Jim McGuire is a well established Haida artist with a career that spans several decades. He is well known for his precise and creative jewelry carving. He is a member of the Stastas Eagle Clan and was born and raised on Haida Gwaii. Here he was surrounded by artists, including his uncle Edmund Caulder from whom he learned wood and argillite carving. In 1976 he moved to Vancouver where he worked with prominent Haida artist Gerry Marks. From Marks McGuire learned how to temper and how to make tools from tempered steel.

Huux̲ Percy Crosby is an elected official for the Council of Haida Nation where he has spent 25 years as a liaison between the Council of the Haida Nation, the provincial government, and the forest industry. In addition to serving on various boards, he has led the G̲aaG̲agaay Skidegate men’s group since March of 2017. Crosby continues to champion mental health supports and creating safe spaces for self expression for Indigenous men.

Gabor Maté MD is a specialist on trauma, addiction, stress and childhood development. After 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, Dr. Maté worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. For his groundbreaking medical work and writings, he was awarded the Order of Canada, his country’s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown Vancouver. Gabor also created the Compassionate Inquiry™ psychotherapeutic approach, now studied by thousands of physicians, therapists and counselors in over 80 countries.