George Canyon, a local country music artist and long-time advocate for diabetes awareness

Andrey Pavlov, professor of finance at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University

Santa Clause, Head Christmas Elf

Darrell Bricker, global CEO of Ipsos public affairs

Christian Leuprecht, co-editor of Dirty Money: Financial Crime in Canada, professor at the Royal Military College and Queen’s University and senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Timothy Caulfield, professor at the University of Alberta and author of the forthcoming book The Certainty Illusion: What You Don’t Know and Why It Matters

Lesley Keyter, The Travel Lady

Keith Warriner, a professor of food microbiology and food safety at the University of Guelph

Dr. Alex Marland, Professor of Political Science, Acadia University

Mercedes Stephenson, Global News Ottawa Bureau Chief and Host of The West Block