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Since 2005, Fabiola Tassy has worked in organizations such as Thomson Reuters, Pratt & Whitney and Siemens. Fabiola currently works as Senior Legal Counsel at Golder Associates Ltd, a member of WSP. She is also an instructor at º£½ÇÉçÇø where she teaches workshops on negotiation and on managing risks through contracts.

Throughout her career, Fabiola has negotiated various types of international agreements in various sectors of the economy, such as aerospace, energy, construction, procurement, and corporate/commercial transactions. Fabiola is recognized for her strong business acumen and her ability to effectively find creative solutions to complex issues. Sports have always been a major part of her balanced life, including running a few marathons and online yoga journeys.

Dr. María Sierra Córdoba Serrano is an Associate Professor in Translation Studies, as well as the Assistant Dean of Curriculum and Program Development at º£½ÇÉçÇø School of Continuing Studies. As the former Director of º£½ÇÉçÇø’s Translation Studies Unit (2018–2021), she was a driving force behind a series of fundamental changes to the translation programs to make them more responsive to the needs of the industry, including the design of a Master of Science in Multilingual Digital Communication (Applied), currently pending approval by the Quebec government. After studying and freelancing in Spain, Belgium and the U.K., and completing an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Translation Studies at the University of Ottawa, she landed an academic position at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (California) in 2009, where she served as an Associate Professor until joining º£½ÇÉçÇø in 2017.

As a scholar-practitioner, she is particularly interested in multilingualism management. Dr. Córdoba Serrano is the author of a book, as well as numerous book chapters, journal issues and articles in international peer-reviewed journals. She has also translated two award-winning Quebec novels into Spanish. Notable clients over the years have included the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Shoah Memorial in Paris, The Understanding Group and the National Steinbeck Center.

A friend of the º£½ÇÉçÇø School of Continuing Studies’ Indigenous Relations Initiative, Indigenous artist, Owisokon Lahache from Kahnawake is Mohawk and her art is different from Inuit and other First Nations art. Owisokon meets First Nations work at the McCord Museum’s exhibition Indigenous Voices of Today and comments on her style of art compared to other styles by showcasing some of her pieces and her interest in corporate art design.

Owisokon’s friend Candia Flynn is Nipmuc and lives in Kahnawake. She is the founder of Healingstitches and will discuss storytelling clothing. Inspired by a person's vision, she designs clothing into wearable art to help people on their healing journey, while demonstrating resilience – a prominent theme of the Indigenous Voices of Today exhibit.