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policython 2025
Amplifying Voices at the Margins
SCHEDULE
Schedule is subject to change.
DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2025
10:00 AM
Policy Prompts Released to Competitors
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Zoom
Office Hours with Policy Directors
DAY 2: THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2025
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Zoom
Office Hours with Policy Directors
6:00 PM
Deadline to Submit Draft/Working Document for an Equity Check
DAY 3: FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2025
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | In Person/Hybrid
Speakers' Panel
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Zoom
Office Hours with Policy Directors
11:59 PM
Deadline to Submit Policy Briefs
DAY 4: SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Online
Surprise Event To Be Announced!
DAY 5: SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Hart House
Networking Brunch with Policy Professionals
12:00 PM - 3:20 PM | Hart House
Judging Panels
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Hart House
Awards Presentation & Closing Ceremony
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Madison Avenue Pub
Pub Social
Our judges, guests, and speakers
We are deeply grateful to our judges, guests, and speakers for their invaluable contributions to Policython 2025. This year, distinguished leaders from academia, the public sector, the private sector, and the social sector are generously volunteering their time to engage with and mentor the next generation of policymakers. Stay tuned—the full lineup will be announced soon!
Blair Attard-Frost
Guest Speaker
Course Instructor, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
Marlène Koffi
Guest Speaker
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics, University of Toronto
Fuyuki Kurasawa
Guest Speaker
Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology, York University / Director, Global Digital Citizenship Lab
Benjamin Wald
Guest Speaker
Research Analyst, Chiefs of Ontario
Rachel Silvey
Guest Speaker
Professor, Dept. of Geography & Planning, University of Toronto / Richard Charles Lee Director, Asian Institute
Justin Hanna
Environmental Policy Judge
Director, Bike Share Toronto
Gabriella Kalapos
Environmental Policy Judge
Executive Director, Clean Air Partnership
Philip Pothen
Environmental Policy Judge
Counsel, Ontario Environment Program Manager, Land Use & Land Development Program Manager
Ignacio Tiznado-Aitken
Environmental Policy Judge
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography & Planning, University of Toronto
Peter G. Bates
Foreign Policy Judge
Former Canadian Political Advisor to the Commander NORAD and USNORTHCOM
Olena Kryzhanivska
Foreign Policy Judge
Senior Editor and Defence Analyst, NATO Association of Canada
John W. Moskalyk
Foreign Policy Judge
Director and VP Responsible for Government Relations, Canada-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce
Oleh Nikolenko
Foreign Policy Judge
Consul General of Ukraine in Toronto
Mridvika Sahajpal
Foreign Policy Judge
Research and Policy Analyst, Global Affairs Canada
Tiffany Kwok
Technology Policy Judge
Policy Analyst, The Dais at Toronto Metropolitan University
Mahtab Laghaei
Technology Policy Judge
Policy and Research Assistant, The Dais at Toronto Metropolitan University
