Kenu is a MMA fighter and coach based in London who renders his Tamil identity to proudly represent his heritage.

The Honourable Anita Anand, former Minister of National Defence and Public Services and Procurement, is this year's keynote speaker.

The Tamil Academic Journal is a young organization and the only one of its kind in the global Tamil space.

"I was born and raised in Toronto’s west-end in the Jane and Falstaff neighbourhood. Much of what shaped my decision to go into journalism stemmed from my childhood there as well as my Tamil roots. For all the good that came from living in that community, many outsiders only knew it for the bad: the drugs, the crime, the shootings. And why not? It felt like news organizations ventured north of the 401 only when there was a murder or a shooting."