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Dr. Zoe Todd (she/they) (Citizen, Manitoba Métis Federation) is a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Indigenous Governance and Freshwater Fish Futures at Simon Fraser University. They are a fish philosopher, artist, and activist-scholar from Alberta working towards establishing better ways to honour collective human obligations to fish in the prairies.

Dr. Todd is also the founder of the  (2018), which is an interdisciplinary collective of Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, scientists, lawyers, architects, journalists, historians, advocates, and trouble-makers working to acknowledge our collective responsibilities to fish and water across plural watersheds and homelands in Canada and internationally.

Kamala Todd is a Métis-Cree mother, Indigenous planner, filmmaker, and educator born and raised in the beautiful lands of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples (aka Vancouver). Her maternal family roots are in Red River, St. Paul des Métis, Lac la Biche, Edmonton, and other homelands. Her father descends from Eastern European immigrants. Kamala has a Masters degree in Geography from UBC, and works at the intersection of film and urban planning to support decolonizing and re-Indigenizing the city and narratives. She was the City of Vancouver's first Indigenous Arts and Culture Planner and Aboriginal Social Planner.

Recently, Dr. Todd was honoured to be part of the Vancouver UNDRIP Strategy work with the City and Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, as consultant and writer. Kamala taught at UBC SCARP and SFU Urban Studies as Adjunct Professor. She is Director of , and her projects weave stories for truth, transformation, redress, and healing. Her film credits include Cedar and Bamboo, Indigenous Plant Diva, and RELAW: Living Indigenous Laws. She has written and directed for Coyote Science and Tansi! Nehiyawetan on APTN. Her writing credits include Truth-Telling: Indigenous Perspectives on Working with Municipal Governments (2017) and City Transforming (2023).

Adell L. Amos is a nationally recognized expert in water law and policy, with a focus on water governance, federal–state dynamics, and stakeholder participation in decision-making. Her interdisciplinary research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and NOAA, including major work on the Willamette River Basin. She previously served in the Obama Administration as Deputy Solicitor for Land and Water Resources, advising on national water and public lands policy. A widely published scholar in journals such as Nature Sustainability and PNAS, she is also a frequent speaker and advisor, currently serving on the Hewlett Foundation’s Open Rivers Fund Advisory Board.