Julie Walsh is passionate about building bridges between people, ideas, and opportunities in mental health research and beyond. With a background in psychology and social justice, she has spent her career helping researchers, clinicians, and organizations bring meaningful projects to life—whether by securing funding, strengthening collaborations, or shaping strategy. Currently pursuing her MBA at Carleton University, Julie brings both creativity and structure to her work, blending big-picture thinking with practical problem- solving. Alongside her professional roles, she’s an active volunteer and community builder who thrives on supporting others to succeed and creating spaces where innovation can flourish.

Fun Fact: 2-4 times per week, Julie finds balance on the pickleball court, where she combines her love of movement with laughter, community, and a healthy dose of friendly competition.

Born of Danish and Scottish lineage in London, 1992, to a social worker and a detective, Kevin Andrew Heslop is a grand-/son, nephew, brother, cousin, friend, and our current Vice Chair. He joined Changing Ways’ Board of Directors, after performing in a gender-reversed Shakespearean play, in 2018.

In 2025, the director-producer of thirteen short films released a non-fiction debut and a fourth collaborative art installation while developing a feature- film debut in residency with Teatro Oficina . His sophomore collections of poetry and non-fiction are both set to appear with prominent Canadian publishers in 2027.

In 2020, Kevin initiated a Nichiren Buddhist practice that led him to live in residencies throughout Europe, Latin America, and east Asia. In 2025, he initiated practices of Transcendental Meditation and Brazilian jiu-jitsu—or, as he calls it, meditação com consequências—while living in São Paulo, Brazil.

I am Kascie (Kascindra) Shewan (she/her), currently serving as a Director/Secretary for the Changing Ways Board of Governors. My path to Changing Ways connects back to my research and teaching in Gender Studies, culminating in a PhD and postdoc on sexualized-violence prevention in Canada. I study the narratives that structure prevention—consent, bystanderism, self-defence—as they travel through media, classrooms, and policy, identifying how neoliberal citizenship narrows what “prevention” can do and how intersectional alternatives enable more accountable, reparative practice. This work is also personal; gender-based violence has touched my life, and that experience deepens my commitment to prevention, accountability, and repair.

I currently work as a Senior Researcher and Project Manager at Academica Group, a London-based firm supporting higher-education organizations in Canada and abroad. In this role, I lead compassionate qualitative research and help organizations conduct and move from research-based evidence to project implementation.

I’m a first-generation university grad and born-and-raised Londoner. Outside work, you will find me walking my Entlebucher puppy, tending to my over 50 houseplants, or enjoying beautiful Lake Huron. 

As the mother of one very busy son Shannon Brothers and her husband spend most of their time at the hockey arena or football field.  When not acting as chauffeur and personal chef she also spends her time doing jigsaw puzzles and volunteering with her local minor hockey association and Home & School.

Shannon has spent the last 24 years working for the Children’s Aid Society of London and Middlesex where she is the Supervisor of Placement and Permanency.  Prior to her current role she was the DV lead for the agency and sat on both the Executive for the London Coordinating Committee to End Woman Abuse and as a member of the High Risk Action Table for Femicide Prevention.  Shannon joined the Changing Ways Board in 2022. 

Despite her time spent in London Shannon is still an Islander at heart.  She moved from PEI to Ontario to complete her BSW in 1999 and one year lead to 5 and so on….She still returns to the Island every summer to visit family, eat lobster and play in the red dirt.

Dani Bartlett has been a committed advocate, mediator, and leader in the fight to end violence against women for more than 20 years. She served as Co-Chair of the London Coordinating Committee to End Women Abuse, where she worked with community partners to build safer systems, engage with perpetrators to prevent violence, and strengthen supports for survivors.

Professionally, Dani is a Business Representative with LiUNA Local 1059, representing workers in the industrial and construction trades, where she brings her deep knowledge of health and safety, labour rights, and equity into every negotiation and grievance process. She is also the Co-Executive Director of the Gender Equality Coalition of Ontario (GECO), leading systemic-change projects, mentoring women in skilled trades, and building inclusive programs across Ontario.

Dani is a trained women’s advocate and mediator, as well as a public speaker who has shared her expertise on labour, equity, and gender justice at conferences and community forums across Canada.

And something people might not know: Dani is a welder by trade. She began her career working with her hands in male-dominated environments, an experience that grounds her passion for creating equity, access, and safety for women and marginalized people in both workplaces and communities.