The Victoria Forum is bringing together influential business leaders, visionaries, activists, politicians and cultural influencers to discuss diversity and inclusion in society and organisations. We are expecting more than 50 innovative speakers from Canada and around the world. Please come often to learn more.
Speakers
RIGHT HONOURABLE KIM CAMPBELL
Peter Lougheed Leadership College - University of Alberta
LORD JOHN ALDERDICE
Commission on Freedom of Religion and Belief in Common Wealth Countries
RIGHT HONOURABLE PAUL MARTIN
Martin Family Initiative & Capital for Aboriginal Prosperity and Entrepreneurship
PERRY BELLEGARDE
Assembly of First Nations
LISA HELPS
City of Victoria
JUAN JOSÉ DABOUB
The Daboub Partnership™
SOPHIE PIERRE
Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation
HONOURABLE GEORGE HEYMAN
Environment and Climate Change Strategy
JALOUL AYED
MED Confederation, Euromed Capital Forum
HILARY PEARSON
Philanthropic Foundations Canada
ROBERTA JAMIESON
Indspire
ANNA MARIA TREMONTI
CBC Radio
DAN PONTEFRACT
TELUS
KEVIN MCCORT
Vancouver Foundation
BRENT BERGERON
Goldcorp
MARY ROZSA DE COQUET
Rozsa Foundation
BESSMA MOMANI
Political Science at the University of Waterloo
EVA BUSZA
Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
HONOURABLE YUEN PAU WOO
Senate of Canada
DANIEL MUZYKA
The Conference Board of Canada and the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business
KAMAL AL-SOLAYLEE
Ryerson University
JAMES STAUCH
Institute for Community Prosperity at Mount Royal University
SANDRA RICHARDSON
Victoria Foundation
DAVID MILLER
C40 Climate Leadership Group
ROBERT GREENHILL
Global Canada
JUNE WEBBER
St. Francis Xavier University
ELISSAR SARROUH
Expert Consulting on Governance Inc.
ESTELLA WHITE
JFK Law Corporation
BRITTANY HARKER MARTIN
Werklund Youth Leadership Centre, University of Calgary
JOHN BORROWS
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
MILES RICHARDSON
National Consortium for Indigenous Economic Development
HONORABLE JIM MUNSON
Senate of Canada
OLIVER SCHMIDTKE
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
GIULIANA NATALE
Office of Human Rights, Freedoms and Inclusion at Global Affairs Canada
PETER ROBINSON
Formerly David Suzuki Foundation
LORI BEAMAN
UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA
SYBIL SEITZINGER
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
ROY SUDDABY
Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria
ANDREW MARTON
Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives
LINDA SHEEHAN
Planet Pledge, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
EMILIE DE ROSENROLL
South Island Prosperity Project
WYLE BAOWEEN
HRx Technology
DOUG HORSWILL
Formerly Teck Resources
RITA PARIKH
Vancity Board of Directors
MICHAEL BYERS
University of British Columbia
MORRIS ROSENBERG
Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation
LEE FRANCOEUR
Eagle Law
DAN RUSCHEINSKI
ESRI Canada
DAVID USHER
Global Affairs Canada
JUDITH SAYERS
University of Victoria
MATTHEW COON COME
Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) / Chairperson of the Cree Regional Authority
TIM RAYBOULD
McGill University
NADIA TURKI
International Academy of Media and Diplomacy (IAMD)
ERIC SWANSON
Generation Squeeze
AVA HILL
Six Nations of the Grand River
EDE IJJASZ-VASQUEZ
World Bank Group
RALPH NILSON
Vancouver Island University
JOHN LONGBOTTOM
IBM Canada Ltd.
STEPHEN CORNISH
David Suzuki Foundation
CAROL ANNE HILTON
Transformation International
JACQUELINE PALLADINI
The Conference Board of Canada
JILLIAN STIRK
Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
KORY WILSON
British Columbia Institute of Technology
PAUL KERSHAW
School of Population and Public health, University of British Columbia
DARA KELLY
Peter B Gustavson School of Business at The University of Victoria
NORAH MCRAE
University of Victoria
CHRISTIAN KITTLESON
EY Advisory Services
JOAN ELANGOVAN
Vancouver Economic Commission
PETER R. ELSON
School of Public Administration, University of Victoria
STACEY FITZSIMMONS
JENNIFER PETRELA
Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
MING ZHANG
World Bank
MOHAN DENETTO
Economic and Business Opportunities, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
DAVID DUNNE
Gustavson School of Business
PAMELA DIVINSKY
The Mosaic Institute
JAMIE CASSELS
University of Victoria
JOCELYN STACEY
Peter Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
BRENT MAINPRIZE
University of Victoria
CHARLES HARVEY
Newcastle University
SANDRA HUCULAK
Alberta Treasury Branch
DAVID BOYD
University of British Columbia
EMILY GILES
World Wildlife Fund Canada
ALDEN HABACON
University of British Columbia
BRIAN LEACOCK
Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria
ROBIN MCLAY
Vancouver Island University
IBRAHIM HAJ-IBRAHIM
Syrian Refugee
SAMER AL-JBAWI
Syrian Refugee / Somali Centre for Family Services
ANNE-BERNICE THOMAS
University of Victoria
GEOFFREY CAMERON
University of Toronto
Jean-Nicolas Beuze
UNHCR
SIKU ALLOOLOO
Indigenous Climate Action
ERIN AYLWARD
University of Toronto