 2020, Aly was hired as the Coordinator for the Human Rights Committee of Council for the City of Winnipeg. In 2022, she was also selected to serve as a council member for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) Ethics Council.