Access and Impact for Women Refugee Employment

Janice Lopatkin MBE

Janice has over 25 years’ experience working for a range of charities and social businesses, developing, and managing large scale projects. At World Jewish Relief Janice manages the Specialist Training and Employment Programme (STEP) in partnership with local charities and local government. STEP is an award winning programme and delivers the largest programme for refugee employment support in the UK. In 2021 with a group of refugee support organisations Janice set up the Refugee Employment Network (REN). REN's members are a combination of NGOs, Local authorities and employers. REN aims to ensure that every refugee in the UK can access appropriate, fulfilling, paid employment or self-employment. Janice was awarded an MBE for services to refugees in the June 2019 honours list.

Hunter Canning

Hunter Canning is a New York based actor, puppeteer, producer and photographer. A conscience citizen of the world, his ethos is bringing people together through all the facets of his life. Be it producing live performance downtown, creating corporate recruitment content or photographing portraiture, red carpets and live events; Hunter has a passion for bringing people together to foster growth, kindness and a true understanding of each other.

Raised in the outer canyons of Los Angeles, Hunter has been a professional actor in New York for the past decade. Notable credits include Broadway’s War Horse (Lincoln Center), Blue Bloods (CBS), The Baker & The Beauty (ABC) and Ray Donovan (Showtime). A career that has seen dizzying heights, all the while remaining with his two feet on the ground.

It is with great pleasure that Hunter joins the Power To Fly community to host and mediate its forums. He looks forward to meeting you all and connecting you with the amazing team of professionals they have brought together.