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Kimothy Walker is an award winning reporter, and the anchor and producer of the CTV Ottawa Weekend News. A military kid, Ms Walker grew up in Victoria B.C., Kingston, Toronto and Winnipeg, before her parents settled in Ottawa in 1982. She lives not far from there where she shares in raising the light of her life, Kyra. Kimothy has been an active member of the Ottawa community, volunteering at her daughter's school, for the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and a number of other local charitable organizations. In 2006, she co-founded the Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Network. She was one of the Ottawa Business Network's 2008 Forty Under 40. Event Patrons
Maureen McTeer has just returned from a year in Washington, D.C. where she was a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at American University. In that capacity, she lectured in law, science and public policy, and offered a seminar course on Advanced Issues in International Health Policy. She is passionately committed to women’s equality and health, and is often called on to speak about women and development, democracy and institution-building; women’s health, the education of girls; and local and international empowerment of women in the developing world. Maureen currently chairs the Advisory Board of the Shirley E. Greenberg Women's Health Centre in Ottawa.
Catherine Clark is the host of CPAC's Beyond Politics, which invites politicians to speak casually about their personal lives. She began her broadcasting career in 2001, hosting the television news magazine Unzipped for ichannel. In 2004, she joined RogersTelevision as host of a daily talk show in Ottawa. Prior to her broadcasting career, she was credited by former Prime Minster Joe Clark as one of his smartest and most trusted political advisors. She has been a prominent advocate for engaging youth in the political process.
