John Abele,
Inventor/Philanthropist/Founder Boston Scientific.

William Alsop,
Architect, Alsop Architects, London, UK.

John Perry Barlow,
Electronic Frontier Foundation, Former Grateful Dead Lyricist and Harvard Fellow.

Beyond the Pale,
Modern Folk Ensemble.

Adam Bly,
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, SEED Magazine.

George Bowering,
Writer, Poet Laureate.

Rebecca Brenner,
Virtuoso Violinist.

Ronnie Burkett,
Puppeteer, "One of the world's geniuses" - The Village Voice.

Nicholas Campbell,
Actor.

Neko Case,
Singer/Musician/Songwriter.

Dov Charney,
CEO American Apparel: 'Sweatshop Free t-shirts'.

Juliana Chen,
World Champion Magician.

Hokan Colting,
Airship Pilot/Inventor/CEO 21st Century Airships.

The Cottars,
Celtic Quartet; Winners East Coast Music Award, Best New Artist, 2003.

Jean-Michel Cousteau,
Ocean Conservationist.

Douglas Curran,
Photographer.

Lieutenant General Romeo Dallaire,
Former Commander of the UN Mission to Rwanda.

Wade Davis,
Explorer/Ethno-botanist.

Derrick de Kerckhove,
Director, McLuhan Program in Culture & Technology, University of Toronto.

Marc Emery,
Marijuana Activist, President, BC Marijuana Party.

Felice Frankel,
Science photographer, MIT.

Edward Greenspon,
Editor-in-Chief, The Globe and Mail.

Ofra Harnoy,
Cellist.

Bruce Kirkby,
Adventurer, Photographer, Author, Sand Dance: By Camel Across Arabia's Great Southern Desert.

Jaron Lanier,
Computer scientist/composer/artist/author; coined the term Virtual Reality.

Colonel Randy Larsen,
Director, ANSER Institute for Homeland Security.

Darlene Lim,
Researcher, Haughton-Mars Project, Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station.

Margaret MacMillan,
Author, Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed The World.

Rick Mercer,
Writer/Actor/Comedian.

Marvin Minsky,
Toshiba Professor of Media Arts & Sciences, MIT; Pioneer of Artificial Intelligence.

Terry Mosher,
Editorial Cartoonist, The Montreal Gazette, Cartoon Editor, Maclean's.

Tony Noble,
Associate Director, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory.

Phil Nuytten,
Sub-sea engineer, diver, marine archeologist.

Erna Paris,
Author, Long Shadows: Truth, Lies and History.

Kim Rossmo,
Criminologist, Developer of "Geographic Profiling".

Robert J. Sawyer,
Sci-Fi Writer.

Sandra Shamas,
Writer/Actor/Comedian.

Michael Shara,
Curator, Einstein, American Museum of Natural History.

Nelson Skalbania,
Entrepreneur.

Lee Smolin,
Theoretical Physicist/Cosmologist.

Michael Stadtlander,
Chef, Eigensinn Farm.

Ted Stout,
Founder and CEO, the ROI Institute (Return On Innovation)

Scott Taylor,
Journalist, Author.

Alexander Tsiaras,
Artist/Journalist/Technologist.

Jane Urquhart,
Author, The Stone Carvers, Away.

Ruut Veenhoven,
Sociologist, Empirical Study of Happiness.

Anthony Von Mandl,
Proprietor Mission Hill Family Estate.

Pamela Wallin,
Consul General, New York City.

Nancy White,
Musician, Journalist, Theatrical Performer.

Dave Williams,
Astronaut, Director Space and Life Sciences, NASA.

Anthony Wilson-Smith,
Editor, Maclean's.

Ken Wiwa,
Author, Human Rights Activist.