Mica Daurie is a 2SLGBTQIA+ community advocate, human rights leader, and TEDx Speaker with years of experience in spaces like government public service, legal and legislative services, corporate services, community engagement, and a wealth of government and community DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion & accessibility) work.
Mica has held roles such as Court Administrator, Election Area Officer (Planning), City Hall Legislative Support, Administrative Coordinator for Council Support, Board of Inquiry Administrator for the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, and more. Mica has smashed glass ceilings as the first openly transgender woman to work at Halifax City Hall, the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, and more. Mica is also a current Adjunct Professor of Field Education (Social Work) with the University of Calgary.
Mica is a radical forward thinker who has brought difficult and thought-provoking conversations to every space she's been in. Her work is approached from her lived experience as a queer transgender woman raised in Mi'kma'ki, and her services are offered in a manner that is accessible, inclusive, restorative, decolonized, and culturally competent. Mica has training in Gender Based Analysis+, Restorative Practices, Trauma Informed Care, French language at Université Sainte-Anne and more.
Mica serves on the Board of Executives for the Local Council of Women Halifax, and has several ties to community organizations and government bodies and NGO's across the country Mica also serves as the Vice President of Health, Housing and Social Development for National Council of Women Canada. Mica has contributed to a Legislative Gender Equity Strategy, modernization of Human Rights Inquiries and more. She approached the idea of opening her own business after a difficult few years of watching misinformation, demonization and near constant discrimination against the 2STGNC+ (2-spirit, trans, gender non-conforming) community run rampant both at home and across the country.
Nick Wallace is a proud immigrant in his final year of the Bachelor of Social Work program at the University of Calgary, whose profound sense of justice informs his emerging practice, grounded in an intersectional, anti-oppressive, and trauma-informed lens. In 2025, Nick participated in a global learning exchange in India, an experience that led to his research in which he examines the relationship between Sustainable Development Goal 6, gender, and inequity. Nick co-authored a paper, which was accepted for publication, on India’s Hijra community, drawing critical parallels to the colonial treatment and attempted erasure of Two-Spirit communities in Canada.
His work and activism are grounded in advancing social justice and equity for queer communities locally and internationally. He is the first author of a poster presentation for the University of Calgary Faculty of Social Work Annual Research Symposium (March 2026) and a first-authored oral presentation at the Joint Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development in Nairobi, Kenya (June 2026). As a settler and member of the Black diaspora, Nick’s identity is rooted in resistance and advocacy. He currently resides on Inuit-owned land in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut and is completing his BSW practicum on the unceded territories of the Mi’kmaq Nation in K’jipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia), where he continues to amplify voices that are too often denied space, safety, or platform.