Marni Panas has dedicated her career to creating safer, more welcoming and inclusive workplaces and communities across Canada and globally. The chair of the board for the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, Marni has contributed to legislation and policy protecting human rights for individuals at the provincial and federal levels in Canada, and was a member of the advisory committee that helped draft the apology that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered to 2SLGBTQI+ people in Canada in the House of Commons in November 2017. A transgender woman who has been very transparent throughout her journey in the hopes of fostering acceptance through education and respectful dialogue, Marni received a Human Rights Award from the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights, was named a Global Edmonton Woman of Vision and received The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.