Centrepiece Presentation: Apolo

Tainá Müller, Ísis Broken

Tainá Müller is an actress, filmmaker, and journalist who graduated from PUC-RS. She began her career as an international model and, before dedicating herself fully to acting, worked as a reporter for MTV.

Isis Broken is an actress from Sergipe and granddaughter of a repentista (improvisational poet), whose career combines music, acting, and activism.

Clio Lake (Panelist)

Clio Lake (they/she) is a public health advocate, community organiser, and poet living on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, & Tsleil-Waututh land. They are a director at Sagah, an organiser for the Vancouver Dyke March, and the Community Co-Chair for the BC Health Coalition. Lake completed a Master of Public Health at SFU, where she specialised in queer and trans health, social change theories, and protecting the dolls. <3 In 2026, they were a BC recipient of the January Award for 2S/LGBTQIA+ leadership.

Emery Clendenen (Panelist)

Emery Clendenen (they/them) is a therapist, social worker, community organizer, and devoted pet uncle. They currently live and work on Ohlone land (Bay Area, CA) and are of white European settler ancestry. Emery works at a primary care clinic for low income queer + trans youth, organizes with Healthcare Workers for Palestine, and reads copious amounts of queer sci-fi and fantasy books.

Evan Matchett-Wong (Panelist)

Evan Matchett-Wong is a Two-Spirit individual from Treaty 6 Territory of Dene (Cold Lake), Chinese, and Irish descent, and has been living on the Unceded Territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples as an uninvited guest for the past 5 years. They are a local community leader and public health advocate, and a hand embroidery artist.