Maureen Mulvey O'Leary - Irish Person of the Year Toronto 2024

Professor Colin Harvey is Professor of Human Rights Law in the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast

Monica is a Northern Irish academic, peace activist, human rights defender & former politician. In 1996, she co-founded the NI Women’s Coalition political party & was elected as a delegate at the Multi-Party Peace Negotiations

Turlough O’Donnell SC, Mediator is a barrister and fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He was elected to the General Council of the Bar of Ireland in 2004 and from 2004 to 2006 chaired the Arbitration and ADR Committee of the Bar Council

Bronagh Hinds CBE is a women's rights advocate from Northern Ireland. She was a participant in the Good Friday Agreement negotiations for the Women's Coalition & was the Deputy Chief Commissioner of the Equality Commission for NI.

Alyson studied law at Queens Belfast, the Inns of Court School of Law London & the College of Europe Bruges. She was called to the Bar of England & Wales in 1992.In Sept 2021, she was appointed Chief Commissioner to the NI Human Rights Commission.

David Wilson is professor of Celtic Studies and history at the University of Toronto, author of a two-volume biography of D'Arcy McGee and, most recently, of Canadian Spy Story: Canadian Revolutionaries and the Secret Police;

Jordan McNally Kelly & Enda Gallery: Under his moniker Strange Boy, combines hip-hop with elements of Irish traditional music. The Caherdavin native is often described as a '1000-year-old poet', reincarnated in the body of a young man.

The Mahones are well regarded amongst Irish punk fans and recognized indeed as pioneers of the scene. Formed in 1990 on St. Patrick’s Day in Kingston, Ontario as a band for a one-off show.

Eddie Bohan is a Broadcast Historian specializing in the history of Irish pirate radio. He is the curator of the Irish Pirate Radio Exhibition and helped to create the Irish Pirate Radio Archive at Dublin City University