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\nZarqa Nawaz \;is a Canadi an film and television producer\, author\, public speaker\, journalist\, a nd former broadcaster. She is the author of the novel Jameela Green Ruins Everything (March 2022)\, and the memoir \;Laughing All the Way to the Mosque\, which was shortlisted for the Leacock Medal for Humour\, the Kob o Emerging Writer Prize\, and two Saskatchewan Book Awards. She also creat ed the hit CBC comedy series \;Little Mosque on the Prairie\, the worl d&rsquo\;s first sitcom about a Muslim community living in the West\, and is the creator and star of the forthcoming series \;Zarqa. Zarqa lives in Regina\, Saskatchewan\, with her loving but long-suffering family. Vis it her at \;ZarqaNawaz.com \;or on Twitter \;@ZarqaNawaz< /p>\n
Lori Campbell is 2-Spirit and is a member of Montreal Lake First Nation\, Treaty 6 territory. She is an intergeneration al survivor of the Indian Residential School system and a child from the S ixties Scoop generation. Lori has made it her career advocating for social justice and working towards a more equitable society for all. With over 1 3 years of progressive leadership in student services\, academics\, resear ch and administration\, Lori is an experienced leader in education. Throug h the sharing of her lived experiences\, traditional knowledge\, and profe ssional proficiencies she provides uncomfortable truths required for advan cing processes of decolonization\, Indigenization\, and reconciliation wit hin organizations and communities. Lori holds two undergraduate degrees (I ndigenous Studies and Psychology)\, a master&rsquo\;s degree in Adult Educ ation and is a PhD candidate in Social Justice Education. She currently ho lds the position of Associate Vice-President\, Indigenous Engagement at th e University of Regina.
\nKelsey Sproat wa s born and raised in Saskatchewan and is proud to call Treaty 4 Territory her home. She is a parent of one girl\, an independent consultant working in information security with the Government of Saskatchewan\, and a Saskat chewan Roughrider fanatic. After a lengthy struggle with gender identity\, she recently came to terms with and accepted herself as a transgender wom an. She is discovering and living as her authentic self and building a pla tform from which to share her story.
\nKerry Benjo e is from the Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation and lives in Regina\, with a journalism career that spans nearly two decades. In 2002\, she pro duced her first freelance article for Eagle Feather News. Four years later she was hired by the Regina Leader Post where she became the first Indige nous reporter hired full time in the paper's history. Kerry spent 13 years there as a general assignment reporter where she covered every news beat from sports to federal politics\, but always maintained a strong interest in Indigenous stories. In 2019\, she attended the University of Regina whe re she received her Master of Journalism. Last year\, Kerry was recruited by CBC after her stint as a student. Earlier this year\, she became CBC Sa skatchewan's first Indigenous Storyteller. She is currently using her year s of experience as a reporter and storyteller to expand the readership of Saskatchewan's leading Indigenous newspaper\, Eagle Feather News. \;
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