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Soapbox Science Toronto - 2026

Soapbox Science (external link)  is a global public outreach platform for promoting women and non-binary scientists and the science that they do. Our 2026 event will be held at the Word on the Street (WOTS) (external link)  festival in September at David Pecault Square, 215 King St. W., Toronto, on Saturday, September 26.

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Gözel Atakgayeva

Toronto Metroppolitan University

Host-pathogen interactions

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Liv Engel

University of Toronto

Neuroscience

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Tai Odeyemi

Toronto Metropolitan University

Cybersecurity and trustworthy digital systems

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Dr. Monika Schmidt

University Health Network

Emergency medicine, health equity

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Kerenza Cheng

Toronto Metropolitan University

Computational biology

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Spandana Chereddy

University of Guelph

Computational biology, AI

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Dr. A. W.. Peet

University of Toronto

Theoretical physics

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Ishita Shreshtha

Toronto Metropolitan Unviersity

Cancer diagnostics

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Dr. Chenielle Delahaye

De La Enzie Essentials

Biotechnology

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Denny Maranga

ROM, University of Toronto

Vertebrate paleontology

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Mads Rose

University of Toronto

Evolutionary anthropology

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Wan Wang

University of Toronto

Evolution and ecology