Louise Ellis, BHA, RN, COHN(C), Global Health Services (GHS) Operations Multi-Site Lead for Canada Global Health Services (GHS) Operations Multi-Site Lead for Canada, Johnson & Johnson has enjoyed a diverse career journey that has supported her to build subject matter expertise in holistic, integrated Organizational Health benefits and services.  

Like many other employee health professionals, Louise is accustomed to contributing in variety of ways, including her competencies in infection control management, health care navigation, and health data analysis. With a strong passion for holistic Disability Management (both work-related and non-work-related illnesses/injuries) Louise particularly enjoys providing consultation for Employees facing mental health/emotional well-being challenges.

Nadia is currently working as a Psychiatrist, both as a clinician and as the medical head at the Work Stress and Health Program, an occupational mental health clinic located at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). During her time at CAMH she has worked as the medical heads for both inpatient and outpatient programs; working within the department of Mood and Anxiety Disorders. Nadia completed her Psychiatry Residency Training at The University of Western Ontario.

Prior to training and working as a Psychiatrist, Nadia completed medical school and Residency training in Family Medicine at the University of British Columbia and subsequently completed a Masters in Health Science and Specialty training in Addictions Medicine. She worked as an Addiction Physician in Vancouver prior to re-training in psychiatry.

In her current work, Nadia specialized in performing occupational mental health assessments for a number of third party providers. She additionally has a clinical specialty in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and treats many workers who have suffered from workplace occupational mental health and stress injuries.

Dr. Elisabeth Harrison is Research Associate at Re•Vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice at the University of Guelph, where she works on the Bodies in Translation and From InVisibility to Inclusion projects. She has also worked in administration at an Independent Living Resource Centre. Elisabeth recently completed her PhD in Critical Disability Studies at York University, where her dissertation research focused on the experiences of trans and gender diverse people with mental health care and related social determinants of health. She has taught courses in women and gender studies, psychology, and education, and her research interests are in Mad studies, fat studies, and intersectionality theory.

Lacey Croft is a Research Assistant with the From Invisibility to Inclusion project at Re•Vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice at the University of Guelph. She is a PhD candidate in Sociology at York University, where she also served as a member of the executive committee for the Global Labour Research Centre. Her dissertation research examines workers’ struggles and strategies for dealing with chronic and traumatic stress during a factory closure. Lacey bridges her research on workplace stress with teaching, both as a sessional instructor in Labour Studies and as a yoga teacher. Prior to her doctoral studies, Lacey spent a decade in the mental health field working for an Employee Assistance Program.

Dr. Carla Rice is the principal investigator and co-director of the From Invisibility to Inclusion project. She is a Canada Research Chair in Care, Gender, and Relationships and a Full Professor in the Family Relations and Applied Nutrition department at the University of Guelph. As Founder and Academic Director of Re•Vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice and the Revisioning Differences Media Arts Laboratory (REDLAB), Dr. Rice seeks to explore how communities can use arts-informed research to advance social inclusion and justice by challenging stereotypes.