ORATEURS 

Jacob Adams

Jacob Adams is the Director of Sustainability and Optimization at the Arrow Group, where he has been a key contributor for the past eight years. Jacob began his career as a Business Analyst, gaining valuable insights into the industry before transitioning to operations, where he spent three years in Price George from 2017 to 2020. In his current role, Jacob is responsible for driving Arrow’s sustainability initiatives, with a focus on carbon, energy, and waste management. He also oversees the company’s sustainability roadmap, ensuring that Arrow meets its ambitious environmental goals. Additionally, Jacob is dedicated to optimizing business processes, enhancing customer service through BI reporting, logistical improvements, and data-driven solutions. His extensive experience and innovative approach make him a leader in advancing sustainable business practices in the transportation industry. 

Gaagwiis Jason Alsop

Elected President of the Haida Nation and a member of the Ts’aahl Eagle Clan, Gaagwiis has been involved in the governance of the Haida Nation since 2010. He has served the community as a manager, leader and educator, including managing Haida Heritage sites, visitor interactions, tourism infrastructure and planning related to Haida culture and language, and Indigenous tourism development on Haida Gwaii, the Northern BC region and provincially.

Gaagwiis was one of inaugural instructors of the Haida Gwaii Higher Education Society (Haida Gwaii Semester in Reconciliation Studies) and is a graduate of Royal Roads University with MA in Tourism Management. His Masters research project examined the landmark Gwaii Haanas Agreement as a demonstration of reconciliation in action. His research, which explored the effectiveness of the agreement at meeting employment and training objectives from a Haida community perspective, was recognized with a Governor Generals Gold Medal award in 2018.

During his time with the Council of the Haida Nation, Gaagwiis has served on SGaan Kinghlas/Bowie Seamount management board and as a member of the Archipelago Management Board of Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area Reserve, and Haida Heritage Site.

Maire Marianne Alto

La mairesse de Victoria, Marianne Alto, est une facilitatrice de formation possédant des diplômes universitaires en droit et en sciences. Femme d'affaires active dans des causes communautaires depuis des décennies, Marianne a été élue pour la première fois au conseil municipal de Victoria en 2010, puis élue mairesse en 2022.

Le maire Alto est actuellement coprésident du conseil de police de Victoria/Esquimalt, en plus de nombreux autres comités et organismes organisationnels à Victoria, dans la région de la capitale et au-delà. Le maire Alto est la matriarche de la famille de la ville (une collaboration unique entre la ville, les nations Songhees et Esquimalt) ayant entretenu une longue et riche relation avec ces nations. 

Fervent défenseur d’une offre accrue de logements et d’un prix abordable, le maire Alto facilite activement le discours civil en faveur de la réalisation d’une ville intentionnellement transformée. Le maire Alto a organisé la première collaboration de la ville avec Island Health et des prestataires de services travaillant dans les divers domaines de la réduction des méfaits, des toxicomanies et de la santé mentale, et a lancé le premier portail de données ouvertes de la ville, renforçant ainsi l'engagement de la ville en faveur d'un gouvernement ouvert. Elle continue de s'engager à étendre les efforts de la ville en matière de technologie de ville intelligente, en particulier dans la mesure où elle renforce la capacité de Victoria en matière d'adaptation au climat, de planification et d'intervention en cas de catastrophe, en optimisant l'engagement et l'inclusion des citoyens, les transports publics et les cycles de vie des infrastructures.  

Mariée et mère de deux garçons, Marianne est une militante de longue date qui milite vigoureusement en faveur de l’équité, de l’inclusion et de la justice pour tous. Elle possède et exploite Azimuth Research & Consulting, une société spécialisée dans la résolution de problèmes, la gestion et la facilitation du changement. 

Mayor Rebecca Alty

Rebecca Alty is serving her second term as Mayor of Yellowknife. Prior to being elected as Mayor, she served as a Yellowknife City Councillor for two terms, from 2012 – 2018, and worked in communications and community relations for the Diavik Diamond Mine, NGO’s, and the Government of the Northwest Territories.

Outside of work, she enjoys walking, gardening and traveling.

Mayor Alty is bilingual in French and English, so feel free to share your concerns, comments or suggestions in either language.

Dr Mike Ananny

Mike Annanny est professeur agrégé de communication et de journalisme et faculté affiliée des sciences, de la technologie et de la société de l'Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism de l'Université de Californie du Sud.

Il étudie la façon dont les gens construisent les infrastructures d’information numérique, les systèmes algorithmiques et les intelligences artificielles qui créent la vie publique – et tente de montrer comment ces cultures et systèmes peuvent mieux servir les intérêts publics.

Il codirige le collectif interdisciplinaire de l'USC MASTS (Media As SocioTechnical Systems), le projet de la Sloan Foundation Knowing Machines (avec Kate Crawford et Jason Schultz) et le Center on Generative AI and Society de l'USC, et est membre du comité directeur du Center de l'USC. sur la science, la technologie et la vie publique.

Il a été professeur invité à l'Institut des sciences sociales et humaines de l'Université d'Helsinki en 2022, Berggruen Fellow 2018-19 au Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences de l'Université de Stanford, et a obtenu des bourses d'études auprès de la Society of Fellows in the Humanities de l'USC. , le Tow Center for Digital Journalism de l'Université Columbia, le Berkman-Klein Center on Internet and Society de Harvard, le Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society de Stanford, la Fondation Pierre Elliott Trudeau, LEGO et Interval Research. Il a été membre fondateur du Media Lab Europe, postdoctorant au Social Media Collective de Microsoft Research et a été consultant pour LEGO, Mattel et Nortel Networks.

Il est l'auteur de Liberté de la presse en réseau (MIT Press, 2018), co-éditrice (avec Laura Forlano et Molly Wright Steenson) de Futures Bauhaus (MIT Press, 2019), et prépare un manuscrit sur le pouvoir public du silence (sous contrat avec Yale University Press). Il publie dans divers lieux universitaires interdisciplinaires, notamment en journalisme et études des médias, en études scientifiques et technologiques et en études critiques sur Internet, et donne régulièrement des commentaires d'experts aux médias nationaux et internationaux sur les événements et controverses contemporains.

Il est titulaire d'un doctorat de l'Université de Stanford (communication), d'une maîtrise du MIT Media Laboratory, d'un baccalauréat (informatique et biologie humaine) de l'Université de Toronto et écrit pour des publications de presse populaires, notamment L'Atlantique, CÂBLÉ, celui de Harvard Laboratoire Niéman, et le Revue de journalisme de Columbia.

Dean Vanessa Andreotti

Dr. Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti, Dean of the Faculty of Education. Dr. Andreotti is a former Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change and a former David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education. Dr. Andreotti has held academic positions in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Finland.

She has worked extensively across disciplines, sectors and communities problematizing and offering alternatives to common approaches to social change that reproduce simplistic solutions to complex problems, paternalistic relationships with historically and systemically marginalized communities and ethnocentric ideals of sustainability, equity and justice. She is one of the co-founders of the Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures (GTDF) Arts/Research Collective.

Dr. Andreotti is also a member of the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada. She joins the Faculty of Education at UVic with a mandate to advance decolonization, Indigenization, equity, justice and climate resilience efforts.

Anjali Appadurai

Anjali Appadurai is a climate justice campaigner and political strategist. She got her start organizing youth movements from around the world to ensure that Global South social movements’ demands were heard in the halls of power. Today, Anjali is Campaigns Director at the Climate Emergency Unit and runs the Padma Centre for Climate Justice, a project that brings together diasporic communities to build power around issues of climate and economic justice. Anjali has also engaged with the electoral system, running as an NDP candidate in the 2021 federal election and as a candidate in the 2022 BCNDP leadership race.

Honorable Janet Austin

L'honorable Janet Austin a prêté serment en tant que 30e lieutenant-gouverneur de la Colombie-Britannique le 24 avril 2018. Avant cette nomination, elle a passé 15 ans en tant que directrice générale du YWCA Metro Vancouver, l'un des organismes non gouvernementaux les plus importants et les plus diversifiés de la province. bénéfices. Là, elle a supervisé les opérations fournissant des services à des dizaines de milliers de personnes chaque année sur plus de 40 sites.

Élevée en Alberta, Son Honneur a passé le début de sa carrière dans des postes dans le secteur public à Calgary, travaillant dans la planification régionale, la consultation publique et les communications pour le gouvernement provincial. Elle a finalement déménagé en Colombie-Britannique, où elle a commencé à travailler pour BC Housing et a découvert sa passion et ses aptitudes pour les fonctions publiques. Avant de se joindre au YWCA, Son Honneur a été directrice générale des Grandes Sœurs du Lower Mainland de la Colombie-Britannique et a fait du bénévolat pour de nombreuses organisations dans le but d'aider à améliorer la vie des autres, en plus de siéger à divers conseils d'administration allant de Translink à Women's Health. Institut de recherche.

Son Honneur est Chancelière de l'Ordre de la Colombie-Britannique et a été investie membre de l'Ordre en 2016. En tant que lieutenant-gouverneur, elle a identifié trois thèmes clés pour son mandat : la promotion de la diversité et de l'inclusion, la démocratie et l'engagement civique, et la réconciliation. .

L'honorable Lloyd Axworthy

The Honourable Lloyd Axworthy is the chair of the World Refugee & Migration Council and one of Canada’s leading voices on global migration and refugee protection. After a 27-year political career, where he served as Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Employment and Immigration, among other postings, Mr. Axworthy has continued to work extensively on human security, refugee protection and human rights in Canada and abroad. He was presented with the Pearson Peace Medal by the Governor General of Canada in May 2017 and is a Companion of the Order of Canada. In his term as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Winnipeg, Mr. Axworthy initiated innovative programs for migrant and aboriginal youth communities and has also done a great deal of work on refugee reform as a Richard von Weizsäcker fellow at Germany’s Robert Bosch Academy.

Sébastien Beaulieu

Sébastien Beaulieu est cadre supérieur à Affaires mondiales Canada et diplomate de carrière depuis 1998. Il est actuellement directeur général, Sécurité et gestion des urgences, et chef de la sécurité.

Il a été chef de cabinet du sous-ministre délégué des Affaires étrangères (2010-12), ambassadeur du Canada en Tunisie (2012-15), directeur exécutif des relations avec le Moyen-Orient (2015-17) et en Syrie.

Envoyé (2017-19), ainsi qu'ambassadeur du Canada au Sénégal (2019-21).

Il a également travaillé sur les relations canado-américaines, les changements climatiques, la sécurité internationale, la politique commerciale et les litiges commerciaux internationaux, en plus de missions à Genève et à Paris. Pour soutenir la diplomatie publique du Canada, il est engagé à l'Université de Victoria en tant que professeur adjoint à la Peter B. Gustavson School of Business et co-fondateur du Victoria Forum.

Éducation:

• Baccalauréat en sciences sociales, Université de Moncton, NB, Canada (1995).
• Juris Doctor (JD), Université McGill, Montréal, QC, Canada (1998).
• Rédacteur en chef, Revue de droit de McGill (1997-98).
• Barreau de l'Ontario, Ontario, Canada (2000).

George Benson

George P.R. Benson is a globally recognised leader on economic development, cities, and climate action. He has worked across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors and currently leads the Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC)’s economic development team. George’s team supports businesses, especially small ones, in finding profitable ways to join or expand the zero-carbon economy. Outside of ZEIC, George has previously been involved with the Canadian and American urban planning associations, work with the World Economic Forum, and as a ministerial advisor on BC’s Climate Solutions Council. 

Daniel Bernhard

Daniel is a first-generation Canadian who has dedicated his career to public benefit following a short stint in corporate consulting. He has led and advised charities, foundations, and government agencies in North America, Europe, and the Middle East to build and deliver creative, transformational programs that advance the public good.

Daniel is also a qualified software developer. He speaks English, French and Spanish and holds degrees from the LSE and Cambridge.

Mark Brajer

  Mark Brajer joined Tsartlip Group of Companies (TGoC) in February 2024 as Chief Executive Officer. Mark is responsible for overseeing the economic development and all business operations, subsidiary companies, and joint ventures. TGoC is the economic development arm of the Tsartlip First Nation (W̱JOȽEȽP) in Brentwood Bay, BC. 

Mark had spent the previous six years as CEO of the Tlicho Investment Corporation (TIC). TIC is the economic development and business arm for the Tlicho First Nation near Yellowknife, NT. His work with first nations and northern employment was quite extensive with the turnaround and expansion of the TIC business. There is a drive to improve the sustainability of the organization, grow the business organically and inorganically, diversify the corporation, increase capacity and provide the Tsartlip with a proud sustainable economic development business across the region. 

His career has been largely in the economic development, operations, supply chain and engineering areas over a 30-year career, half at an executive level. He has worked across North America before starting his position with TGoC. Mark has worked for E.D. Smith, Alberto-Culver, Unilever, Epicure, the Tlicho Investment Corporation and now the Tsartlip Group of Companies. 

Mark has undergraduate degrees in Chemical Engineering (B.Eng.) and Chemistry (B.Sc.) from McMaster University, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Heriot-Watt University in Scotland, and a Food Science Certificate from Guelph University. Mark is a licensed engineer in British Columbia, Ontario, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the Yukon. 

Mr. Brajer currently sits on the boards of Canadian Council for Indigenous Business, the Corporate Indigenous Relations Council, is a Senior Fellow with Arctic 360 and has served on many community and not-for-profit boards across the country. Mark currently lives in Victoria, BC. 

Donneton Brown

Donneton Brown graduated from the University of Ottawa with a double major in Gender Studies and Political Science and has a diploma in the Assaulted Women’s and Children’s Advocate/Counselor program from George Brown College. In 2023, she was one of 20 Black youth from across Canada chosen for the 1834 Fellowship. Her work experience includes the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, The Pearson Centre and the Senate of Canada. With Operation Black Vote Canada and the Senate, she was a principal organizer of the Vote16 Ottawa Summit in May of this year as part of her focus on women’s and human rights.

Kim C. Baird

Kim Baird est une leader accomplie qui conseille les communautés autochtones, les gouvernements, les entreprises et d'autres organisations sur les questions autochtones. Elle est chancelière de l'Université polytechnique de Kwantlen et propriétaire de Kim Baird Strategic Consulting. Son objectif continu est d'améliorer la qualité de vie des peuples autochtones grâce à ses services en matière de politique, de gouvernance et de développement économique des Premières Nations ; ainsi que les questions de consultation, de communication et d’engagement des Premières Nations. Kim aide également à la planification de la réconciliation pour les entreprises et les organisations. Kim est reconnue pour ses compétences en communication, en négociation et en animation, et possède une vaste expérience de prise de parole en public. Elle est membre de plusieurs conseils d'administration, notamment de la Banque d'infrastructure du Canada et de FPX Nickel Corp. Kim est membre de l'Ordre de la Colombie-Britannique et de l'Ordre du Canada, est lauréate Indspire et détient le titre d'Institut des administrateurs de sociétés.

Stephanie Cairns

Stephanie is the Director of Strategic Policy at the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions. Over the last 30 years she has worked on circular economy, sustainable communities, climate and carbon pricing policies with leading climate change and environmental non-governmental organizations, research institutes, and expert panels, including the International Institute for Sustainable Development, the Municipal Natural Assets Initiative, le Smart Prosperity Institute, and the Pembina Institute. She was the first woman appointed as National President of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, is past Chair of the Galiano Conservancy Association, and is currently a Coordinating Lead Author for the North American Biodiversity and Climate Change Assessment.

Stephanie has advised political leaders at every order of Canadian jurisdiction, and held the 2022/23 Kinross Chair in Environmental Governance at the University of Guelph. She has a Clean50 Lifetime Achievement award and shares a Harkin Conservation Award.

Sénateur Andrew Cardozo

Sénateur Andrew Cardozo est un expert reconnu en politiques publiques, chroniqueur et artiste. Ses domaines d'expertise en matière de politique couvrent le gouvernement et la politique canadienne, la radiodiffusion et la politique culturelle, le développement des compétences, en particulier l'avenir du travail, le multiculturalisme et la diversité.

Il a été nommé au Sénat sur les conseils du premier ministre Justin Trudeau en novembre 2022, avant quoi il était président et cofondateur du Centre Pearson pour une politique progressiste. Au cours de la dernière décennie, il a travaillé à élever le dialogue ouvert sur les politiques publiques en réunissant des leaders d'opinion de tous les horizons politiques, du monde des affaires, des syndicats, des ONG et du grand public pour relever les défis majeurs auxquels est confrontée la société canadienne. Avant cela, il a été directeur général de l'Alliance des conseils sectoriels travaillant sur le développement des compétences dans une trentaine de secteurs économiques, et directeur général du Conseil ethnoculturel du Canada, où il a travaillé sur les politiques et la législation en matière d'équité en matière d'emploi, d'immigration, de multiculturalisme et de développement durable au Canada. Constitution.

Le sénateur Cardozo est chroniqueur au Toronto Star et à Broadcast Dialogue et, depuis 2014, collaborateur régulier du Hill Times. Il a également été professeur adjoint et chargé de cours à l'École de journalisme et de communication de l'Université Carleton.

Il a été commissaire du Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes (CRTC), où il a défendu le contenu canadien et la diversité en radiodiffusion et a joué un rôle clé dans l'attribution de licences au Réseau de télévision des peuples autochtones (APTN). Depuis, il s'est porté volontaire comme arbitre auprès du Conseil canadien des normes de la radiotélévision.

Le sénateur Cardozo était un père au foyer lorsque ses enfants étaient jeunes. Immigrant originaire d'Asie du Sud, originaire de Goa, en Inde et de Karachi, au Pakistan, il a travaillé à l'intégration réussie des questions de diversité dans la politique publique canadienne. Il a été membre du conseil d'administration du Centre catholique pour immigrants (Ottawa), du YMCA-YWCA de la région de la capitale nationale, du Réseau Éducation-Médias, de l'Institute of Media Arts, Policy and Civil Society (Vancouver) et a été actif auprès des Big Brothers Big Sœurs (Ottawa).

Il a reçu plusieurs prix: le prix DreamKeepers Citation for Outstanding Leadership 2023 commémorant le rôle historique du Dr Martin Luther King Jr., la Médaille du 125e anniversaire de la Confédération du Canada, le Reelworld Film Festival Guardian Angel Award (Toronto), le Prix annuel du Centre de recherche-action sur les relations sociales, CRARR (Montréal) et Big Brother de l'année (Ottawa).

Le sénateur Cardozo est titulaire d'un baccalauréat ès arts (avec distinction) en sciences politiques de l'Université York et d'une maîtrise ès arts en administration publique de l'Université Carleton. Il a également étudié l'art à l'École d'art d'Ottawa et est un artiste accompli, généralement spécialisé dans les paysages abstraits. Il a été présenté dans plusieurs expositions d'art dans la région d'Ottawa, tandis que son art est exposé dans de nombreux pays. Il a deux enfants adultes qui vivent et travaillent à Ottawa.

Dr Liz Carlson-Manathara

Dr Elizabeth Carlson-Manathara est professeur agrégé à l'École de travail social de l'Université Laurentienne et chercheur non autochtone dont les travaux portent sur les rôles des peuples non autochtones dans la décolonisation et les relations liées aux traités, ainsi que sur les méthodologies anticoloniales et le changement décolonial par l'éducation publique et le cinéma. . Elle est co-auteur du livre Vivre dans la souveraineté autochtone et un cinéaste avec le Histoires de décolonisation Projet de cinéma.

Claire Carver-Dias

Claire’s professional life has straddled the worlds of sport, business and academia. A PhD specializing in English and Communications as well as an MBA (Cornell/Queens), Claire has won medals in synchronized swimming at the Olympic (bronze), Pan American (two gold), World Championship (two bronze) and Commonwealth Games (two gold).

In 2004, she launched Clearday, her own communications coaching consultancy, combining her appreciation of effective business coaching techniques; strategy road-mapping; and keen understanding of teaming, performance management, and communications, to help corporate leaders and their organizations achieve their full potential. Her corporate clients have included large multi-national corporations, as well as not-for-profit foundations and sport organizations. Claire is an adjunct professor in the Management department at the University of Toronto Mississauga.

Claire served twice as Chef de Mission for Team Canada – at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, and as Co-Chef at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Formerly, Claire was a Director on the board of the Coaching Association of Canada, a member of the Editorial Board for the Canadian Journal for Women in Coaching, and President of AthletesCAN. She was elected by her fellow Olympians to serve as Chair of the OLY Canada Commission. She holds a coaching certification from the International Coaching Federation.

Claire resides in Oakville, Ontario with her husband and four children.

Sean Casey

Sean was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland but grew up in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Accounting from Saint Francis Xavier University. He worked for NBTel before attending Dalhousie Law School, graduating in 1988. While attending Dalhousie, he was on the Student Union Executive and served as President of the Law Students Association.

Upon graduating, Sean served as a summer student at what was then Scales Jenkins and McQuaid (now Stewart McKelvey) in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He continued to work with the firm and was named a partner at 29 years of age. In 2003, Sean left the firm to take a leadership role in the family business, commonly known as Paderno. That was also the year he ran his first of 4 marathons.

In 2008, Sean rejoined Stewart McKelvey where he served as Regional Managing Partner. In 2011, Sean was elected the Member of Parliament of Charlottetown. He was re-elected in 2015, 2019, and again most recently in 2021. In Parliament, Sean has served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, as well as the Chair of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, and Chair of the Liberal Atlantic Caucus. Sean is currently the Chair of the Standing Committee on Health, and a member of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. Sean lives in Charlottetown with his wife, Deirdre and their dog, Yoda.

Michael Cholod

Michael Cholod is a technology leader, decentralist and humanitarian. As Executive Director of the Peer Social Foundation, a Vancouver-based non-profit software development company, Michael is dedicated to developing decentralized internet architectures and technologies that promote privacy and self-attested digital identity for everyone.

The Peer Social Foundation is a founding member of The Peace Coalition, an international, non-profit association of NGOs, academic institutions and independent experts in HLP restitution developing a comprehensive package of policy technology and practical guidance aimed at preserving Peace by putting a price on War in the hopes of preventing future conflict.

Michael is currently coordinating with local and international experts and donors to pilot an HLP mass claims restitution process by conducting rebuilding projects in war affected towns and villages across Ukraine.

Andrew Chunilall

Andrew joined Community Foundations Canada in 2013 and became CEO in 2017, following a six-year tenure as Vice-President of Finance for the London Community Foundation and his long-standing service as a finance and regulatory expert for Canada’s philanthropic milieu. Now at the head of the community foundation movement, Andrew is working closely with the Community Foundations of Canada Leadership team, Board and foundations in Canada and abroad to help the philanthropic sector transform, innovate and meet the new challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. An increasingly active public speaker, Andrew is helping raise awareness for how the philanthropic sector’s convening power, leadership and action around targets such as the Sustainable Development Goals can help Canadian communities reach their full potential.

Outside of Community Foundations of Canada, Andrew has been highly active in the nonprofit community for 15 years, serving on numerous boards including Community Living London and Art for AIDS International. In 2014, he was appointed to the Board of the Southwest Local Health Integration Network by former Minister of Health, Deb Matthews. In 2015, he was among 250 selected emerging leaders to participate in the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference. He recently joined the Board of WINGS, the global network of grantmaker associations and philanthropic support organisations.

With a background in education in economics and commerce, Andrew obtained his chartered accountant designation in 2002 and began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as a manager in the Assurance and Advisory Group.

Mayor Charlie Clark

Charlie Clark was re-elected Mayor of Saskatoon in 2020 for a second term with a mandate to build a strong economic future where no one is left behind. Charlie will do this by continuing to foster innovative partnerships that build solutions to keep people safe, keep people working, and strive to make Saskatoon the most livable mid-sized city in Canada.

Charlie is passionate about Saskatoon. He believes our history of innovation, problem-solving, and collaboration can position us as a leading city across Canada. His approach is centered on the belief that partnerships among groups with different perspectives can offer the best solutions to the challenges being faced by cities across the world. He is committed to building a community where people see each other’s strengths instead of differences, where families can thrive, and children are able to see a future for themselves here.

He is married to Sarah Buhler, a law professor at the University of Saskatchewan, and they have three children: Simon, Ben, and Rachel.  

Previous to serving as mayor, Charlie was the Ward 6 City Councillor for ten years. Before elected life, he worked in the areas of mediation and community economic development. He has bachelor’s degrees in conflict resolution and education as well as a master’s degree in environmental studies.  

Le Rt. L'honorable Joe Clark

Joe Clark (né le 5 juin 1939 à High River, Alberta, Canada) est un homme politique canadien qui a servi de premier ministre de Canada de juin 1979 à mars 1980, le plus jeune à avoir remporté ce poste.

Clark a obtenu un baccalauréat en histoire (1960) et une maîtrise en science politique (1973) du Université de l'Alberta et y enseigne les sciences politiques de 1965 à 1967. Il est actif en politique depuis 1957 en faveur du parti progressiste. Conservateur Faire la fête; de 1962 à 1965, il fut président national de la Fédération étudiante progressiste-conservatrice. En 1967, il dirigea l'organisation de la campagne qui amena Peter Lougheed au pouvoir en tant que premier ministre de l'Alberta et, de 1967 à 1970, il a été adjoint exécutif de Robert Stanfield, alors le chef conservateur du Chambre des communes. Clark lui-même a été élu pour la première fois au Parlement en 1972 et il a été élu chef de son parti en 1976.

En 1979 le Progressistes-conservateurs a remporté une pluralité de sièges au Parlement et Clark est devenu le chef d'un gouvernement minoritaire. Cependant, six mois seulement après son entrée en fonction, son gouvernement tomba sur une question budgétaire ; aux élections générales de février-mars 1980, son parti fut battu par les libéraux dirigés par Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Clark a été chef du Parti progressiste-conservateur jusqu'en 1983. Cette année-là, il a tenu une réunion officielle d'élection du chef et a été défait par Brian Mulroney. Clark a servi dans le gouvernement Mulroney en tant que secrétaire d'État aux Affaires extérieures (1984-1991) et président du Conseil privé de la Reine (1991-1993).

Il a également servi brièvement (1993) comme Les Nations Unies représentant spécial auprès de Chypre. En 1998, Clark fut de nouveau élu chef du parti progressiste. Conservateurs, et en 2000, il a remporté un siège à la Chambre des communes. Il a démissionné de son poste de chef du parti en 2003 et l’année suivante, il a démissionné de la législature. En 2006, Clark est devenu professeur au Centre d'études sur les zones en développement de université McGill. Il écrivit plus tard Comment nous dirigeons : le Canada dans un siècle de changement (2013).

Christine Clarke

Christina Clarke is Executive Director of the Indigenous Prosperity Centre, a not-for-profit committed to the self-directed economic vision of First Nations and Indigenous Peoples throughout Southern Vancouver Island. She looks forward to facilitating the economic goals of First Nations and Indigenous people as co-creators of an inclusive economy.

Before joining the IPC, Clarke spent 27 years with the Songhees Nation, serving as Senior Finance Manager, Executive Director and as inaugural CEO of the Songhees Development Corporation. Clarke is a board member of the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce and a former board member of the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority and South Island Prosperity Partnership. In 2022, she was appointed to UVic’s Board of Governors.

A graduate of the UVic, Clarke honours her NunatuKavit ancestry through her mother and is proud of her first generation Irish Canadian Father.

Blaine Cook

Doyenne Wanda Costen

Dr. Wanda Costen, Dean of Smith School of Business, joined the Queen’s University community in July 2021. Dr. Costen is known for being a champion of inclusiveness in business, and her collaborative approach to leadership brings a unique combination of experience in academic leadership, research and teaching, as well as senior management roles in the private and public sector.

Senator Brent Cotter

Brent Cotter is one of Canada’s foremost legal ethicists, with extensive experience in public service and the law.

A former professor at Dalhousie Law School and former dean of the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan, he is one of the original professors and writers in the field of legal ethics in Canada. He is a member of the Law Society of Saskatchewan and the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society.

Mr. Cotter has served as Saskatchewan’s Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General. He also served as Saskatchewan’s Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs and Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs, where he led the development and implementation of a nationally recognized, government-wide program of services for First Nations and Métis peoples. He subsequently chaired the Government of Saskatchewan’s Independent Commission that provides civilian oversight of police.

Mr. Cotter is a founding board member of the Canadian Association for Legal Ethics. He has served on various boards, including an advisory board to Inclusion Saskatchewan and as President of the Canadian Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement. He served as the President of the Council of Canadian Law Deans, as well as a member of the board of directors of the Saskatchewan Literacy Foundation, and as the University Fundraising Chair for the United Way. He was also a member of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada’s Advisory Committee on Implementation of Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action.

For his ongoing dedication to public service and his community, Mr. Cotter was awarded the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal, the Canadian Bar Association of Saskatchewan’s Distinguished Service Award, and the Teaching Excellence Award from the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan. Recently, Senator Cotter was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Canadian Association for Legal Ethics (CALE/ACEJ).

Mr. Cotter holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Saskatchewan, as well as a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws from Dalhousie University.

Senator Cotter is currently serving as Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, as a member of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, and as Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators.

Gregor Craigie

Gregor Craigie has been a journalist for more than 25 years at the BBC World Service, CBC Radio, CBS Radio and Public Radio International. He has hosted On The Island on CBC Radio One in Victoria, BC, since 2007. His first book, On Borrowed Time: North America’s Next Big Quake, was a finalist for both the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy and the City of Victoria Book Prize, and was a Globe and Mail Top 100 book in 2021.

His latest adult nonfiction book is Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada’s Housing Crisis, which was published by Random House Canada and became an instant national bestseller. His first novel, Radio Jet Lag, was published in 2023 and was longlisted for this year’s Leacock Medal for Canadian humour writing.

Dr. Curran Crawford

Dr. Curran Crawford is the Executive Director of the Accelerating Community Energy Transformation (ACET) initiative, led by the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems (IESVic) at the University of Victoria. He also co-directs the Pacific Regional Institute for Marine Energy Discovery (PRIMED) with Dr. Buckham, focusing on assisting community energy planning and demonstration projects to integrate marine renewables into remote Indigenous community micro-grids to displace diesel. His core research is focused on energy system modeling, optimization and control, with a particular focus on machine learning and multi-disciplinary/fidelity optimization techniques applied to energy systems digital twins. He leads projects partnered witha range of industrial, local/provincial/federal government/Indigenous and academic partners to innovate in the area of renewable energy systems. Particular technology foci include wind energyand tidal generation, e-transportation, energy storage systems and microgrids, and carbon capturewith many projects involving multi-disciplinary collaborations and working with community partners to understand real-world deployment options including social acceptance and policy implications.

Jeff Cyr

Jeff is mixed heritage, Métis and European and hails from the White Horse Plains area of Southern Manitoba, the traditional Buffalo Hunt staging grounds. For nearly 20 years, he has provided strategic leadership for Indigenous, not-for-profit, and government organizations. Jeff has helped create and implement the community-driven outcomes contract (a unique pay-for-success social finance model) and the Indigenous Solutions Lab process, which earned him an Ashoka Fellowship. Jeff is a proud husband to Nicole and father of five and currently lives and works on unceded Algonquin lands in what is now known as Ottawa, Ontario.

Bianca da Silva

Bianca Da Silva has 15 years of experience in the textile and apparel industry, across both manufacturing and brand sectors. Bianca’s expertise spans across supply chain management, quality control, raw materials sourcing and development, production optimization, process improvement, change management, innovation and environmental sustainability. Bianca holds diplomas in Textile, Business Management Supply Chain, and Marketing, complemented by an MBA in Sustainable Innovation with the University of Victoria. Her professional journey is marked by a commitment to integrating sustainable practices within the textile/apparel industries. Most recently, Bianca joined the Board of Directors of a Vancouver based non-profit organization tackling textile waste.

Yuliia Darnytska

Yuliia Darnytska is a member of the Chernihiv City Council and also serves on the Committee for Socioeconomic Development. She holds a position as a board member of the Chernihiv Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In addition, she is the founder of the charitable organization ‘Yuliia Darnytska Foundation’. In the past, she held the role of Director at the Regional Development Agency of the Chernihiv region. Her active involvement has resulted in several renovation and development initiatives within the city of Chernihiv.

Sénatrice Donna Dasko

Donna Dasko a été nommée au Sénat par le premier ministre Justin Trudeau le 6 juin 2018.

Elle est une sondeuse nationale respectée, une commentatrice médiatique et une chef d'entreprise du secteur privé possédant une expérience considérable en matière de politique publique. Elle est titulaire d'un doctorat. et une maîtrise de l'Université de Toronto et un BA (avec distinction) de l'Université du Manitoba.

Le Dr Dasko était auparavant vice-président principal d'Environics Research Group Ltd et a fait passer l'entreprise d'un petit cabinet de conseil à l'une des principales sociétés de recherche au Canada. Au cours de sa carrière, elle a dirigé d'importantes études de recherche pour des ministères et organismes fédéraux et provinciaux, des clients du secteur privé et des ONG, dans des domaines tels que l'économie, les priorités budgétaires, la lutte antitabac, la promotion de la santé, l'unité nationale et bien d'autres. Elle a joué un rôle de premier plan dans le développement de sondages parrainés par les médias, notamment le sondage Globe-Environics et des sondages électoraux et spéciaux pour la SRC.

En tant que bénévole communautaire, elle a occupé de nombreux postes, notamment celui de présidente de la Maison communautaire St. Stephen's, de directrice de Centraide du Grand Toronto, de gouverneure du Conseil de l'unité canadienne (dévoué à l'unité canadienne et au fédéralisme), de présidente de la Table ronde nationale des PDG pour la Société Alzheimer et conseiller de GreenPac (qui promeut le leadership environnemental).

La passion du Dr Dasko pour la promotion des femmes en politique a guidé une grande partie de son plaidoyer. Elle est cofondatrice et ancienne présidente nationale d'À voix égales, une organisation non partisane visant à élire plus de femmes au Canada. Elle siège actuellement au conseil d'administration du Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), qui promeut les droits à l'égalité des femmes. En 2015, elle a cofondé la Campagne pour un Sénat égal au Canada, une initiative visant à promouvoir un Sénat égalitaire. Elle travaille avec le National Democratic Institute sur les questions liées aux femmes en politique à l'échelle internationale.

Elle est chercheuse principale à la Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy de l'Université de Toronto et a enseigné dans le cadre de son programme de maîtrise avant sa nomination au Sénat. Elle est membre du Comité consultatif sur les conditions sociales de Statistique Canada.

Le Dr Dasko est né et a grandi à Winnipeg. Elle a deux enfants, une fille et un fils.

Graham Day

Graham has spent his career working with entrepreneurs as an executive, impact investor, advisory, and board member. He has focused particularly on companies with environmental and social missions.

Currently, Graham is Managing Partner of Spring Impact Capital, a new impact fund focused on early-stage companies building climate and health solutions across Canada. Previously, Graham oversaw several Spring investor education and accelerator programs at Spring Activator in the role of Chief Investment Officer. Graham’s recent experience also includes a number of positions abroad including Investment Manager at LGT Impact Capital, a global impact investor, and CFO at Sistema.bio, an ag-tech company working across the global south.

He has a Bachelor’s degree in International Business and Marketing from the Sauder School of Business in Vancouver, Canada and a Masters degree in Economics focused on Energy, Resources and Environment at the School of Advanced International Studies (Johns Hopkins University) in Washington DC.

Dr. Suzanne C. de Janasz

Principal Patrick Deane

Patrick Deane became the 21st Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University on July 1, 2019.

Dr. Deane is the former President and Vice-Chancellor of McMaster University, a position he held for nine years. Prior to that he served as Vice-Principal (Academic) at Queen’s and also held a number of academic administrative appointments at Western University and the University of Winnipeg.

Dr. Deane is a Professor of English Literature, with his principal research focus being the relationship between cultural production and British politics in the first half of the Twentieth Century.

He read English and Law at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, before undertaking graduate studies and receiving both an M.A. and a Ph.D. in English Literature from Western University. He also taught at Western from 1988 to 2001 following some years on faculty at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Deane was the first recipient of the John Charles Polanyi Prize for Literature in 1988, and was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. He was made an Honorary Life Member of the Alma Mater Society of Queen’s University in 2010.

He is President of the Governing Council of the Magna Charta Observatory (Bologna), Vice-President and Treasurer of the International Association of Universities (Paris), served as Chair of the Universities Canada Standing Committee on Research, 2019-2023, and a member of the Campaign Cabinet for the United Way of Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington.

Marcie DeWitt

Marcie DeWitt is a consultant who has been engaged in systems and social change initiatives for over a decade. She has had the privilege to be involved with projects leading multidisciplinary networks, conducting community engagement, planning, and advocacy initiatives aimed at increasing health equity and addressing complex social issues.

Marcie has a passion for social justice and creativity. Her background in psychology, project management, public policy, and facilitation have combined into a rewarding career building and facilitating community driven process.

Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell

The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell is the longest-serving Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (2014-2023). She carried out thousands of constitutional and ceremonial duties and encouraged Ontarians to think deeply about their role as residents of a province and as global citizens. She became known as Ontario’s “Storyteller-in-Chief”. Building a resilient and sustainable society was the focus of her mandate. Safeguarding democracy was her passion.

Ms. Dowdeswell’s eclectic public service career has spanned provincial, federal and international borders and transcended disciplinary lines, engaging the public in complex issues of social significance. She contributed globally as Under Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme. She was the founding president and CEO of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, and later the President and CEO of the Council of Canadian Academies. She has served on the boards of Canadian and international corporate and non-profit organizations.

Ms. Dowdeswell is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a member of the Order of Ontario and is the recipient of numerous distinctions and fellowships. She holds 11 honorary doctorates.

Tracey Drake

Tracey Drake was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Royal BC Museum in February 2024, following six effective months in the acting CEO role. Tracey oversees Museum operations, BC Archives, and IMAX, as well as the critical work underway with province-wide community engagement, repatriation, DRIPA implementation, and the archives, collections and research building capital project in Colwood.

Passionate about the importance of the organization’s mandate to truly represent diverse communities and become a progressive museum for all British Columbians, Drake is also charged with stewarding the reimagining of the museum. With a collaborative leadership approach to realizing transformative change and organizational stability, Tracey’s knowledge and experience is instrumental in advancing the museum’s strategic direction.

An experienced and multidisciplinary senior executive, Tracey joined the museum in 2021 as Head of Marketing, Communications and Business Development and was promoted to Vice President of Strategic Operations in 2022. Prior to joining the Royal BC Museum, Tracey’s career in executive leadership and strategic management consulting spanned more than two decades, working with organizations across the tourism, cultural, and non-profit sectors. Deeply committed to community, Tracey has served on numerous boards, and was recognized nationally for her significant fundraising efforts.

Tracey holds an MBA from the University of Leicester, Executive Strategic Leadership and Change Management education from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Hospitality and Tourism Management from Algonquin College.

Janis Doubno

Janis Is a Managing Director at the Sorenson Impact Institute, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, where she leads the Institute’s Impact Finance group. Janis is a pioneer in outcomes-based financing field and has extensive impact finance experience. Janis received an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Economics and Political Science from Yale College. In 2015, Janis took a leave of absence from the Institute to join the Obama Administration as a Pay for Success Fellow and lead the Department of Education’s Pay for Success initiative. She was a Senior Policy Advisor to the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) providing expertise on the Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Pay for Outcomes authority. Prior to joining the Institute, Janis was Director of Early Childhood and Education Policy for the nonprofit Voices for Utah Children where she led efforts to secure state funding for early childhood programs and was the architect of the Utah High Quality Preschool Program Social Impact Loan, the first early childhood Pay for Success project in the country.

Janis has 15 years of experience on Wall Street structuring innovative financial transactions.  She has experience in project finance, and corporate and utility debt and equity new issuance; however, her expertise is in structuring whole loan and agency collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs). She was the lead structurer for the securitization of the Resolution Trust Corporation’s (RTC) Savings and Loan assets and worked closely with Moody’s to develop the final structure that saved millions of dollars in credit enhancement for the RTC. Janis’s tenure on Wall Street included working at The First Boston Corporation, UBS Securities and Bear Stearns & Co, among others. Janis has been an adjunct professor in the finance department of the Gore School of Business at Westminster College and the economics department at the University of Utah.

Alicia Dubois

Alicia is an accomplished leader with pan-Canadian experience building markets and organizations with a focus on inclusive economic growth with shared outcomes, purpose-driven community engagement, and access to capital for marginalized peoples and sectors.
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Driven by her background and lived experience, Alicia’s focus has been on advancing Indigenous Peoples and communities, and engaging and co-creating solutions with diverse sectors of society and the economy as a means to driving understanding, equality and alignment. She served as CEO of the Royal BC Museum, Alberta’s Indigenous Opportunities Corporation, and Vice President, Indigenous Markets at CIBC.

She is also the co-creator and co-founder of the Indigenous Leadership Circle (ILC), a national application-based initiative that now boasts over 60 members and is welcoming its third cohort of young Indigenous professionals, with a focus on mentorship and advancing connection and social capital for young Indigenous leaders across Canada.

As the Chief Investment Officer, Alicia will oversee the investment and market development strategies for Boann Social Impact. She will also lead the development of Boann Impact Capital, a fund being developed for private and institutional investment in social impact.

Sharmarke Dubow

Sharmarke Dubow serves as a Senior Technical Advisor to the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change in Somalia, where he plays a key role in institutionalizing climate finance investments to enhance national ownership and facilitate access to vertical climate finance. His work centers on fostering collaboration among public and private sectors, UN agencies, civil societies, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment and coherence in advancing Somalia’s climate objectives.

As the Head of Somalia’s National Designated Authority (NDA) and the primary focal point for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and UNFCCC in Somalia, Dubow is instrumental in climate negotiations, resource mobilization, and overseeing activities related to the Global Environment Facility (GEF), Adaptation Fund (AF), and Green Climate Fund (GCF), ensuring that these efforts align with the nation’s strategic priorities.

Previously Dubow was a Victoria City Councillor in Canada, where he championed initiatives to promote equity, inclusion, and affordability. His accomplishments include advocating for free public transit, establishing a renters advisory committee, and leading the creation of the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.

Dubow’s contributions have been recognized with several awards, including being named a “noteworthy Canadian historical figure” by Canadian Heritage during Black History Month in 2022 and receiving the Victoria Leadership Award in 2017. Internationally, he was honored as one of the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) in 2022 and was a recipient of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards in 2020.

Dubow holds a BA in Business Technology from the University of Cape Breton, a Public Relations diploma from the University of Victoria, and a Master’s in Public Policy from the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. He is currently pursuing a second Master’s in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies at the University of Oxford, focusing on climate finance and the governance of human mobility in the context of environmental and climate change.

Teresa Dukes

Teresa Dukes has a Masters of Arts in Leadership and is the Executive Director of the Social Innovation Office, where her work involves aligning government, social purpose organizations’ and the private sector to solve some of Manitoba’s most pressing complex social issues.

Teresa is passionate about advancing systems and programs to meet the current and emerging needs of people. She joined the Klinic Board of Directors September 2020 and is excited to be a part of Klinic’s continuing work to strengthen the community health system in Manitoba.

Carson Ebanks

Carson Ebanks est juge de paix, membre de la Royal Geographic Society et membre de l'Ordre le plus excellent de l'Empire britannique (MBE). Il est titulaire d'un baccalauréat en études environnementales (BES Hons. Urban and Regional Planning – Peace and Conflict Studies Minor) avec mention d'honneur du doyen, de l'Université de Waterloo, Ontario Canada, et d'une maîtrise ès arts – Planification en planification communautaire et régionale (MA, PLA) de l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique, Canada.

M. Ebanks a été directeur de la planification pour les îles Caïmans de 1991 à 1997. Depuis 1997, il a servi le gouvernement des îles Caïmans en tant que secrétaire permanent et directeur général du gouvernement des îles Caïmans, jusqu'à sa retraite en 2011.

Il est l'un des administrateurs fondateurs de la Galerie nationale des îles Caïmans et a également siégé aux conseils d'administration de l'Autorité centrale de planification des îles Caïmans en tant que secrétaire exécutif, de la Coopérative de crédit (VP) de la fonction publique des îles Caïmans, de la Housing Development Corporation, la Water Authority-Cayman, la National Roads Authority, Cayman Turtle Farm, l'Autorité portuaire des îles Caïmans, l'Autorité aéroportuaire des îles Caïmans, Cayman Airways et le National Trust des îles Caïmans.

M. Ebanks est président de l'Association nationale de karaté-do des îles Caïmans, de l'Association d'haltérophilie des îles Caïmans et secrétaire général du Comité olympique des îles Caïmans. Il est également le premier vice-président de l'Association caribéenne des comités nationaux olympiques (CANOC) et préside leur commission de développement durable. M. Ebanks siège également à la commission de durabilité et à la commission juridique du Centro Caribe Sports, et a fait partie de la commission de coordination des sports panaméricains pour les Jeux panaméricains de 2023. Il est ceinture noire au Wado Ryu Karate Do et est trois fois marin olympique.

Il est également membre du conseil d'administration de Consolidated Water Co. et de ses comités de rémunération et de gouvernance d'entreprise, ainsi que de ses filiales Cayman Water Company et OCEAN Conversion (Cayman), Consolidated Water (Honduras), Consolidated Water (Rotan). et Desalco Ltd. Avec un vif intérêt pour l'apprentissage tout au long de la vie, M. Ebanks est également membre du conseil des gouverneurs du Collège universitaire des îles Caïmans, de son comité académique et administratif et de son comité des ressources humaines.

Taylor Entz

Taylor Entz is an Electrical Engineer with an MBA in Sustainable Innovation from the University of Victoria. He possesses 10-years of Reliability and Maintenance experience in British Columbia’s Mining industry. Currently, Taylor Leads a Planning and Scheduling team, focused on the development of structured maintenance programs that optimize equipment effectiveness.

A proponent of data-based decision making, Taylor gained experience conducting Life Cycle Analysis while attending his MBA. Experience that empowered him with an understanding of the role LCAs have in the future of sustainability and impact reduction. Specifically, the power these models present for developing actionable, data-driven, pathways for long-term sustainable impact reduction. 

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith

Nathaniel (Nate) Erskine-Smith is the Member of Parliament for Beaches-East York.

He sits on the Executive Committee of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) as past president. In his role as President, he has represented Canada at parliamentary conferences around the world.

His speeches in the House of Commons and interventions at committee can be found ici.

Nate regularly attends events around Beaches-East York, volunteers his time in support of local charitable activities, and visits local schools to talk to young Canadians about the importance of participating in the democratic process.

Nate became the M.P. on October 19, 2015, after a successful grassroots open nomination in December 2014.

In June 2016, CBC News’ Aaron Wherry wrote about the importance of independence in the House of Commons, and Nate’s relatively independent streak.

In July 2016, Althia Raj from the Huffington Post wrote a longer profile piece in which Nate explained his voting record, and general philosophy on free votes.

And in September 2016, the Star’s Susan Delacourt wrote about his work in parliament, and the idealism he brings to the job.

Nate has strong roots in Beaches-East York, where he was raised and has lived most of his life. Nate attended Bowmore and Malvern, grew up playing baseball at Ted Reeve and Stan Wadlow, and his parents Sara Erskine and Lawrence Smith are well respected local teachers. Nate lives in the riding with his wife Amy, a chef and nutrition professor at George Brown College, and the director of the supper club program at Gilda’s Club Greater Toronto. They have two sons, Mackinlay, born in 2016, and Crawford, born in 2019.

Before politics, Nate was a lawyer at a commercial litigation firm downtown Toronto. He supplemented his practice with volunteer legal work for a range of clients and causes, which included fighting public interest matters in court, and research for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

He obtained his B.A. (Politics) and J.D. (Law) from Queen’s University, where he pitched for the varsity baseball team. After working at a large Bay Street law firm and being called to the bar, Nate obtained his B.C.L. (Master of Laws), with distinction, from the University of Oxford where he studied political philosophy and constitutional law, and pitched for both the University and City baseball teams.

Kristi Fairholm Mader

Kristi Fairholm Mader (KFM) has always worked in the social impact sector. After 10 years as a youth worker, she returned to school to complete a business degree, with a focus on social enterprise. Kristi founded and supported several employment social enterprises, and was Director of Social Enterprise for Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network. In 2014, Kristi co-founded Scale Collaborative to support growing a thriving social change sector. Within Scale’s family of organizations, KFM is the Managing Director of Thrive Impact Fund and Scale Institute Society.

Dr. Stacey Fitzsimmons

Stacey Fitzsimmons (Ph.D. SFU Beedie School of Business, Canada) is an Associate Professor of International Business at University of Victoria’s Peter B. Gustavson School of Business. Her research objective is to support globally mobile employees at work, by improving the way international organizations manage them. She does this by examining how multicultural, immigrant and refugee employees contribute to their global teams and organizations, how international organizations manage and leverage their globally mobile employees, and how domestic (non-immigrant) employees react to their immigrant colleagues. Stacey’s research has been published in Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, Human Resource Management Review, Organization Studies, and Organizational Dynamics. She received the AOM’s International Human Resources Scholarly Research award and WAIB’s (Women in the Academy of International Business) emerging scholar award. She currently serves on WAIB’s board, and was awarded competitive visiting Fellowship positions at the University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Studies (GIBS), South Africa, and the University of Sydney Business School. She is lead editor on two special issues in progress now; one on global mobility of people in the Journal of International Business Studies, and one on equality, diversity and inclusion in the Journal of World Business.

Vivian Forssman

Vivian Forssman’s senior-level operational and project management experience is currently focused on applying learning strategies, learning networks and practitioner communities to foster climate change capacity-building and workforce development.

Her professional background includes leading post-secondary teaching-and-learning centres, implementing digital learning and communications strategies, and collaborating on innovative models for learning accreditation.

She currently works with Dr. Robin Cox, Resilience by Design Lab at RRU. Recent efforts have been focused on program management of Adaptation Learning Network involving several BC universities; climate adaptation micro-credential strategies; and co-developing a climate adaptation competency framework to support skills development for individuals and organizations in a climate-changed reality.

Teara Fraser

Becoming a pilot was transformational, truly giving this young Métis woman wings. Teara is the first Indigenous woman to launch an airline in Canada – Iskwew Air.

Iskwew Air is the bridge between traditional air service and the sustainable technology of the future. She believes that together in this innovative space we will rematriate, reimagine, and rebuild our air transportation system – centering equity, resilience, and sustainability. Teara serves as a BC Executive Committee member of CAAM, the Canadian Advanced Air Mobility consortium, where Iskwew Air is a proud founding member.

A deep commitment to leadership and safety inspired her to establish the Aviation Leadership Foundation in 2008. Teara proudly serves as a Board Director for the British Columbia Aviation Council (BCAC). She continues to offer her aviation expertise to aviation companies as a strategic advisor, regulatory advisor, safety expert, executive coach, incident/accident trauma coach, and leadership development designer.

Teara founded the not-for-profit Indigenous LIFT Collective where she launched Give them Wings (Indigenous Youth Taking Flight). Teara has been actively engaged in the British Columbia Aviation Council for over a decade and is a Board Director for Unmanned Systems Canada. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.

Teara Fraser holds a Master of Arts in Leadership degree from Royal Roads University, and she is a Certified Executive Coach. The journey of learning now takes her back to Royal Roads as Associate Faculty in the Master of Arts in Leadership program and to Fielding University where she is studying in the Human Development Ph.D. program.

Teara has been named WXN Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100, Top 25 Women of Influence, YWCA Woman of Distinction, and one of 24 ‘real world heroes’ in the DC Comics Wonder Woman anthology – Wonderful Women of the World. In 2021, she ranked 44 on Maclean’s Power List.

Teara is a proud Métis bridge builder.

Arti Freeman

Arti has nearly 20 years’ experience in the philanthropic sector leading granting programs and strategies, organizational change initiatives, and business process improvements. In 2003, Arti joined the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF), one of Canada’s largest grantmaking foundations. Most recently, she was the Manager of Partnership Investments at OTF, where she led the successful rebuilding of the Partnership Investment program that connects the non-profit, public, and private sectors to build a stronger non-profit sector in Ontario. While at OTF, Arti served in a variety of roles. Her work resulted in the design and implementation of innovative philanthropic models and investments that build local communities across Ontario. Prior to joining OTF, Arti led the training and consulting offerings at the Centre for Community Leadership at Niagara College, where she concurrently served as a consultant for Niagara’s non-profit sector. Her community service experience includes Board of Trustees, Brock University, Board Member, Bethlehem Housing and Support Services, and Big Sister, Big Brothers and Sisters of North and West Niagara. Arti received a Bachelor of Science in International Business from Assumption College in the Philippines and a Master of Science in Poverty Reduction and Development Management from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Monika Freyman

Monika plays a pivotal role in driving Addenda’s comprehensive approach to sustainable investing, which encompasses four key pillars: the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors into investment decisions; the qualification of securities for impact and climate transition; stewardship that promotes sustainable capital markets to address systemic sustainability issues; and active corporate engagement.

She is a member of the leadership advisory committees for both the Responsible Investing Association of Canada and the U.N.-launched Valuing Water Initiative. This latter initiative is dedicated to advancing principles and practices that preserve freshwater resources globally.

Monika’s career in sustainability began with a research project at Harvard’s Kennedy School’s Initiative for Responsible Investing. Later, at Ceres, she launched the Investor Water Toolkit and established a foundation for global investor collaboration on water. Returning to Canada, Monika led the Sustainable Investing department at Mercer, where she assisted asset owners nationwide in their sustainability and climate initiatives.

Monika holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Science from Loyola University Chicago. She is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

Speaker Raymonde Gagné

Born in Manitoba, Speaker Raymonde Gagné has worked in the field of education for over 35 years. Notably, she was President of the Université de Saint-Boniface (USB) from 2003-2014. During this time, she directed the efforts to change the institution’s status from college to university. She also spearheaded a fundraising campaign – the largest in the institution’s history – for the construction of a new health sciences building, to expand research capacity and increase the scholarship and bursary program.

Prior to her tenure as President, she served as Director of New Programs, Director of the Community College and of the Continuing Education Division of USB, as well as Professor in Business Administration.

Prior to her arrival at USB, she worked as a high school teacher, a principal in Manitoba, and as a consultant in regional and industrial expansion in New Brunswick.

Throughout her career, she contributed to numerous organizations and boards within Manitoba and across the country. She served as President of the Association des universités de la francophonie canadienne from 2005-2009, was a member of the Advisory Committee on Official Languages for the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada from 2007-2009, and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Consortium national de formation en santé, which she co-chaired from 2009-2014.

As President of USB, Senator Gagné was a member of the Council of Presidents of Universities of Manitoba and was elected Chair in 2012. She was also a member of the Senate of the University of Manitoba.

Appointed Senator for Manitoba on April 1, 2016, she became Legislative Deputy to the Government Representative in the Senate (Deputy Leader) in January 2020, a position she held until her appointment as the 46th Speaker of the Senate in the spring of 2023.

She is a member of the Order of Canada, the Order of Manitoba, and a recipient of the Prix Riel.

Senator Rosa Galvez

Rosa Galvez, originally from Peru, is one of Canada’s leading experts in pollution control and its effect on human health. She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from McGill University and was a professor at Université Laval à Québec for over 25 years, heading the Civil and Water Engineering Department from 2010 to 2016. She specializes in water and soil decontamination, waste management and residues, sustainable development, environmental impact assessments, and climate risk to infrastructure.

Throughout her career, she has been requested by private, governmental and community organisations to offer expert advice. She has advised a number of international organisations including on Canada-US and Quebec-Vermont agreements regarding the protection of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River. She also conducted an important study on the catastrophic oil spill at Lac-Mégantic.

Senator Galvez is a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec and the Pan American Union of Engineering Societies. She is also a Fellow of Engineers Canada, the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, and the Canadian Academy of Engineering. Her research has led her around the world to countries such as France, Italy, Belgium, Japan and China.

Senator Galvez was appointed to the Senate on December 6, 2016, representing Québec (Bedford). She is currently a member of the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources, and a member of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance. Since her appointment, she has also served on the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications et le Special Committee on the Arctic.

She has published several policy papers including a discussion paper on Canada’s building codes and a white paper on a clean and just recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2022, she published a white paper on Aligner la finance canadienne sur les engagements climatiques, which led to the introduction of Bill S-243, the Loi de Finances Alignée sur le Climat, legislation to help guide Canada’s financial sector in its transition to a net-zero economy.

Her parliamentary work on climate and the environment has earned her several awards, including the Clean50 Award 2021, the 2022 Ecological Society of America Regional Policy Award, and the 2023 Top 25 Women of Influence Award.

She lives in Quebec with her husband, Luke, and has three children, Virginie, Lydia and Francisco.

Jessica Garcia

Jessica Garcia is a forward-thinking sustainability expert with a solid background in project managementand supply chain operations.Her decade-long career includes significant roles in innovation, strategicproject development, and sustainable supply chain initiatives, particularly within the energy sector.Currently, she is a climate change and sustainability consultant. Jessica holds an ESG Strategies forSustainable Business certification, a PMP designation, and an MBA in Sustainable Innovation from theUniversity of Victoria. Her expertise and academic background underline her commitment to advancingcorporate sustainability practices.

Rowan Gentleman-Sylvester

Rowan is the Executive Director of CityHive, a Metro Vancouver-based non-profit on a mission to transform the way that young people are engaged in shaping their cities. She is an experienced convenor, educator, and engagement practitioner, and has a deep passion for democracy in action.

Since joining the CityHive team in early 2020, she has led countless programs and projects that bring together youth and decision makers on important urban issues – from climate change to public space to affordability and everything in between. She has worked with dozens of clients, including Translink, BC Hydro, the Province of British Columbia and the City of Vancouver to support them to do a better job of engaging youth in decision-making and planning processes. She is the former co-chair of IAP2 Canada’s Young Professionals’ Community of Practice and her deep expertise in youth and democratic engagement have led her to sit on a number of regional and national advisories – shaping the future of youth engagement in this country.

As a settler raised on Coast Salish territories, Rowan strives to bring a critical lens to the roles of power, privilege and place in shaping our communities. With a profound interest in experiential education, civic engagement, and place-based climate action, Rowan finds inspiration in witnessing the innovative ways young people contribute to their communities and tackle complex challenges head-on.

Emma Gilchrist

Emma Gilchrist is co-founder, editor-in-chief and executive director of The Narwhal, an award-winning non-profit online magazine that publishes in-depth and investigative journalism about the natural world in Canada. The Narwhal is a pioneer of non-profit journalism in Canada and since launching in 2018, has grown from a staff of two to 26. In March 2021, The Narwhal became Canada’s first English-language registered journalism organization, which allows the organization to issue donation tax receipts. In 2024, The Narwhal won the Michener Award for its collaborative reporting with the Toronto Star that uncovered Ontario’s Greenbelt scandal.

Before co-founding The Narwhal, Emma worked at newspapers and magazines in the U.K. and Canada, including the Calgary Herald. She also spent four years working in the non-profit sector, where she learned the digital marketing and fundraising skills that have helped make The Narwhal successful. 

Colleen Giroux-Schmidt

Colleen Giroux-Schmidt joined Innergex in 2011. As Vice President – Corporate Relations, she leads the engagement and relationship activities with all levels of government, communities, strategic partners and other stakeholders. Her team leads the policy research and advocacy portfolio with the goal of increasing renewable energy opportunities to help jurisdictions meet their climate change goals.  

Colleen continues to participate in government working groups and task forces, both provincially and federally, as well as leads Innergex’s work with the Energy Forum, a collaborative table of representatives from the ENGO community and the renewable energy industry and was appointed to the federal government’s Generation Energy Council. She has served as a renewable energy expert on different panels and has received awards for her significant expertise and contribution to the renewable energy sector both in BC and across Canada. Colleen is also responsible for the management of Innergex’s Vancouver office. 

Prior to joining Innergex, Ms. Giroux-Schmidt was Director, Environment and Manager, Major Projects at Plutonic Power Corporation and worked many years for the Association of Mineral Exploration BC. She served as the first female Chair of the Board of Directors for Clean Energy BC from 2014 through 2017. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History and English from Simon Fraser University. 

Dallas Gislason

Dallas Gislason has played instrumental roles in many industry-leading economic development projects in Canada, the USA, and overseas over the past 15 years. He has served on several boards, including Business Retention and Expansion International, the International Council on National Youth Policy, Junior Achievement of Saskatchewan and the Greater Victoria Placemaking Network. He currently sits on the advisory board of the Camosun Technology Access Centre.

Dallas is the youngest-ever recipient of the Premier of Saskatchewan’s Award of Excellence in Leadership. Before joining SIPP, Dallas was the Economic Development Officer for the Greater Victoria Development Agency, the precursor of the SIPP model here in B.C.’s Capital Region.

Jason Goldsworthy

Jason Goldsworthy, P.Eng. joined the COAST team as Executive Director in April, 2023.

With over 20 years of international experience in managing engineering businesses and projects, Jason brings leadership, technical and commercial aptitude to the team. His experience spans multiple industries including renewable energy, urban development, environmental consulting, mining, and commercial and infrastructure construction.

He has worked with large multinational corporations as well as being involved in several startups. He has acted on several corporate boards in both Canada and Australia.

Jason holds a PHD in Engineering from the University of Adelaide, Australia, and is a member of the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.

David Grevemberg

David Grevemberg is founder and director of Grevemberg Strategies Limited (GSL) and provides strategic advice to companies in the public, private and third sectors. David has extensive experience in delivering complex, high profile, multi-stakeholder projects and has a track record of effectively managing government relations, community engagement and regeneration initiatives, corporate governance and leadership transformation projects, public relations and crisis management and contract negotiations. Additionally, he has specialist expertise in environment, social and governance (ESG) impact strategic planning and management. David also works part-time as the Chief Innovation and Partnerships Officer for the Centre for Sport and Human Rights (CSHR) based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Prior to April 2021, David served for six and half years as the Chief Executive Officer for the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), the organisation responsible for the Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Youth Games and various sport development and social change initiatives. He joined the CGF after the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games where he was the Chief Executive Officer of the Organising Committee and oversaw the hugely successful international multi-sport event. He was previously the Executive Director of Sport and International Federation Relations at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) headquartered in Bonn, Germany from 1999 to 2009. Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States – David is a former collegiate and international competitive wrestler in the United States and is currently a Brown-Belt Brazilian Jiu-jitsu practitioner.

Over his 26 years professional career he has worked as team manager, athlete agent, coach, independent consultant and a Board director to numerous charities and foundations. David has received several accolades and honours – including, amongst others, he was awarded a UK Honour as a Commander of the British of Empire (CBE) for his leadership and innovation in delivering the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Francesca Guetchev

Francesca Guetchev is a conflict analyst focusing on international security and geopolitics. Currently, Francesca is an Analyst with the Intel Analysis division and works on special projects under the Operations division. While studying for a Master’s degree in Conflict Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, she specialized in the privatization of security and international law. Guetchev has experience in the public sector with National Defense Canada, Executive Operations for various Deputy Ministers, and Legislative Assembly for a Cabinet Minister, in addition to the private sector, such as in oil and gas and aviation.

Dr. Adel Guitouni

Adel Guitouni est professeur agrégé primé de sciences de gestion, de recherche opérationnelle et de systèmes d'aide à la décision à la Gustavson School of Business. Ses étudiants de doctorat et de maîtrise bénéficient de son approche multidisciplinaire de l'enseignement et des activités professionnelles, qui comprend son travail auprès du gouvernement canadien où il a dirigé de grandes équipes scientifiques impliquées dans des événements majeurs et des initiatives stratégiques telles que les Jeux olympiques de Vancouver 2010 et le G8/ Sommets du G20 et divers projets avec les Forces canadiennes.

Depuis 2011, Adel s'est activement engagé dans plusieurs activités éducatives qui soutiennent la transition démocratique et le développement socio-économique dans la région MENA (c'est-à-dire la Tunisie et la Libye), allant de la fourniture de séances de coaching aux hauts fonctionnaires à l'obtention de subventions pour développer la capacité de leadership du pays. . En 2014, en partenariat avec des établissements d'enseignement supérieur tunisiens, il a créé une organisation non gouvernementale à but non lucratif dédiée à favoriser le développement de l'entrepreneuriat et l'innovation.

Adel a publié de nombreux articles et chapitres de livres et a reçu plusieurs subventions de recherche de plusieurs millions de dollars. Du côté de la recherche, il a apporté plusieurs contributions à l'aide à la décision à critères multiples (MCDA), à la gestion de la chaîne d'approvisionnement, aux systèmes d'information, à la gestion des ressources et au cloud computing. Ses intérêts de recherche comprennent l'automatisation de la planification et de l'ordonnancement, la gestion dynamique des ressources et la gestion de la chaîne d'approvisionnement sur Internet, la classification et l'apprentissage automatique, l'analyse décisionnelle à critères multiples, l'optimisation multi-objectifs, la prise de décision collaborative et les systèmes d'aide à la décision.

Grâce à ses recherches, l'objectif d'Adel est d'aider à améliorer le processus de prise de décision au niveau individuel et corporatif. Grâce à ses projets d’entrepreneuriat et de leadership, il espère responsabiliser les jeunes et les dirigeants en leur donnant les outils nécessaires pour changer leur monde.

Président Kevin Hall

Le président Kevin Hall est un leader universitaire innovant et un ingénieur civil connu pour son fort engagement en faveur de la durabilité, de l'innovation, de l'engagement communautaire et de sa croyance inébranlable dans l'accès équitable à l'éducation, ainsi que dans l'équité, la diversité et l'inclusion.

Tout au long de sa carrière dans trois institutions de classe mondiale, Hall a occupé de nombreux niveaux et fonctions : de membre du corps professoral, directeur de centre de recherche et directeur de département, jusqu'à vice-président et vice-chancelier adjoint principal de l'engagement mondial et des partenariats.

Ingénieur civil qui a eu un impact mondial, Hall a mis la recherche en pratique en transmettant ses connaissances à l'industrie et à la communauté. Ses intérêts académiques se concentrent sur la modélisation de la qualité de l’eau, les systèmes de surveillance environnementale et de détection d’agents pathogènes, ainsi que sur l’eau et la santé dans les communautés marginalisées. Il est connu pour identifier les opportunités de collaboration et pour créer de la valeur dans les régions dans lesquelles il travaille. Hall a joué un rôle essentiel dans la création de nombreuses nouvelles entreprises universitaires, de recherche et d'entreprise qui ont profité aux étudiants, au personnel et à la communauté dans son ensemble.

Hall a siégé à plus de 30 conseils d'administration d'entreprises en Australie et au Canada, est un passionné d'art et s'est engagé depuis toujours dans le domaine du fitness.

Dr. Trevor Hancock

Dr. Trevor Hancock is a public health physician and health promotion consultant. He ‘retired’ in 2018 from his role as Professor and Senior Scholar at the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria. He is one of the founders of the (now global) Healthy Cities and Communities movement and co-founded both the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment & the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care, and was the first leader of the Green Party of Canada in the 1980s.

His recent focus has been the combination of his two main areas: The relationship between human health and the natural environment and linking the healthy and sustainable community approaches through the concept of a ‘One Planet’ region. In retirement he has started a new NGO, Conversations for a One Planet Region, to explore and popularise these ideas locally.

Jim Hayhurst

Jim is a business leader, non-profit champion and advisor to impactful organizations. For more than 30 years, he has helped start, fund and grow companies in cleantech, digital marketing and leadership development with clients and operations on four continents.

Jim currently works with a private family office creating a program for their rising generation and other families define purpose, align capital and create a more meaningful generationallegacy. He is also an advisor to entrepreneurs, social profit founders, venture investors, and foundations seeking to drive impact in innovative ways. Jim has lately been an ardent supporterof Dan Pallotta and Stephen Gyllenhaal’s efforts to bringing greater awareness to their documentary, Uncharitable.

With his late father, Jim co-founded Trails.ca, a charity that has been recognized as one of the most successful programs working with at-risk youth in Toronto. Jim has served on the boards of Pearson College UWC and Upper Canada College and is currently Chair of the Trails’ Board of Governors.

Jim is the recipient of several awards for his leadership in Victoria’s tech and business communities and is a regular speaker, panelist and writer on business, leadership and socialimpact. A lifelong adventurer, he was a member of expeditions to Mt. Everest and the Canadian/Russian High Arctic, the former being the subject of his father’s bestselling book, The Right Mountain: Lessons from Everest on the Real Meaning of Success. He is a graduate of the University of King’s College and has lived in Victoria with his family since 2005.

Lisa aide

As a community leader, Lisa Helps leaves a legacy that goes beyond the confines of city hall. Prior to entering politics, Helps worked with community members to create a not-for-profit micro-lending organization assisting small businesses to get on their feet.

As a civic leader, she recognized that running a growing city meant looking toward the future. While serving as mayor of Victoria between 2014 and 2022, Helps championed sustainable and accessible transit options, expansion of the city’s cycling infrastructure, improvement of climate readiness, support for community development and a commitment to Reconciliation. Her council also laid the groundwork for the creation of an Arts and Innovation District in Victoria.

Working closely with other municipal leaders and community stakeholders, including UVic, her collaborative approach advanced work on the region’s pressing housing challenges including climate change, housing and inclusivity.

Helps was recently appointed as a Housing Solutions Advisor to Premier David Eby to help develop BC Builds, a program to increase affordable housing supply for middle-income earners in BC.

Chef Ava Hill

Ava Hill, dont le nom traditionnel est Iohahatie, est née dans la réserve des Six Nations et est une Mohawk du clan du loup. Ava était la chef élue des 56e et 57e Conseil élu des Six Nations. Avant d'occuper le poste de chef élu, Ava a été conseillère du district deux pendant trois mandats, soit un total de neuf ans. Après avoir servi pendant quinze ans en tant que membre du Conseil élu des Six Nations, Ava n'a pas cherché à être réélue en 2019.

Au cours de son mandat de chef, Ava a représenté les chefs de l'Ontario au sein du Comité du Cabinet provincial de l'Ontario sur la réduction de la pauvreté et l'inclusion sociale jusqu'en juin 2018.

Dans les années 80 et 90, Ava a travaillé avec les Chefs de l'Ontario en tant que directrice générale du bureau des Chefs de l'Ontario et également à l'Assemblée des Premières Nations en tant qu'adjointe exécutive du chef national. À la suite de son travail à l'APN, Ava a été adjointe exécutive du coprésident de la Commission royale sur les peuples autochtones.

Ava est une ancienne membre du Conseil des gouverneurs de l'Université de Waterloo. Elle est actuellement membre du Consortium national pour le développement économique autochtone de l'Université de Victoria et membre du Conseil consultatif du Victoria Forum 2020. Elle est également coprésidente, avec le président de la Fédération internationale des Jeux du Commonwealth, de un groupe de travail qui travaille sur une Déclaration sur la réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones par le sport.

Ava est directrice du conseil d'administration de Commonwealth Sport Canada. De plus, elle est membre du Conseil consultatif canadien de Right to Play.

Ava est actuellement l'une des coprésidentes du comité de campagne de financement qui collecte des fonds pour un nouveau musée et une nouvelle galerie d'art au centre culturel Woodland.

Elle est également membre du comité de sélection d'Amethyst pour la fonction publique de l'Ontario et a été invitée à être ambassadrice témoin de la candidature des quatre Premières Nations hôtes/Comité olympique canadien pour accueillir les Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2030 à Vancouver et Whistler.

Elle a reçu la médaille YMCA Peacemaker pour 2020, remise par les YMCA de Hamilton, Burlington et Brantford, et a également reçu un doctorat honorifique en droit de l'Université Brock en octobre 2021.

Dr. Jaigris Hodson

Jaigris Hodson is the Canada Research Chair (tier 2) in Digital Communication for the Public Interest. Her SSHRC and CIHR funded research examines the ways that misinformation can be mitigated through digital communication efforts, particularly those targeted at the research community. Thus her current work examines such interdisciplinary topics as educational interventions to address COVID-19 related misinformation, the online harassment of diverse researchers, the discourses of conspiracy theories, and ecological approaches to understanding misinformation in a modern context.

As a Canadian Science Policy Fellow (2018-2019), Jaigris worked with Environment and Climate Change Canada to assist in understanding how to best communicate the science of climate change to the Canadian public. Jaigris is on the editorial board for the Journal of Digital and Social Media Marketing. Jaigris has also worked as a social media consultant with the private sector for such organizations as the Canadian Country Music Association and GCI Canada, and is a sought-after speaker on topics such as digital or social media communication, diversity, and technological disruption.

Gordie Hogg

Gordon Hogg was first elected to represent the riding of Surrey-White Rock in a 1997 byelection. He was re-elected in 2001, 2005 and again in 2009.

Gordon is currently the government caucus chair and is Parliamentary Secretary for Non-profit Partnerships to the Minister of Social Development. He also serves on various committees, including the Cabinet Committee on Families First and the Cabinet Committee on Open Government and Engagement.

Previously, he served as Parliamentary Secretary for Social Entrepreneurship to the Minister of Finance and a member of the Select Standing Committees on Education, Aboriginal Affairs and Crown Corporations. He is also the former Minister of State for Mining, Minister of State for ActNow BC and Minister of Children and Family Development.

He previously served as Minister of State for ActNow BC and Minister of Children and Family Development.

He was also the chair of the Seniors Caucus Committee and has served on the Cabinet Committee for Agenda Development and the Select Standing Committees on Finance and Government Services, Sustainable Aquaculture, Children and Youth, Health and Social Services, Justice, Constitutional Affairs, and Intergovernmental Relations.

Previously, Gordon served as the Official Opposition Critic for education and human resources and was also a member of the Official Opposition Caucus Committees on Health and Education.

Gordon was a counsellor, probation officer and regional director for corrections prior to his election to the Legislative Assembly. He received his bachelor of arts in sociology and psychology from the University of British Columbia and his master’s degree in psychology from Antioch College

He served on White Rock council for 20 years, for 10 of which he was mayor. He has been a board member of more than 15 committees and non-profit societies, including the Peace Arch Community Health Council and Peace Arch District Hospital. He has also been a foster parent and little league coach.

Gordon and his wife, LaVerne, live in White Rock and have one son.

Dr Thomas Homer-Dixon

Dr Thomas Homer-Dixon est l'un des intellectuels publics les plus éminents du Canada et un auteur à succès. Il est considéré comme l'un des plus grands experts mondiaux sur les liens complexes entre la nature, la technologie et la société, ses recherches actuelles étant axées sur les menaces à la sécurité mondiale au 21St siècle. Abordant des sujets tels que l'instabilité économique et le changement climatique ainsi que la manière dont les individus, les organisations et les sociétés peuvent mieux résoudre des problèmes complexes, Homer-Dixon montre au public comment s'adapter et prospérer dans un monde de plus en plus complexe.

Homer-Dixon est actuellement fondateur et directeur exécutif du Cascade Institute de l'Université Royal Roads à Victoria, en Colombie-Britannique. Auparavant, il a dirigé le Centre d'études sur la paix et les conflits à l'Université de Toronto pendant près de deux décennies. En 2008, Homer-Dixon s'est joint au corps professoral de l'Université de Waterloo, où il a fondé le Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation. Il a pris sa retraite de son poste de professeur titulaire d’une chaire de recherche universitaire en 2021.

Auteur à succès, Homer-Dixon a écrit plusieurs livres primés, dont L’envers du bas : catastrophe, créativité et renouveau de la civilisation ; Le déficit d’ingéniosité : pouvons-nous résoudre les problèmes du futur ?; et Environnement, rareté et violence. Son dernier livre, Un espoir majeur : le pouvoir dont nous disposons pour renouveler un monde en péril, a été publié en 2020. Homer-Dixon écrit également régulièrement pour le Globe et Mail et a été publié dans Affaires étrangères, politique étrangère, Scientific American, The New York Times, The Washington Post, et Le Financial Times. Il a été qualifié de « l'un des écrivains les mieux informés et les plus brillants sur les affaires mondiales d'aujourd'hui » par Le gardien.

Conférencier recherché, Homer-Dixon a prononcé des conférences dans des universités de premier plan, auprès d'agences gouvernementales et d'associations industrielles majeures partout au Canada, aux États-Unis et en Europe. Il a également donné des séances d'information au Bureau du Conseil privé, au ministère des Affaires étrangères et au ministère de la Défense du Canada. le ministère des Affaires étrangères du Royaume-Uni ; et à la Maison Blanche, à la Central Intelligence Agency, au Conseil de sécurité nationale et au Département d’État des États-Unis.

Homer-Dixon est titulaire d'un baccalauréat ès arts en sciences politiques de l'Université Carleton et d'un doctorat du MIT en relations internationales, politique de défense et théorie des conflits.

Dr. Courtney Howard

Dr Courtney Howard is an Emergency Physician in Yellowknives Dene Territory in Canada’s subarctic, a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Calgary, and a Community Research Fellow in Planetary Health at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research.

The Vice-Chair of the Global Climate and Health Alliance, Dr Howard has researched menstrual cups and wildfires, and led policy work and advocacy regarding social tipping points and the health sector, ecoanxiety, vaccine equity, active transport, plant-rich diets, fossil fuel divestment, carbon pricing, coal phase-out, hydraulic fracturing and with regards to Canada’s Oil Sands. She led the 2017-2019 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change Briefings for Canadian Policymakers and was the 2018 International Policy Director for the Lancet Countdown.

Dr Howard was the first woman president of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, and is the President-Elect of the Northwest Territories Medical Association. She recently completed a Master of Public Policy Degree at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University where she focused on using a planetary health lens to facilitate the transition to economies centered around wellbeing. She is part of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Lancet Planetary Health and the Journal of Climate Change and Health. She has two young daughters and loves to dance.

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Dr. Emily Huddart

Emily Huddart (PhD, University of Alberta) is an Associate Head and Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Her research explores the motivations behind civic engagement aiming to protect the environment, and how pro-environmental practices reflect and reproduce social differences.

Stephen Huddart

Au début de sa carrière, Stephen a travaillé comme réalisateur de documentaires en Amérique latine ; copropriétaire d'un café de jazz à Vancouver, occupe des postes de direction à la BC SPCA et travaille avec un troubadour et défenseur des enfants.

En 2003, il a rejoint la Fondation McConnell, en tant que PDG de 2011 à 2020. Sous sa direction, la fondation a appliqué l'innovation sociale et le financement de solutions à des partenariats régénérateurs avec des organisations autochtones, des gouvernements, des institutions financières et universitaires et la société civile. Il a participé à la création du Fonds de finance sociale du Canada de $755 millions et a cofondé le Transition Accelerator.

En 2022, l'Université McGill lui a décerné un doctorat honorifique en droit. Il vit à Victoria et est professeur adjoint à la Gustavson School of Business de l'Université de Victoria.

Dr Victoria Hurth

Dr Victoria Hurth travaille à l’intersection du monde universitaire et de la prise de décision pratique pour contribuer au bien-être à long terme de tous (durabilité). Elle permet aux décideurs de sortir du chaos grâce à une clarté stratégique et opérationnelle sur l'objectif, la durabilité, l'ESG, la gouvernance, le marketing et la culture. 

Entre autres réalisations, Victoria a codirigé l'élaboration, sur cinq ans, de la première norme ISO mondiale sur la gouvernance des organisations (ISO 37000:2021), a été l'auteur technique de la première norme nationale au monde sur les organisations axées sur un objectif (PAS 808:2022) et a conseillé l'ONU sur la méthodologiepour l’ODD 12.6.1 (rapports sur la durabilité).

En tant que membre de l'Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) de l'Université de Cambridge, Victoria participe à une gamme de programmes de leadership exécutif et académique. Elle est conseillère pour UnaTerraCapital-risque, SACE (l'assureur national italien des exportations) et Creatives for Climate et a été critique depuisHonneurs ISAR(CNUCED) et a été membre du groupe de travail du WBCSD sur la gouvernance. 

Victoria est actuellement directrice non exécutive de la société de normes biologiques Certification de l'association des solsLtd et membre du comité consultatif de gouvernance de Planet Mark. Elle possède plus de 20 ans d'expérience dans la transformation des entreprises, ayant travaillé auparavant pour 3M et Accenture et développant des théories de pointe en tant que professeure agrégée à temps plein en commerce et marketing durables. 

Lori Idlout

Lori Idlout is a practicing lawyer, small business owner, community leader, and strong advocate for Inuktitut language and education. The proud mother of nine children, she understands the challenges that Inuit and Nunavummiut face every day. Lori is ready to make sure Ottawa is delivering the support we need with strong investments in affordable housing, better health services in our communities, and internet and phone service you can rely on. Lori has always stood up and made sure Nunavummiut had a seat at the table.
Lori has seen successive Liberal and Conservative governments fail to deliver for our communities. They’ve told us the change just wasn’t possible, while families could not find a safe place to live and the suicide crisis got worse. Lori knows that real change is possible.

Originally from Igloolik, Lori has always looked for ways to help people. After earning her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Lakehead University, Lori became a Senior Management Public Trainer, helping to prepare for the creation of Nunavut. Since then, her work focused on promoting Inuit health & wellness within the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Public Service, Inuit Organizations, and Non-Profit Organizations.

Lori has been an active volunteer serving as a Board Member of the Iqaluit District Education Authority, the Arctic Children and Youth Foundation, the Coalition of Nunavut District Education Authorities, and the Annaumaikkaijiit Community Foundation. She has also represented Nunavut as the territory’s representative to the Canadian Bar Association.

Alongside her volunteer work, Lori founded three businesses in Nunavut that focused on building stronger infrastructure, creating opportunities for Inuit artisans, and providing support to Hunters and Trappers Organizations, the Government of Nunavut, and Inuit Organizations.

In 2019, Lori was called to the Nunavut Bar as a lawyer after earning her Juris Doctor from the University of Ottawa’s Common Law Program. She has been operating her law practice, the Qusagaq Law Office, in Iqaluit ever since. She’s fought to make sure that investments in our territory are working for everyday people, not big businesses.

Lori believes we can create a better future for our territory. She’s ready to be a strong voice in Ottawa and fight for you as your Member of Parliament for Nunavut.

Prises Cordell

Cordell is a serial social entrepreneur with expertise in the fields of finance, design, international markets development, and cleantech industries. He is an innovation strategist using market-based approaches for wide scale social impact and systems change efforts. He has launched and raised +$100M for projects that have been globally recognized and supported by institutions including The World Bank, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and has received multiple international awards for his leadership and social impact initiatives.

President Joy Johnson

Joy Johnson is president and vice-chancellor of Simon Fraser University, and professor in its Faculty of Health Sciences.

As president, Joy is committed to carrying out SFU’s vision to be a leading research university, advancing an inclusive and sustainable future.

Prior to her appointment as president, Joy served as SFU’s vice-president, research and international, and oversaw the evolution of cutting-edge research, innovation, and international engagement across eight faculties.

Under her leadership, SFU’s achieved the fastest growth of any Canadian university research income of any university in Canada, with a focus on mobilizing knowledge to enhance the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of its communities.

Prior to SFU, Joy had a distinguished career in academics and research. She is an elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and has co-authored more than 180 peer-reviewed articles.

Professor Johnson is a director and current vice-chair on the Universities Canada board.

Damon Johnston

Keith Joseph

Tewanee Joseph

Tewanee Joseph leads Tewanee Consulting Group, a First Nations-owned-and-operated company focused on delivering meaningful partnerships, communications strategies and planning, and training in communications and inclusivity. Joseph is a member of the Squamish Nation and is half Maori.  He served eight years on the Squamish Nation Council and as executive director and CEO of the Four Host First Nations Secretariat for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

Adam Kahane

Adam Kahane is a Director of Reos Partners, an international social impact company that helps people move forward together on their most important and intractable issues.

Adam is a leading organiser, designer and facilitator of processes through which business, government, and civil society leaders can work together to address such challenges. He has worked in more than fifty countries, in every part of the world, with executives and politicians, generals and guerrillas, civil servants and trade unionists, community activists and United Nations officials, clergy and artists.

Adam is the author of Solving Tough Problems, about which Nelson Mandela said:

“This breakthrough book addresses the central challenge of our time: finding a way to work together to solve the problems we have created.”

He is also the author of Power and Love, Transformative Scenario Planning, Collaborating with the Enemy, and Facilitating Breakthrough.

Adam is a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2022 he was named a Social Innovator of the Year by Schwab Foundation.

Raj Kalia

Raj is co-lead of Capital and Investments at Dark Matter Labs, and works across different sectors and cities to develop the financial instruments and mechanisms that are needed to build the novel infrastructures required for our cities in the 21st century. His work includes the valuation of analysis of natural capital. With 25+ years of international experience in senior capital markets and asset management roles at global banks, Raj managed over $8.0bn in structured finance securitisations and derivatives. He developed new markets and structured financing and indexed instruments for hedge fund strategies. At Deutsche Bank in New York and London, he helped build the bank’s hedge fund financing / origination as European head of Structured Funds & Derivatives Group, in Frankfurt as head of FI Risk Advisory Group. At WestLB, he led the bank’s balance sheet hedge fund investment group and CLO securitisations.

Dawnis Kennedy

Minawaanigogiizhigok is a second degree Midewiwin (Way of the Heart) person and was raised as Ogijiidaakwe (Warrior woman/Woman of a Big Heart) by the Ogijiidaa Society and elders of her home community Bagwaanishkoziibing (Roseau River Anishinaabe First Nation). Also known as Dawnis Kennedy, Minawaanigogiizhigok is of both European and Ojibwe Anishinaabe lineage and is dedicated to reclaiming both traditions in her life and in her work. A Trudeau Foundation Scholar and Yellowhead Institute Research Fellow, She has recently joined the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Winnipeg as an Assistant Professor. She has been called upon to articulate practices of Anishinaabe education, to offer testimony as a legal expert regarding Anishinaabe legal traditions and family law, and to support youth seeking connection in community. In the footsteps of all her ancestors, Minawaanigogiizhigok continues to learn and to grow, taking joy in this good life and supporting others seeking to do the same.

Dr. Paul Kershaw

Le Dr Paul Kershaw est agriculteur matin et soir. Le jour, il est universitaire, conférencier, contributeur médiatique et bénévole. À l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique, il a fondé le laboratoire de recherche et de mobilisation des connaissances Generation Squeeze pour devenir un centre d'activité scientifique sur l'équité générationnelle, les conditions dans lesquelles les Canadiens naissent, grandissent, travaillent et vieillissent, ainsi que les politiques publiques qui façonnent ces conditions. comme le logement, la garde d'enfants, le congé parental, l'équilibre travail-vie personnelle, la fiscalité, la retraite, etc.

Le Dr Kershaw a été reconnu « enseignant de l’année » en 2016 par la Confédération des associations de professeurs universitaires de la Colombie-Britannique en l’honneur de l’érudition exceptionnelle et de la mobilisation des connaissances qu’il dirige depuis son laboratoire Generation Squeeze.

Kershaw étudie et mobilise les connaissances sur ces thématiques à l'École de santé des populations et de santé publique de la Faculté de médecine parce que la recherche montre que la santé ne commence pas par les soins de santé. La santé commence par les facteurs sociaux, économiques, environnementaux et politiques qui façonnent les conditions dans lesquelles nous naissons, grandissons, jouons, travaillons et vieillissons. C’est ce qu’on appelle souvent les déterminants sociaux de la santé.

Avant de se joindre à la Faculté de médecine, Paul a obtenu son poste à l'UBC en 2010 au Collège d'études interdisciplinaires, publiant régulièrement dans des revues de sciences politiques, de sociologie et de santé, et remportant deux prix nationaux de l'Association canadienne de science politique pour ses recherches sur le genre et politique publique.

Guidé par l’érudition sur la façon de mobiliser les connaissances universitaires en action, Paul a lancé le laboratoire Generation Squeeze en réponse à la frustration que la littérature évaluée par les pairs avait une influence trop limitée sur la façon dont les gouvernements canadiens budgétisent les déterminants sociaux de la santé, en particulier pour les jeunes générations. En réponse, Kershaw consacre désormais beaucoup de temps à l'engagement d'engagement communautaire dans le plan stratégique de l'UBC, Lieu et promesse, pour « être un leader en favorisant la compréhension du public des problèmes de société et en stimulant l’action en faveur d’un changement positif ». Il cible donc actuellement un grand nombre de ses publications et autres activités universitaires vers le grand public et les décideurs afin que les preuves universitaires existantes aient un plus grand potentiel d'influence sur les budgets du gouvernement canadien, ainsi que les plates-formes politiques de tout le spectre idéologique qui façonnent ces budgets.

Pour soutenir cet objectif, Kershaw a fondé Compression de génération, co-organisé dans son laboratoire à l'Université de Colombie-Britannique, la Vancity Community Foundation et l'Association à but non lucratif pour l'équité générationnelle (AGE). Generation Squeeze bâtit une organisation puissante pour défendre les jeunes Canadiens sur le marché et dans le monde politique, et vise à devenir la plus grande initiative d'engagement communautaire jamais lancée par une université canadienne. Avec de nombreux partenaires, Kershaw a conçu la campagne comme une initiative pancanadienne de santé de la population rigoureusement évaluée qui répond à la recommandation de la Commission de l'OMS sur les déterminants sociaux de la santé visant à lutter contre la répartition inéquitable du pouvoir.

Il existe actuellement un déséquilibre de pouvoir involontaire entre les générations plus âgées et plus jeunes au Canada en ce qui concerne la budgétisation du gouvernement. Par exemple, alors que l’Association canadienne des personnes retraitées (CARP) existe pour défendre la population vieillissante, il n’existait aucune organisation pancanadienne pour défendre les jeunes générations avant le début de Generation Squeeze. Les jeunes générations sont également un tiers moins susceptibles de voter lors des élections que les générations plus âgées, même si les partis politiques façonnent leurs programmes en fonction des personnes qui se présentent. En conséquence, il existe un écart de dépenses générationnelles dans les budgets canadiens, ce qui explique en grande partie pourquoi les comparaisons internationales placent le Canada parmi les derniers pays de l'OCDE lorsqu'il s'agit d'investir dans les déterminants sociaux de la santé de la génération qui élève de jeunes enfants. Kershaw étudie et évalue dans quelle mesure le fait d'aider les jeunes Canadiens à mobiliser un pouvoir générationnel égal aux côtés de leurs parents et grands-parents peut atténuer les facteurs politico-culturels qui entraînent actuellement le mauvais classement international du Canada et la lenteur de la mise en œuvre des recherches existantes sur les déterminants sociaux. de la santé pour les jeunes générations.

Le Dr Kershaw recrute des étudiants diplômés désireux de travailler et d’étudier dans le cadre du laboratoire de recherche et d’application des connaissances Gen Squeeze. Les étudiants intéressés à travailler avec le Dr Kershaw doivent d'abord consulter le Site Web de Gen Squeeze, et déterminer si leurs intérêts chevauchent les domaines politiques identifiés à http://gensqueeze.ca/policies. Alternativement, les étudiants intéressés par le programme de bourses en mobilisation des connaissances sont également invités à contacter le laboratoire du Dr Kershaw pour explorer les possibilités de collaboration.

Todd Khozein

Todd Khozein is the Founder and CEO of SecondMuse, an impact and innovation company working with communities focused on climate, equity, and tech to build resilient economies that benefit people and protect the planet. Under his leadership, the company has designed and implemented programs on all seven continents with over 600 organizations such as NASA, The World Bank, Nike, USAID, The World Health Organization, and The Rockefeller Foundation. Since its founding, SecondMuse has reached over 160 countries and territories, prototyped 11,000 ideas for innovative solutions, and funded more than 18 million to directly support over 1,200 portfolio companies. These supported ventures have in turn, raised over 850 million in additional funding during their involvement with SecondMuse programs.

The company is a manifestation of Todd’s passionate belief that economic and social systems can be built inclusively and not at the expense of human dignity or the planet’s health. To test his theories and gain a deeper understanding of how to build and execute better systems, Todd earned a medical degree from the University of New Mexico, spent years developing a range of businesses, and co-founded SecondMuse in 2008. He is proud to serve on the Board of Directors of TechSoup Global.

Todd regularly advises corporate executives, senior governmental leaders, and heads of foundations worldwide. He has delivered keynote presentations to leading organizations and government bodies about building resilient economies and the roles of communities and entrepreneurship in that process. Some of Todd’s most notable presentations were delivered to the United Nations General Assembly, Bolivia’s Ministry of Economy and Public Finance, the American Physical Society, the American Chemical Society, the World Bank, and the US Bank.

Dr. Chris R. Kilford

Chris is a member of the national board of the Canadian International Council, the editor (articles) of CIC’s online foreign policy magazine Open Canada, president of the CIC Victoria branch and a sessional professor with the Canadian Forces College and the Royal Military College of Canada.  He also holds a PhD in history from Queen’s University with a focus on civil-military relations in the developing world. Chris also enjoyed a 36-year career in the Canadian Army. He is a graduate of Canada’s Advanced Military Studies Course and was granted an equivalency for the year-long National Security Program in 2009. He also commanded 4^th Air Defence Regiment, followed by various senior positions in the Department of National Defence including Director Future Security Analysis and Military Liaison Officer to the Senate Committee on National Security and Defence. From July 2009 until July 2010, Chris deployed to Canada’s Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan as the Deputy Military Attaché. On his return to Canada, he commenced Turkish language training after which he was sent to Canada’s Embassy in Ankara as the Canadian Defence Attaché with cross accreditation to Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkmenistan from July 2011 until July 2014. Chris retired from the military in September 2014.

Sarah Kim

Sarah Kim has a diverse background in community engagement and development. Currently serving as the Senior Manager of Advocacy & Engagement at Vancouver Foundation, Sarah previously held roles at organizations like Collingwood Neighbourhood House Society, Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks, and ArtStarts in Schools. Sarah holds a Certificate in Intercultural Studies from The University of British Columbia, a Certificate in Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management from Capilano University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Human & Cultural Geography from Queen’s University.

Dr Saul Klein

Saul Klein was a Professor of International Business in the Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria (Canada), where he served as Dean from 2012 to 2023.

Né au Zimbabwe, Saul a eu une vaste carrière couvrant les pays en développement, développés et en transition. Il est titulaire d'un baccalauréat en économie de l'Université hébraïque de Jérusalem (Israël) ainsi que d'un MBA et d'un doctorat de l'Université de Toronto (Canada). De 1996 à 2001, avant de rejoindre la Gustavson School, il a été professeur de marketing et de commerce international SA Breweries à la Wits Business School (Afrique du Sud). Auparavant, il était Senior Fellow en marketing à l'Université nationale de Singapour. Il a également occupé des postes à temps plein à la Wake Forest University et à la Northeastern University aux États-Unis, et a été professeur invité à la Melbourne Business School (Australie).

Avant d'assumer le rôle de doyen, il était responsable du commerce international et directeur des programmes exécutifs à la Gustavson School. Il est également professeur extraordinaire de marketing et de commerce international au Gordon Institute of Business Science de l'Université de Pretoria (Afrique du Sud).

Saul se spécialise dans les domaines de la stratégie marketing, du commerce mondial et du marketing international. Il a fourni une assistance-conseil à plus de 60 organisations différentes, dans ces domaines, au Canada, aux États-Unis, à Singapour et en Afrique du Sud. Il a également animé des ateliers de planification stratégique pour une grande variété d'organisations dans différents secteurs.

En tant que doyen, Saul a lancé le Brand Trust Index de l'école Gustavson, pour mesurer le degré de confiance des Canadiens dans plus de 400 marques différentes, et il a piloté l'engagement de l'école de commerce en faveur d'une formation en gestion responsable.

He currently serves on the Board of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). He was previously a member of the Boards of Mediterranean Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation (Tunisia), and Primeserv Group Ltd (South Africa). the National Consortium for Indigenous Economic Development (Canada), the Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives (Canada), and on the international business school advisory committees of UIBE (China), Beijing Jiaotong University (China), NSYSU (Taiwan) and the University of Pecs (Hungary).

Sage Lacerte

Sage Lacerte is a Carrier womxn from the Lake Babine Nation, and lives in Victoria, BC on unceded Coast Salish Territory of the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ nations. Sage is the Founder of Sage Initiative, a national Indigenous womxn’s impact investing collective. Sage Initiative trains and empowers Indigenous womxn impact investors through a learning curriculum where participants can learn about Indigenous concepts of wealth and commerce through a trauma informed lens that addresses colonial relationships with money, as well as overlapping identities such as as Indigeneity, gender, age, and sexuality. Sage Initiative aims to make capital available to Indigenous owned social purpose businesses, with the goal of forming a circular economy.

Sage is also an Indigenous engagement strategist who is well versed in gender policy, investment literacy, trauma-informed learning, and public speaking. She is a National Youth Ambassador for the Moosehide Campaign, and holds a degree in gender studies from the University of Victoria.

Dr. Dan LeClair

Dan LeClair was named CEO of the Global Business School Network (GBSN) in February of 2019. Prior to GBSN, Dan was an Executive Vice President at AACSB International, an association and accrediting organization that serves some 1,600 business schools in more than 100 countries. His experience at AACSB includes two and half years as Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, seven years as Chief Operating Officer, and five years as Chief Knowledge Officer.

A founding member of the Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) initiative, Dan currently participates on its working board. He also serves in an advisory capacity to several organizations and startups in business and higher education. Before AACSB, Dan was a tenured associate professor and associate dean at The University of Tampa.

Dan a joué un rôle de premier plan dans la création d'un groupe de réflexion conjoint entre la Fondation européenne pour le développement du management (EFMD) et l'AACSB et a été reconnu pour ses efforts pionniers dans la formation des Principes de l'ONU pour une éducation à la gestion responsable (PRME), où il a servi. membre du comité directeur depuis de nombreuses années. Dan a également participé à des groupes de travail au niveau de l'industrie pour un large éventail d'organisations, notamment la Chartered Association of Business Schools, le Graduate Management Admission Council, l'Executive MBA Council et le programme Business and Society de l'Aspen Institute.

Widely recognized as a thought leader in management education, Dan is the author of over 80 research reports, articles, and blogs, and has delivered more than 170 presentations in 30 countries. As a lead spokesperson for reform and innovation in management education, Dan has been frequently cited in a wide range of US and international newspapers, magazines, and professional publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, China Daily, Forbes, Fast Company, and The Economist.

Dan a obtenu un doctorat de l'Université de Floride sur la théorie des jeux.

Diadème Létourneau

Tiara Letourneau is the CEO and Co-founder of Rewrite Capital Advisors, an M&A advisory firm dedicated to creating employee ownership for mid-market companies. She is a Director of the Canadian Employee Ownership Coalition and was instrumental in fighting for the design and creation of Canada’s new Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) legislation.

Tiara’s background is in international development and the financial industry. She holds a Masters of Finance from Cambridge University. In 2010, she was awarded an Action Canada Fellowship and in 2014 was given the Financial Leader’s Award from the People’s Bank of China School of Finance at Tsinghua University. She helped design the United Nations Green Climate Fund’s Private Sector Facility for co-investing in climate change. She now designs employee ownership transformation strategies, to help Canadians protect their businesses and to reduce wealth inequality.

Dr. Wilton Littlechild

Wilton Littlechild, Ph.D., est un chef cri, un survivant des pensionnats et un avocat qui a travaillé à l'échelle nationale et internationale, notamment avec les Nations Unies, pour faire progresser les droits et les traités autochtones. Il a également – grâce à son leadership au sein de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation – fait connaître les anciennes politiques canadiennes qui ont décimé les moyens de subsistance et la culture des Canadiens autochtones.

Né en Alberta, Wilton Littlechild a grandi en grande partie dans des pensionnats de 1951 à 1964, où il a passé 14 ans à survivre grâce à ses études et à son sport. Après avoir quitté le pensionnat, il a étudié l'éducation physique à l'Université de l'Alberta et le droit à l'Université du Nouveau-Mexique, où il a poursuivi ses études et le hockey.

Le chef Littlechild était membre de la délégation autochtone aux Nations Unies (ONU) en 1977 et a travaillé sur la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones. Il s'est organisé au sein de l'ONU pour accroître la contribution des Autochtones aux questions économiques et sociales abordées par l'ONU. Dans les années 1980, il a travaillé sur le procès visant à empêcher le rapatriement de la Constitution canadienne jusqu'à ce que les droits ancestraux et issus de traités soient protégés et, ces dernières années, il a été chef régional et international des traités nos 6, 7 et 8.

Le chef Littlechild a été député, vice-président du Parlement autochtone des Amériques, représentant de l'Amérique du Nord à l'Instance permanente des Nations Unies sur les questions autochtones et président du Mécanisme d'experts des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones et de la Commission des droits des peuples autochtones. Les Premières Nations et les Métis et la réforme de la justice.

En plus de son travail continu au sein de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation, il continue de diriger son propre cabinet d'avocats dans la réserve Erminiskin, en Alberta, et maintient son engagement envers le sport. Il a été intronisé au Temple de la renommée des sports.

Il a reçu l'Ordre du Canada et, en 1993, le gouvernement canadien a décerné au chef Littlechild la Médaille Canada 125. Il est lauréat des prix Indspire 2015 et a récemment reçu le prix d'excellence de l'Alberta.

Senator Tony Loffreda

Mr. Tony Loffreda was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 2019 by the Governor General of Canada on the advice of the Prime Minister. He is the first Canadian born Senator of Italian descent.

He currently sits on the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance and the Standing Senate Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration. He also serves as Deputy Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade, and the Economy. Senator Loffreda also serves on several Senate Working Groups. He is a member of various parliamentary associations and interparliamentary groups, including serving as Vice-Chair of the Canada-Italy Interparliamentary Group and Chair of the Canadian Chapter of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. He is a member of the Independent Senators Group.

Prior to his appointment, Senator Loffreda was a Vice Chairman and Executive at RBC. He brings to the Senate over 35 years of experience in the financial industry.

Senator Loffreda has served on various boards and committees including, but not limited to, the Concordia University Board of Governors; the Integrated Health and Social Services University Network for West-Central Montréal; Montréal International; the Italian-Canadian Community Foundation; the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada; and the executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montréal.

Once nominated to the Canadian Senate, Senator Loffreda retired from RBC and resigned from the twenty-one boards he was serving on.

He is a leading philanthropist, active in service to many communities, having chaired fundraising activities across the province for various causes such as the Giant Steps School; the Montréal Jewish General Hospital; McGill University Goodman Research Centre; the Montréal Cancer Institute and many more. He is also a frequent and sought-after speaker on economic and community issues.

Among his many awards and distinctions, he is a recipient of the Lieutenant Governor of Québec’s Gold Medal for Exceptional Merit; the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal; the Governor General of Canada Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers; the Canadian Italian Business and Professional Association’s Person of the Year Award; the Philhellene of the Year Award by the Hellenic Community of Greater Montréal; and the Senate of Canada 150th Anniversary Medal which he received prior to his appointment. He was also inducted as an administrator into the Montréal-Concordia Soccer Hall of Fame.

Senator Loffreda passed the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Final Exam and earned a USA – Certified Public Accountant designation through the University of Illinois.

Senator Loffreda also holds a Chartered Global Management Accountant international designation from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

He earned his Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in accounting from the University of Concordia. He lives in Montreal with his wife, and they have two children.

Rik Logtenberg

Rik Logtenberg is a software developer, City Councillor, and the founder of Climate Caucus, a national network of mayors and councillors focused on advancing low-carbon resilience across Canada. As the Director of CanAdapt, Rik leads a platform designed to empower professionals with the skills, knowledge, and connections they need to address climate change.

Marc Lortie

Marc Lortie is Canada’s Ambassador to France. He joined the Department of External Affairs in 1971. He served abroad in Tunisia and Washington, and was seconded to the Prime Minister’s Office in 1985 where he was in charge of relations with the international media until 1987 when he was name Press Secretary. He was name Canadian Ambassador to Chile in 1993; in 1997 he was nominated Fellow at the Centre for International Affairs at Harvard University. He was Ambassador of Canada to Spain from 2004 to 2007.

David M. Malone

David Malone is former UN Under-Secretary General, Rector of the United Nations University, and Senior Fellow of the Institute for International Law and Justice. A Canadian national, Dr. Malone holds a BAA from l’École des Hautes Études Commerciales (Montreal); an Arabic Language Diploma from the American University (Cairo); an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; and a DPhil in International Relations from Oxford University.

Prior to joining the United Nations University, Dr. Malone served (2008–2013) as President of Canada’s International Development Research Centre, a funding agency that supports policy-relevant research in the developing world. Dr. Malone previously served as Canada’s Representative to the UN Economic and Social Council and as Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations (1990–1994); as Director General of the Policy, International Organizations and Global Issues Bureaus within Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT, 1994–1998); as President of the International Peace Academy (now International Peace Institute), a New York-based independent research and policy development institution (1998–2004); as DFAIT Assistant Deputy Minister for Global Issues (2004–2006); and as Canada’s High Commissioner to India, and non-resident Ambassador to Bhutan and Nepal (2006–2008).

Dr. Malone also has held research posts at the Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution; Massey College, University of Toronto; and Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. He has been a Guest Scholar and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, an Adjunct Professor at the New York University School of Law, and a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford University.

Dr. Malone has published extensively. His recent books include Does the Elephant Dance?: Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy (2011, Oxford University Press); Nepal in Transition: From People’s War to Fragile Peace (co-editor, 2012, Cambridge University Press); International Development: Ideas, Experience, and Prospects (co-editor, 2014, Oxford University Press); The UN Security Council in the 21st Century (co-editor, 2015, Lynne Rienner Publishers); The Oxford Handbook of Indian Foreign Policy (co-editor, 2015, Oxford University Press); and Law and Practice of the United Nations (co-authored graduate textbook, 2nd edition 2016, Oxford University Press).

Dr. Basma Majerbi

Dr. Majerbi is an associate professor of finance at Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria. Her research interests include international finance, ESG and impact investing, and climate-related financial risks and opportunities. Her teaching integrates sustainable finance topics into core finance courses in various programs including the MBA in Sustainable Innovation. She is a recipient of multiple awards including Research Excellence, Best MBA Professor, Innovation Award, Service Excellence, IAB Community Engagement Award and the BC Cleantech Educator Award.

Basma is founder and director of the Impact Investing, a research and education center whose mission is to accelerate investments in climate solutions and help companies and investors align with the sustainable development goals (SDGs), through education and capacity building, collaborative research, and stakeholder engagement. She is co-founder and co-chair of the International Workshop on Financial System Architecture and Stability (IWFSAS), an annual conference focused on sustainable finance and climate-related finance research topics.

Basma is also a technical advisor with the International Monetary Fund’s Institute for Capacity Development where she contributes to training of government officials in developing countries on topics related to financial development, financial inclusion, and other financial sector issues. She is a member of the ESG Advisory Council to the BC Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation which leads the BC ESG Centre of Excellence, a founding member of the Canadian Sustainable Finance Network (CSFN) and serves on its Steering Committee, and a member of the Research Advisory Council of the Institute for Sustainable Finance. Basma also serves on the boards of multiple organizations, including the board of directors of the South Island Prosperity Partnership, the Advisory Board of the Center for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies (COAST), the Impact Investment Committee of the Victoria Foundation and the Research Advisory Group of New Power Labs.

Basma holds a PhD in Finance from McGill University and a MSc in International Finance from HEC Montreal.

L'honorable John Manley

John Manley is a corporate director, Senior Business Advisor at the law firm Bennett Jones LLP, and the Chair of Jefferies Securities Inc. From 2010 to 2018, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Council of Canada, and from 2004 to 2009, he served as counsel to the law firm McCarthy Tétrault LLP. Before his career in the private sector, John had a notable 16-year career in politics, serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Minister in the portfolios of Industry, Foreign Affairs and Finance.

John has served as a director and chair of the board of directors of CAE Inc. and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. He has also been a director of CARE Canada and a member of the World Economic Forum.In recognition of his contributions to the country, John is an Officer of the Order of Canada.

He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton University and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Ottawa. John is certified as a Chartered Director by McMaster University and holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Ottawa, Carleton University, the University of Toronto, Western University, the University of Windsor and York University.

Professeur Thomas Marois

Thomas Marois is a Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Political Science and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Public Banking at McMaster University, Canada and formerly a Reader in Development Studies, SOAS University of London. Thomas is a leading scholar of public banks worldwide, focusing on pro-public alternatives and collaborations for the financing of green and just transitions. He is author of the 2021 book Public Banks: Decarbonisation, Definancialisation, and Democratisation (Cambridge University Press), which was awarded the 2023 Joan Robinson Prize by the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy. Thomas is co-editor of the 2023 book Public Banks, Public Water Exploring the Links in Europe (Routledge) and he has written articles for such top-ranked journals as Water International, Review of Political Economy, The China Quarterly, The Journal of Peasant Studies, Environment and Planning, and Review of International Political Economy.

Thomas is Director of the Public Banking Project at McMaster University and an Associate Director with the Municipal Services Project, a global network of researchers investigating public alternatives at Queen’s University, Canada. He works closely with and advises the Public Banking Institute, the Public Bank New York and Public Bank San Francisco groups, and UNCTAD. Thomas sits on the Council of Europe Development Bank Award for Social Cohesion Jury and is a member of the Knowledge Advisory Committee for the Finance in Common Summit Secretariat.

Oleksandra Matviichuk

Oleksandra Matviichuk is a human rights defender who works on issues in Ukraine and the OSCE region. At present she heads the human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties, and also coordinates the work of the initiative group Euromaidan SOS. The activities of the Center for Civil Liberties are aimed at protecting human rights and establishing democracy in Ukraine and the OSCE region. The organization is developing legislative changes, exercises public oversight over law enforcement agencies and judiciary, conducts educational activities for young people and implements international solidarity programs. 

The Euromaidan SOS initiative group was created in response to the brutal dispersal of a peaceful student rally in Kyiv on November 30, 2013. During three months of mass protests that were called the Revolution of Dignity, several thousand volunteers provided round-the-clock legal and other aid to persecuted people throughout the country. Since the end of the protests and beginning of Russian aggression in Ukraine, the initiative has been monitoring political persecution in occupied Crimea, documenting war crimes and crimes against humanity during the hybrid war in the Donbas and conducting the “LetMyPeopleGo” international campaign to release political prisoners detained by the Russian authorities. 

Oleksandra Matviichuk has experience in creating horizontal structures for massive involvement of people in human rights activities against attacks on rights and freedoms, as well as a multi-year practice of documenting violations during armed conflict. She is the author of a number of alternative reports to various UN bodies, the Council of Europe, the European Union, the OSCE and the International Criminal Court. In 2016 she received the Democracy Defender Award for “Exclusive Contribution to Promoting Democracy and Human Rights” from missions to the OSCE.

Njoki Mbũrũ

Among multiple intersections of identity, Njoki Mbũrũ is a storyteller, poet, and imagination alchemist from Kenya. Having completed the LEVEL Youth Public Policy Program through the Vancouver Foundation in 2020, she continues to advocate for policies, projects, and partnerships that uplift the leadership of Indigenous and Black people and communities.

Between November 2022 to August 2023, Njoki completed a storytelling fellowship with the Community Foundations of Canada; an experience which propelled her to explore the relationships between public policy, emerging technologies, storytelling and power. She currently works at the Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement where she is focused on building belonging and also co-creating a Pan-Canadian Strategy of Belonging. As a foundational framework for her practice and thought, she is guided by the question: “What else is possible?”

Jason McBride

Jason McBride joined Pearson College UWC as their Head in August 2023 as an experienced international leader who had been fortunate enough to have previously led schools in Malaysia, Thailand, Canada and the UAE. Having spent 25 years in education in incredibly diverse, CIS accredited and International Baccalaureate continuum schools, Jason believes that schools exist for two main reasons: first, to raise great human beings who can help make the world a more peaceful and sustainable place, and second, to help young people build the learning and academic skills they need to pursue their own chosen path. Having worked in a variety of school models around the world, Jason strives to keep students — especially their wellbeing — at the center of the decision-making process. He was thrilled to bring two decades of international experience and intercultural understanding back to his home country where he is enjoying continuing the incredible work that Pearson has committed to around sustainability and reconciliation; two aspects that align with not only the UWC mission, but are important conversations for Canada as well. 

Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Jason received undergraduate degrees from McMaster University (B. Kin) and Queen’s University (B. Ed), before pursuing his Masters degree with Michigan State University and completing his Doctoral coursework at the University of Calgary (all but dissertation). Jason is a former TEDx speaker who has thoroughly enjoyed living abroad with his wife and two daughters, but he is thrilled to learn, live and lead Pearson College. 

La sénatrice Marilou McPhedran

Née et élevée dans la campagne du Manitoba, Canada, admise au Barreau de l'Ontario (1978-2007), nommée membre de l'Ordre du Canada (1985) en reconnaissance de son co-leadership dans la campagne réussie pour une meilleure protection de l'égalité des sexes dans le Constitution canadienne et nommée au Sénat du Canada par le gouverneur général David Johnston sur la recommandation du premier ministre Justin Trudeau en 2016, Marilou McPhedran est une avocate et une éducatrice de formation juridique spécialisée dans l'enseignement et le développement de mécanismes de changement systémiques et durables pour promouvoir l'égalité et la diversité. , ayant cofondé plusieurs organisations canadiennes à but non lucratif de renommée internationale, telles que LEAF – le Fonds d'éducation et d'action juridiques pour les femmes, qui mène des affaires et des interventions en matière d'égalité constitutionnelle depuis plus de 30 ans, METRAC – le Comité d'action métropolitain sur la violence contre Femmes et enfants, et le centre de crise Gerstein pour les patients psychiatriques sans abri libérés.

Elle a fondé l'International Women's Rights Project en 1998 et l'Institut pour les droits internationaux des femmes au Global College en 2009 – sur la base de ses modèles intergénérationnels de « plaidoyer fondé sur des preuves » et de « droits vécus ». Lorsqu'elle était directrice générale d'un centre d'excellence fédéral basé à l'Université York, au Canada, elle a dirigé le personnel et les programmes qui comprenaient un réseau de cyber-recherche sur la santé et les droits des femmes.

Elle a développé des cours sur les droits de l'homme en ligne et en classe et a présidé trois enquêtes indépendantes sur les abus sexuels sur des patients (1991-2015), co-enquêté et co-écrit des recherches appliquées, notamment : la première étude internationale visant à évaluer l'impact de la Convention des Nations Unies sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l'égard des femmes dans dix pays (1998-2000) ; Qu’en est-il de la responsabilité envers le patient ? (2001), Étude nationale sur la santé des femmes des régions rurales, éloignées et du Nord au Canada (2001-2003); le manuel Prévenir les abus sexuels : un guide juridique à l'intention des professionnels de la santé (2004) ; un document stratégique destiné à l'ambassadeur du Canada auprès de l'ONU, Engendering the 'Responsibility to Protect' Doctrine (2005); L'activisme constitutionnel des femmes en Afrique du Sud et au Canada (Revue internationale du constitutionnalisme 2009) ; 28-Helluva, beaucoup à perdre en 27 jours : le comité ad hoc et l'activisme constitutionnel des femmes à l'ère du rapatriement (2015).

Ses auteurs comprennent : l'article de 2006 du National Journal of Constitutional Law, Impact of S.15 Equality Rights on Canadian Society: Beacon or Laser?; l'article de 2007 de la Supreme Court Law Review A Truer Story: Constitutional Trialogue ; et l'article de la Michigan State Law Review de 2014, Compléments de la CEDAW – Cohérence de la politique étrangère américaine sur les droits humains et la sécurité humaine des femmes.

Pionnière de la recherche et du plaidoyer pour promouvoir les droits de la personne par le biais d'une réforme systémique du droit, de la médecine, de l'éducation et de la gouvernance, elle a présidé le Forum international de 2006 sur l'activisme des femmes dans la réforme constitutionnelle et a occupé la chaire Ariel F. Sallows en droits de la personne à l'Université de la Saskatchewan. College of Law, a été nommé commissaire en chef de la Commission des droits de l'homme de la Saskatchewan en 2007 et a été directeur (doyen) du Global College de l'Université de Winnipeg au Manitoba de juin 2008 à juillet 2012, puis a été chercheur en droits de l'homme à l'UNFPA à Genève. Bureau de liaison et a enseigné en tant que professeur invité à l'Université pour la paix mandatée par l'ONU au Costa Rica en 2012-2013.

De 2008 à 2019, elle a été professeure titulaire titulaire à l'Université de Winnipeg. Elle a été la directrice fondatrice de l'Institut pour les droits internationaux des femmes au Global College de 2009 à 2016 et la créatrice/directrice de l'institut d'été annuel « Human Rights UniverCity » basé au Musée canadien pour les droits de la personne de 2011 à 2018.

Sénatrice Marie-Françoise Mégie

La sénatrice Marie-Françoise Mégie a été nommée au Sénat le 25 novembre 2016 par le très honorable Justin Trudeau. La sénatrice Mégie représente la province de Québec et la division sénatoriale de Rougemont.

La carrière professionnelle de la sénatrice Mégie s'étend sur plus de 35 ans comme médecin de famille et près de 30 ans comme professeur d'université. Née en Haïti, arrivée au Québec en 1976, elle a gravi les échelons de la profession médicale tout en poursuivant ses études universitaires, devenant professeure agrégée de clinique au Département de médecine familiale de l'Université de Montréal.

Elle a contribué à la création de la Maison de soins palliatifs de Laval en 2009, dont elle a occupé le poste de directrice médicale jusqu'au 31 décembre 2016.

Sa pratique médicale était axée sur la prestation de services de soins de santé aux personnes âgées, aux personnes gravement handicapées et aux patients en fin de vie.

La sénatrice Mégie a été présidente de l'Association des médecins haïtiens à l'étranger (AMHE) pendant cinq ans et a présidé l'organisation Médecins francophones du Canada de 2014 à 2016.

Elle a également été rédactrice en chef du bulletin d'information des Médecins francophones du Canada.

La Dre Mégie a reçu de nombreux prix pour ses contributions professionnelles, bénévoles et personnelles.

Anur Mehdic

Anur has been a planner with the City of New Westminster Community Planning team since August 2019. His responsibilities are to support both current and long-range planning initiatives related to the City’s diverse social planning portfolio. Fountain pen in hand, advancing anti-poverty work through equitable civic engagement and policy development for those most disadvantaged or excluded in his community, is the topic most close to his heart.

Matthew Mendelsohn

Matthew is a Canadian public policy leader. For over 25 years, he has designed and implemented public policy solutions that work in practice and has advised governments, organizations and elected leaders on ways to improve economic, social and democratic outcomes. Matthew is a former deputy minister with the governments of Canada and Ontario, and was the founding Director of the Mowat Centre, a public policy think tank at the University of Toronto. Most recently he was a Visiting Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University and a Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group. Matthew received a B.A. from McGill University, a Ph.D. from the l’Université de Montréal and an ICD.D from the Rotman School of Management.

Sénatrice Julie Miville-Déchêne

Depuis sa nomination au Sénat en 2018, Julie Miville-Dechêne a présenté deux projets de loi d'initiative sénatoriale : la nouvelle loi Projet de loi S-211, contre le travail forcé et le travail des enfants dans les chaînes d'approvisionnement, à compter du 1er janvier 2024 ; et Projet de loi S-210 ce qui rendrait obligatoire la mise en œuvre de mécanismes de vérification de l’âge pour protéger les mineurs contre l’exposition à la pornographie en ligne. Ce dernier projet de loi a été adopté en avril 2023 par le Sénat et est actuellement à l'étude à la Chambre des communes.

Elle est vice-présidente du Comité sénatorial permanent des transports et des communications.

Julie Miville-Dechêne a connu une longue carrière dans la fonction publique où elle s'est démarquée par son talent de communicatrice.

Très tôt, elle se consacre au journalisme, une carrière qui la mènera à travers le Québec, le Canada et les États-Unis pendant plus de 25 ans, et à travers laquelle elle rencontrera des gens de toutes cultures et de tous horizons. Julie Miville-Dechêne a été correspondante pour la télévision de CBC-Radio-Canada à Montréal, Toronto, Ottawa et Washington. Elle a couvert les négociations constitutionnelles, l'attentat à la bombe d'Oklahoma City et l'intervention américaine en Haïti, pour n'en nommer que quelques-uns.

En 2007, elle devient la première femme ombudsman de Radio-Canada, une expérience qui lui permet d'acquérir une solide expertise en éthique. Ces décisions publiques ont examiné de près les mécanismes du journalisme et ont révélé des erreurs ou des préjugés.

En 2011, Julie Miville-Dechêne est nommée présidente du Conseil du gouvernement du Québec Conseil du statut de la femme. Pendant cinq ans, elle a modernisé l'institution en la rendant pertinente pour les jeunes femmes. Elle a également utilisé son indépendance pour faire connaître l'institution et s'exprimer publiquement sur les grandes questions touchant les femmes, notamment les violences sexuelles, et en participant à des recherches sur le terrain. Sous sa direction, le Conseil a publié des articles remarquables sur la prostitution, la violence fondée sur l'honneur et les mères porteuses. Elle a exprimé de sérieuses inquiétudes concernant la charte de laïcité du gouvernement en 2013.

En 2016, elle fait le saut vers la diplomatie, occupant successivement les fonctions de représentante du Québec au sein de la Délégation permanente du Canada auprès de l'UNESCO, puis d'envoyée du gouvernement du Québec pour les droits et libertés de la personne.

En 2008, elle a reçu le prix Reconnaissance UQAM Prix pour sa contribution exceptionnelle au développement de sa profession. En 2005, elle reçoit le prix Raymond-Charette pour la qualité exceptionnelle du français dans le journalisme audiovisuel. En 2002, elle a remporté le New York Festivals International Advertising Award pour son reportage sur les enfants et le terrorisme, Les enfants et le terrorisme.

Mme Miville-Dechêne est titulaire d'un diplôme d'études supérieures en prévention et résolution des conflits du Université de Sherbrooke, une maîtrise en journalisme de l'Université Columbia de New York et une licence en sciences politiques de l'Université Université du Québec à Montréal.

La sénatrice Miville-Dechêne est coprésidente du Groupe multipartite de lutte contre l'esclavage moderne et la traite de personnes.

En plus de ses activités sénatoriales, Julie Miville-Dechêne est administratrice bénévole d'un organisme à but non lucratif (OBNL) : Partagez la chaleur

Sénatrice Lucie Moncion

Après une brillante carrière de plus de 38 ans dans le secteur des institutions financières coopératives, dont les 16 dernières à titre de présidente-directrice générale, Lucie Moncion a été nommée au Sénat en novembre 2016. À titre de représentante de la communauté francophone de l'Ontario et dans le cadre de son mandat parlementaire fonctions, elle œuvre dans les langues officielles et le secteur coopératif. Elle est présidente du Comité sénatorial permanent de la régie interne, des budgets et de l'administration.

Originaire d'Ottawa, le sénateur Moncion est titulaire d'un baccalauréat en administration des affaires avec spécialisation en administration coopérative de l'Université Laurentienne, d'une maîtrise en administration des affaires de l'Université de Moncton et du titre d'administrateur de sociétés des universités Laval et McMaster.

Elle possède une connaissance approfondie des communautés francophones minoritaires de l'Ontario, ainsi qu'une compréhension approfondie de l'économie, du climat des affaires et des communautés francophones de l'Ontario. Elle possède une expertise reconnue dans les domaines des coopératives et de l’entrepreneuriat social.

De plus, elle a siégé à de nombreux conseils d'administration. Elle a été présidente du conseil d'administration de Coopératives et Mutuelles Canada, présidente des comités d'audit et de gouvernance du Groupe Média TFO, présidente du groupe de travail du Circuit Champlain et présidente de la Coalition des Credit Unions et Caisses Populaires. Elle a également été vice-présidente du Conseil des gouverneurs de l'Université Nipissing et membre du conseil d'administration du Collège Boréal.

Elle est mère de trois enfants et grand-mère de quatre petits-enfants et vit avec son mari Yvon à North Bay, dans le nord de l'Ontario.

Dr Kate Moran

Kate Moran is the President & CEO of Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), a position she has held since 2012. She first joined the University of Victoria in September 2011 as a professor in the Faculty of Science and as Director of NEPTUNE Canada. Her previous appointment was Professor and Associate Dean at the University of Rhode Island. From 2009 to 2011, Moran was seconded to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy where she served as an Assistant Director and focused on Arctic, polar, ocean, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and climate policy issues. She is active in public outreach on topics related to the Arctic, ocean observing, and climate change. Professor Moran co-led the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program’s Arctic Coring Expedition which successfully recovered the first paleoclimate record from the Arctic Ocean. She also led one of the first offshore expeditions to investigate the seafloor following the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Professor Moran is a registered professional engineer, an Officer of the Order of Canada, a fellow of the Canadian Society of Senior Engineers, and was selected as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow for the class of 2022.

Ry Moran

Ry Moran is Canada’s inaugural Associate University Librarian – Reconciliation at the University of Victoria. His role within UVic Libraries’ focuses on building and sustaining relationships to introduce Indigenous approaches and knowledge into the daily work of the Libraries and more broadly across the campus community.

Ry came to this position from the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation hosted by the University of Manitoba. Prior to the NCTR, he served with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. On the TRC’s behalf, he facilitated the gathering of nearly 7,000 video/audio-recorded statements of former residential school students and millions of pages archival records.

Ry’s life-long passion for the arts and music continues to be an important part of his life as he continues to write and produce original music. Ry is a distinguished alumnus of the University of Victoria and was awarded a Meritorious Service Cross by the Governor General. On May 29, 2024, Ry received and Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of British Columbia. Ry is a proud member of the Red River Métis.

Richard Muller

Richard leads our Impact United initiative to build and curate a community of foundations, family offices and HNIs in Canada who are committed to deploying their capital for both social and environmental impact, alongside financial return. Previously, Richard held a number of executive positions at Toniic, a global network of active impact investors from more than 25 countries.

Senator Jim Munson

L'ancien sénateur Jim Munson est surtout connu des Canadiens comme journaliste de confiance et conseiller en communications. Il a couvert l'actualité pendant plus de trente ans, notamment en tant que chef de bureau et correspondant à l'étranger pour CTV News. Ses reportages ont abordé des événements partout dans le monde – de Belfast à Pékin – notamment la première guerre du Golfe, l'assassinat d'Indira Gandhi et le massacre de la place Tiananmen. Au pays, il a couvert la crise du FLQ au Québec et plus tard, à Ottawa, toutes les élections gouvernementales et fédérales canadiennes à partir de 1974. Le sénateur Munson a été mis en nomination à deux reprises pour un prix Gemini en reconnaissance de l'excellence en journalisme.

En 2001, après sa carrière de journaliste, le sénateur Munson rejoint le Cabinet du premier ministre à titre de conseiller en communications et est nommé directeur des communications l'année suivante. Il a été appelé au Sénat le 10 décembre 2003 pour représenter la province de l'Ontario et a été whip du caucus libéral du Sénat de 2008 à 2016.

Le sénateur Munson est président du Comité sénatorial permanent des droits de la personne et un ardent défenseur des personnes atteintes d'un trouble du spectre autistique. Son leadership au Parlement a mené à l’adoption de la Loi instituant la Journée mondiale de sensibilisation à l’autisme et au rapport historique du Sénat Payez maintenant ou payez plus tard : Les familles autistes en crise.

Kizito Bijyinama Musabimana

Kizito prides himself in being a storyteller with a dream of telling successful African stories to the world. After graduating from the Film & Television Production program at Toronto Film School, he attended the Independent Producers program at Centennial College. He learned the art of building bridges through cross-sector collaboration to create a world we wish to see – a more connected, self-sufficient, and just society.

Born in Rwanda, Kizito was 11 years old during the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi and having grown up with memories of 94, he later faced an impossible battle to overcome PTSD; a struggle which many in the Rwanda Canadian community continue to face today – especially those who were young at the time of the Genocide.

By taking a holistic approach to life, Kizito was able to overcome the worst of PTSD (severe depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts). He has since worked tirelessly to understand issues in his (African Canadian) community, partnering with youth and leaders and leading organisations to develop programs designed to solve these challenges collaboratively for current and future generations.

Lara Mussell

Andréa Nemtin

Andrea Nemtin is Chief Executive Officer of Social Innovation Canada, to which she brings 25 years of experience leading organizations and initiatives focused on advancing social and environmental progress through strategic philanthropy, media and arts, social innovation and impact investing. That has included serving as Executive Director of Rally Assets and as CEO and founding president of Inspirit Foundation, where she led the foundation’s journey towards a 100% impact investing portfolio. Andrea was recognized in 2017 with a Governor General’s Meritorious Service Award for her contribution to inclusion in Canada and currently serves as a board member for the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority, The Social Innovation Institute, Story Money Impact and Challenge for Change.

Peter Nicholas

Peter has over 30 years of management and project experience at the World Bank and Social Finance, including serving as Director of the World Bank’s Southern Africa Department.
He has focused on delivering projects with measurable and sustained impact, and on results-based country strategies and projects. His experience ranges from results measurement to public expenditure management, and from community-based social projects to large-scale PPPs.

He has worked with Governments, the private sector and NGOs in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the former Soviet Union, with a focus on low-income and fragile states. He has also been a Trustee of BRAC UK.

Allan Northcott

Prior to joining Max Bell Foundation in 1998, Allan was a member of the academic staff at the University of Illinois and the University of Calgary, and was a member of the research staff at Canada West Foundation. He has served as an advisor and on the boards of a number of non-profit organizations. He has served as a member of the boards of directors of Imagine Canada, Philanthropic Foundations Canada, and The Pemsel Case Foundation. He serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for The Philanthropist.

Dr Isaac Odame

Dr Odame est chef de la section d'hématologie et directeur du programme d'hémoglobinopathie, Division d'hématologie/oncologie, Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto. Il est le directeur médical du Réseau mondial sur la drépanocytose, basé au SickKids Center for Global Child Health, qui construit des collaborations durables entre cliniciens et scientifiques du monde entier pour faire progresser la recherche et faire progresser les soins aux patients atteints de drépanocytose (SCD), en particulier dans les pays à faible revenu. - et les pays à revenu intermédiaire (PRFI) qui supportent le plus lourd fardeau de la maladie.

Odame est professeur aux départements de pédiatrie et de médecine de la faculté de médecine Temerty de l'Université de Toronto. Il a été directeur de division et titulaire de la chaire Alexandra Yeo d'hématologie au département de médecine de l'Université de Toronto de 2013 à 2024.

Odame joue un rôle de premier plan au sein de la Coalition mondiale contre la drépanocytose (WCSCD), un partenariat public-privé international multipartite et intersectoriel unique qui aspire à devenir le point focal mondial des efforts visant à lutter contre la drépanocytose dans les PRFI. Odame est le chercheur principal des études de mise en œuvre visant à intégrer le diagnostic et les soins précoces de la drépanocytose dans les établissements de soins de santé primaires en Afrique subsaharienne. En tant que membre des comités directeurs, des comités de surveillance de la sécurité des données et chercheur principal du site, il participe activement à plusieurs études cliniques visant à développer de nouvelles thérapies modificatrices et curatives de la drépanocytose. Odame est actuellement rédacteur adjoint de Sang et cancer pédiatriques revue et siège au comité consultatif de rédaction du Lancet Santé des enfants et des adolescents.

Sénatrice Ratna Omidvar

Ratna Omidvar is an internationally recognized voice on migration, diversity and inclusion. She came to Canada from Iran in 1981 and her own experiences of displacement, integration and citizen engagement have been the foundation of her work. In April 2016, Ms. Omidvar was appointed to the Senate of Canada as an independent senator representing Ontario. Senator Omidvar is the Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology and served as Deputy Chair of the Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector. She is a Vice-President of the Canada-Germany Parliamentary Group.

Senator Omidvar is a Director at the Century Initiative, a Councillor on the World Refugee and Migration Council, a Founding Committee Member of Lifeline Afghanistan and and Chair Emerita for the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council.

Auparavant à l'Université Ryerson, la sénatrice Omidvar était professeur invité émérite et a fondé le Global Diversity Exchange, un groupe de réflexion et d'action sur la diversité, la migration et l'inclusion. Avant sa nomination à Ryerson, la sénatrice Omidvar était présidente de Maytree, où elle a joué un rôle de premier plan dans les efforts locaux, nationaux et internationaux visant à promouvoir l'intégration des immigrants.

Senator Omidvar is co-author of Flight and Freedom: Stories of Escape to Canada (2015), an Open Book Toronto best book of 2015 and one of the Toronto Star‘s top five good reads from Word on the Street. She is also a contributor to The Harper Factor (2016) and co-editor of Five Good Ideas: Practical Strategies for Non-Profit Success (2011). Senator Omidvar received a Honorary Degree, Doctor of Laws, from Ryerson University in 2018 and from York University in 2012.

Senator Omidvar was appointed to the Order of Ontario in 2005 and became a Member of the Order of Canada in 2011, with both honours recognizing her advocacy work on behalf of immigrants and devotion to reducing inequality in Canada. In 2014, she received the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in recognition of her contribution to the advancement of German-Canadian relations.

Senator Omidvar has also been recognized by Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, by being named as its Nation Builder of the Decade for Citizenship in 2010. She was named to the inaugural Global Diversity List sponsored by The Economist magazine in 2015, as one of the Top 10 Diversity Champions worldwide. In 2016, she also received Lifetime Achievement Awards from CivicAction and the Canadian Urban Institute, honouring her strong commitment to civic leadership and city building. In 2018, Senator Omidvar was named as one of the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award winners and in 2019 she received the Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award from Tufts University.

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Dara Parker

Dara is a social impact executive with over 20 years’ experience working in purpose-driven organizations. She currently runs a leadership consultancy, helping change-makers navigate complexity to get things done.

She recently served as the Vice-President, Grants and Community Initiatives at the Vancouver Foundation, where she led a team of 26 and was responsible for deploying $50M annually in grants. Previously Dara has served as Executive Director of SVP Vancouver and the Executive Director of QMUNITY, BC’s Queer, Trans and Two-Spirit Resource Centre. Dara sits on the Board of Forward Global, and is the co-founder of Lezervations, a nonprofit facilitating networking events for queer and trans women.

Dara lives with her partner in Syilx Okanagan territory, and spends her down time chasing her French bulldogs, Mr. Bumper and Sir Waffles.

Dr Andrew Parkin

Andrew Parkin est directeur exécutif de l'Environics Institute for Survey Research, un organisme sans but lucratif créé en 2006 pour mener des recherches approfondies sur l'opinion publique et les questions sociales sur les questions qui façonnent l'avenir du Canada. 

Avant de se joindre à l'Institut, Andrew a été directeur du Centre Mowat et professeur agrégé à l'École Munk des affaires mondiales et des politiques publiques (2017-19), directeur général du Conseil des ministres de l'Éducation du Canada (CMEC) (2010- 14), directeur exécutif associé et directeur de la recherche et du développement de programmes à la Fondation canadienne des bourses d'études du millénaire (2004-10), et codirecteur du Centre de recherche et d'information sur le Canada (2000-04). Il a également travaillé comme analyste et consultant indépendant en politiques publiques, fournissant des conseils stratégiques, des analyses de problèmes et des recherches politiques à une variété de clients nationaux et internationaux dans les domaines de l'éducation et du développement des compétences, des politiques sociales et économiques et de la recherche sur l'opinion publique. 

Andrew a convoqué, informé et dirigé des discussions nationales et internationales sur un large éventail de questions de politique publique et a agi en tant que porte-parole public faisant autorité sur l'éducation, le fédéralisme et la communauté politique canadienne dans les deux langues officielles.

Sociologue politique de formation, il a complété son postdoctorat à l'Université Dalhousie, son doctorat à l'Université Dalhousie. à l'Université de Bradford (Royaume-Uni) et son BA (avec distinction) à l'Université Queen's. Il a reçu plusieurs distinctions universitaires, dont une bourse du Commonwealth et une bourse postdoctorale Killam, et est l'auteur ou le co-auteur de nombreuses publications sur la politique publique canadienne.

Danya Pastuszek

Danya (she/her) grew up outside of Boston, Massachusetts. She worked first at the International Rescue Committee, where she worked with resettling refugees, and then at The HOPE Program, working with individuals impacted by systems of criminal justice.

In 2012, she began a decade with United Way of Salt Lake (UWSL), as it transitioned to focusing solely on facilitating multi-sector, multigenerational partnerships designed to support economic mobility. She supported community schools, neighborhood roundtables, and regional partnerships and co-created data and storytelling strategies that center people’s experiences and reflect the transformations that systems must make. She left UWSL in February 2022 to join Tamarack. Tamarack supports tens of thousands of people to build the skills to change systems; catalyzes nearly 200 local place-based and deploys the wisdom of changemakers and communities to impact public policy. Tamarack’s work is to contribute to social connection and economic, climate, and education equity.

Her volunteer work is mostly in her local community, where she’s sat on the boards of Wise Owl Daycare and Renfrew County Family and Children’s Services and on the Corporate Services Committee of United Way East Ontario. She is currently the volunteer co-chair of a local school board’s parent involvement committee. She loves to read, bike, run, and watch young people discover both the beauty and the unrealized potential of the world around them.

La sénatrice Kim Pate

Kim Pate a été nommée au Sénat du Canada le 10 novembre 2016. Avant tout, mère de Michael et Madison, elle est également une avocate de renommée nationale qui a passé plus de 45 ans à travailler dans et autour des systèmes juridique et pénal. du Canada, avec et au nom de certaines des personnes les plus marginalisées, victimisées, criminalisées et institutionnalisées — en particulier les jeunes, hommes et femmes emprisonnés.

La sénatrice Pate a obtenu son diplôme de la faculté de droit de Dalhousie en 1984 avec distinction dans le programme de droit clinique et a complété des études supérieures dans le domaine de la santé mentale médico-légale. Elle a été directrice générale de l'Association canadienne des sociétés Elizabeth Fry (ACSEF) de janvier 1992 jusqu'à sa nomination au Sénat en novembre 2016. L'ACSEF est une fédération de sociétés locales qui fournissent des services et travaillent en coalition avec les femmes autochtones, les femmes atteintes de troubles mentaux. les problèmes de santé et autres conditions invalidantes, les jeunes femmes, les femmes issues de minorités visibles et les immigrantes, les femmes pauvres et celles isolées et autrement privées de sources potentielles de soutien. Avant de travailler à l'ACSEF, elle a travaillé auprès des jeunes et des hommes à divers titres au sein de la Société John Howard locale à Calgary, ainsi qu'au bureau national. Elle a développé et enseigné des cours sur le droit pénitentiaire, les droits de la personne et la justice sociale et la défense des femmes battues lors de procès aux facultés de droit de l'Université d'Ottawa, de l'Université Dalhousie et de l'Université de la Saskatchewan. Elle a également occupé la chaire Sallows en droits de la personne à la faculté de droit de l'Université de la Saskatchewan en 2014 et 2015.

Kim Pate est largement reconnue comme la force motrice de l'enquête sur certains événements survenus à la Prison des femmes de Kingston, dirigée par la juge Louise Arbour. Au cours de l’enquête, elle a soutenu les femmes dans la diffusion de leurs expériences et a été une ressource et un témoin essentiel au cours de l’enquête elle-même. Elle a également persuadé le procureur général et le ministre de la Justice d'initier l'examen de la légitime défense et de nommer l'honorable juge Lynn Ratushny pour réexaminer les condamnations et les peines des femmes emprisonnées pour avoir utilisé la force meurtrière pour se défendre et/ou défendre leurs enfants contre des hommes violents. Elle a ensuite travaillé sans relâche pour mettre en œuvre les nombreuses recommandations positives des deux parties. La sénatrice Pate a joué un rôle déterminant dans la création de coalitions à travers le pays avec d'autres groupes et organisations de défense des droits des femmes, de lutte contre le racisme, de lutte contre la pauvreté et de défense des droits de la personne. et, à ce titre, a travaillé avec des juristes féministes, des avocats, d’autres professionnels et des défenseurs et activistes de première ligne – des communautés autochtones aux travailleurs des maisons de transition et des centres d’aide aux victimes de viol.

Kim Pate est membre de l'Ordre du Canada, récipiendaire du Prix du Gouverneur général en commémoration de l'affaire « personne », du prix Bertha Wilson Touchstone de l'Association du Barreau canadien et de six doctorats honorifiques (Barreau du Haut-Canada, Université d'Ottawa, Carleton University, St. Thomas University, Nipissing University et Wilfrid Laurier University) et de nombreux autres prix. Sa longue liste de publications, de conférences nationales et internationales ainsi que son intervention stratégique et son plaidoyer en faveur d'une égalité réelle témoignent de son engagement en faveur d'un changement social, économique et culturel plus large. Elle continue d'apporter d'importantes contributions à l'éducation du public sur les questions d'inégalité et de traitement discriminatoire envers les femmes dans les sphères sociale, économique et de justice pénale.

La sénatrice Pate croit fermement que les contributions des femmes qui ont été victimes de marginalisation, de discrimination et d'oppression doivent être reconnues et respectées et elle cherche à reconnaître et à autonomiser les femmes. Elle maintient le contact avec les femmes incarcérées grâce à ses nombreuses visites dans les prisons fédérales du Canada et encourage fortement d'autres défenseurs, universitaires, prestataires de services, juges et parlementaires à ancrer leurs efforts de la même manière.

La sénatrice Pate vit à Ottawa, en Ontario.

Professeur Maury Peiperl

Maury Peiperl is co-author of the leading textbook on change management, Managing Change (McGraw Hill), as well as two books on careers and work, Career Frontiers and Career Creativity (Oxford) and the central reference in the careers field, The Handbook of Career Studies (Sage). He has also published in Harvard Business Review, Academy of Management Review, Human Resource Management, Group & Organization Management and the Journal of International Business Studies, among others.

Now a Management professor and Senior Fellow in the Office of the Provost, Peiperl served as the Dean of the School of Business from August 2017 through June 2022. During his tenure, the school grew in both reputation and size to become more well-recognized and highly respected in the region, across the Commonwealth, nationally and internationally, through initiatives such as the Center for Government Contracting; the Business for a Better World Center; and interdisciplinary research across areas including IT, real estate, and retail.

Prior to joining George Mason University, he was Director (Dean) of Cranfield School of Management, one of the UK’s leading MBA and Executive Development institutions, as well as a Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Cranfield University. Before Cranfield, Peiperl spent 10 years as Professor of Leadership and Strategic Change at IMD in Switzerland, where he developed and directed numerous executive development courses and held a variety of administrative roles.

From 1992 to 2004, Peiperl was a professor at London Business School, where he co-founded the pioneering EMBA – Global program (joint with Columbia Business School) as well as creating the Managing Change course, the Global Business Leader elective, and the Leadership for Change executive program.

Peiperl has also held visiting or affiliate appointments at MIT Sloan School of Management, The R.H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, Georgetown McDonough School of Business, HEC Paris, and Templeton College, Oxford. Before becoming a professor he worked for IBM, Merrill Lynch and LEK Consulting and as a research fellow at Harvard Business School.

Peiperl holds a BS in Engineering from Princeton University and an MBA, AM and PhD from Harvard University.

He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Andrew Petter

Andrew Petter is President Emeritus of Simon Fraser University and Professor Emeritus in its School of Public Policy. He was Board Chair of Innovate BC from 2021 to 2024 and currently practices law with Arvay Finlay LLP.

Prior to joining SFU, Andrew was a professor in the University of Victoria Faculty of Law where he served as dean from 2001 to 2008. From 1991 to 2001, he was an elected Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia and held numerous cabinet portfolios, including Aboriginal Affairs, Intergovernmental Relations, Advanced Education and Attorney General.

As SFU President from 2010 to 2020, Andrew oversaw the development and implementation of a strategic vision that distinguished SFU as Canada’s “engaged university defined by its dynamic integration of innovative education, cutting edge research and far-reaching community engagement.” Under his leadership, SFU was named Canada’s top comprehensive university for nine of ten years in Maclean’s Rankings, and was rated first in the world for its impact on sustainable cities and communities in the 2020 Times Higher Education’s Impact Rankings.

Andrew was inducted into the Order of Canada in 2019 and Order of B.C. in 2021 in recognition of his contributions to public policy and his leadership in advancing university-community engagement and higher education in Canada. In 2018 he was named recipient of Public Policy Forum’s Peter Lougheed Award for leadership in public policy.

Robin Prest

Robin Prest is the Program Director at SFU’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, where he strengthens the democratic process through dialogue-based engagement and builds the capacity of governments, citizens and stakeholders to co-create knowledge and identify collaborative solutions.

Honourable Murray Rankin

Murray Rankin was elected as the MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head in 2020. He has served as Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation since 2020 and has also served as Attorney General.

Murray is a lawyer with expertise in environmental, Indigenous, and public law. He holds law degrees from the University of Toronto and Harvard Law School.

He served as the member of parliament for Victoria from 2012-19. During this period, he was appointed justice and attorney general critic, health critic, and served as NDP House Leader. In 2018, he was nominated by his colleagues from all parties as a finalist for Maclean’s Magazine’s “Hardest Working Parliamentarian”.

From 2019-20, he was the chair of Canada’s National Security and Intelligence Review Agency, overseeing all national security and intelligence activities carried out by the Government of Canada.

Previously he was a University of Victoria professor of law and taught environmental and administrative law. During this period, he developed groups such as the West Coast Environmental Law Association, and the BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre.

Throughout his career, he has been a dedicated advocate for climate action, accessible health care and child care, and has worked extensively to advance reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

Murray Rankin lives in Oak Bay with his spouse, Linda Hannah. They have two adult sons, Ben and Mark, and two grandchildren.

Dre Diane Redsky

Diane est la fière maman de trois enfants et d'une Kookum (grand-mère). Elle est membre de la Première Nation #40 de Shoal Lake, sur le territoire du Traité #3, d'ascendance allemande et travaille depuis longtemps à résoudre la myriade de problèmes auxquels est confrontée la communauté autochtone urbaine de Winnipeg dans tous les domaines de la santé, de la justice, de l'éducation et des services sociaux. Elle a travaillé à titre professionnel et bénévole auprès d'agences locales, nationales et internationales et est devenue une ardente défenseure des problèmes des enfants et des femmes autochtones en milieu urbain. Grâce à son leadership au sein de plusieurs organisations communautaires dirigées par des Autochtones, elle a contribué à la création de nombreux programmes locaux innovants ancrés dans les valeurs autochtones qui ont contribué à bâtir des communautés saines en favorisant la croissance et le développement de la communauté autochtone urbaine, en particulier la sécurité, la protection et le bien-être. être des femmes et des filles.

Elle a passé la majeure partie de sa carrière à diriger le centre Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata, la plus grande organisation urbaine sans mandat et sans but lucratif dirigée par des Autochtones au Manitoba et un centre de ressources familiales communautaire, dirigé par la communauté et dirigé par les Autochtones. est un leader en matière de soins communautaires pour les enfants, les jeunes et les familles autochtones de Winnipeg. Elle a joué un rôle déterminant dans l’augmentation des investissements de 1997 : 1,8 million de $ et 1 emplacement à 2022 : $22 millions et 18 emplacements et en enracinant ces services en honorant les connaissances et les valeurs autochtones. Diane a répondu à l'appel de rentrer chez elle après l'achèvement de Freedom Road qui relie la Première Nation de Shoal Lake 40 à l'autoroute #1 et est la PDG de Kekekoziibii Development Corporation, la branche économique de Shoal Lake 40.

De 2011 à 2015, Diane a été directrice de projet pour le Groupe de travail national sur la traite des personnes des femmes et des filles au Canada. Ce rôle l'a amenée à travailler avec des experts au Canada et à l'étranger pour lutter contre l'exploitation et la traite sexuelles des femmes et des filles canadiennes.  Ensemble, nous pouvons donner la parole aux survivants, mettre fin à cette forme extrême de violence contre les femmes et les filles et mettre fin à cette violation des droits humains.  Ce travail significatif a abouti au rapport du Groupe de travail national contenant 34 recommandations pour mettre fin au trafic sexuel au Canada.

En 2018, Diane a témoigné lors de l'enquête nationale MMIWG2S+ sur l'épidémie d'exploitation sexuelle et de trafic sexuel au Canada et a amené avec son chef de police de Winnipeg une présentation sur les pratiques prometteuses lorsque la police et la communauté travaillent en partenariat pour protéger les femmes et les filles vulnérables. Elle est actuellement présidente du groupe de travail urbain MMIWG2S+ qui a lancé son plan d'action national intitulé : Chemin urbain vers la récupération du pouvoir et des lieux, quelle que soit la résidence le 3 juin 2021 et travaille actuellement sur un plan de mise en œuvre. La Dre Diane Redsky fait également partie de la Coalition Manitoba MMIWG2S+ composée de membres de familles MMIWG2S+, de survivants et de diverses organisations communautaires à travers le Manitoba et est présidente du Cercle des femmes autochtones qui donne des conseils et une orientation au ministère WAGE-Femmes et égalité des genres. du gouvernement du Canada.

La Dre Diane Redsky a été reconnue : Doctorat honorifique en droit de l'Université de Winnipeg, Ordre du Manitoba, Médaille du jubilé de diamant de la Reine, Médaille du jubilé de platine de la Reine, Prix du leadership et de l'innovateur/visionnaire de la Fondation Joy Smith, Prix du Gouverneur général en commémoration de l'affaire personne, Médaille du Sénat du Canada , le prix Femmes de mérite du YMCA-YWCA, le prix Rotary Paul Harris et le prix 150 Manitoba Trailblazer de la Fondation Nellie McClung.

La croyance de Diane dans la force inhérente de la communauté continue de la guider tout au long de son parcours de vie.

Dr Joss Reimer

Dr. Joss Reimer served as chief medical officer for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. Before this, she worked as medical lead and official spokesperson for Manitoba’s COVID-19 Vaccine Implementation Taskforce and as the medical director of public health for Winnipeg. She has expertise in health equity, immunizations, sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections and harm reduction. Dr. Reimer spent nine years as director of population health for undergraduate medical education at the University of Manitoba, where she developed and directed the four-year population health course still used today. She also maintains a clinical practice in maternity care, labour and delivery at Women’s Hospital. Voted Humanitarian of the Year by Doctors Manitoba, Dr. Reimer is passionate about physician wellness and public health. Dr. Reimer grew up in rural Manitoba. She completed medical training at the University of Manitoba and McMaster University, training several years in obstetrics and gynecology before finishing a public health specialty. She completed a master’s in public health degree with a project focused on health communication in Nairobi, Kenya. Dr. Reimer speaks three languages and has received several additional awards including the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal, the Government of Manitoba’s Pandemic Medical Hero Award and the St. John Ambulance Pandemic Medallion.

John Richardson

John is a social entrepreneur, mathematician, lawyer, technologist and change agent.

John is dedicated to using digital technology to advance participatory democracy. He is the founder and CEO of Ethelo, which provides group decision technology to governments and organizations around the world. Ethelo is one of the world’s top digital democracy platforms, named “Best for the World” in governance by B-Corp. Ethelo is the technology being used for the new eDemocracy DAO, launched in the fall of 2022.

In 2021, John invented SeaBrick, a construction modality for carbon sequestration and marine infrastructure. Seabrick are floating, interlocking blocks made of compressed kelp fiber covered by an impermeable, bioplastic shell. The University of British Columbia and the Heiltsuk First Nation have partnered to develop and manufacture SeaBrick. SeaBrick will be used to build large offshore kelp farming operations – among many other things. SeaBrick is massively scalable and will open the deep ocean as humanity’s next frontier.

John was named an Ashoka Fellow for establishing Pivot Legal Society in 2001, one of Canada’s leading human rights organizations. Pivot does strategic litigation to advance the interests of marginalized persons on issues of police accountability, sex worker and drug user rights, homelessness, and mental health. While working at Pivot John led the establishment of Hope in Shadows, an annual photography contest and street calendar whose model has spread around the world.

Miles Richardson

Miles G. Richardson OC est un citoyen de la nation haïda et du Canada. Il a grandi parmi son peuple à Haida Gwaii, a fréquenté l'école secondaire à Prince Rupert, en Colombie-Britannique, et a obtenu en 1979 un baccalauréat ès arts en économie de l'Université de Victoria. De 1984 à 1996, il a été président du Conseil de la nation haïda. M. Richardson était membre du Groupe de travail sur les revendications de la Colombie-Britannique, qui a formulé des recommandations au gouvernement du Canada, au gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique et aux Premières Nations de la Colombie-Britannique sur la manière dont les trois parties pourraient entamer des négociations pour bâtir une nouvelle relation et sur les négociations à mener. inclure. De 1991 à 1993, M. Richardson a été membre du groupe de travail du Sommet des Premières Nations, un organisme exécutif représentant les Premières Nations de la Colombie-Britannique. En octobre 1995, M. Richardson a été nommé commissaire à la Commission des traités de la Colombie-Britannique et a été élu pour un deuxième mandat en avril 1997. En novembre 1998, il a été choisi comme commissaire en chef par accord du Canada, de la Colombie-Britannique et du Sommet des Premières Nations pour pour un mandat de trois ans et a été reconduit en novembre 2001. En 2007, M. Richardson a été nommé Officier de l'Ordre du Canada. Actuellement, il exploite son propre service de conseil aux entreprises et est le directeur du Consortium national pour le développement économique autochtone de l'Université de Victoria.

Mike Rowlands

Mike is an accomplished entrepreneur, consultant and advisor who has spent more than 20 years working to catalyze social responsibility and sustainability with organizations on four continents.

Working from the Junxion Vancouver office, Mike is engaged on international projects, primarily in strategy, values-based branding, organizational design, and communications. His experience spans multiple sectors, including social services, responsible finance, business-to-business models and early-stage social enterprise.

As an emcee, keynote speaker, entrepreneur-in-residence, and frequent workshop presenter, Mike regularly hosts events, convenes conferences, and teaches strategy, branding, and entrepreneurial leadership. He’s happiest when hosting juicy, generative conversations with people and groups, in service to life.

Dr. Bukola Salami

Professeur Bukola Salami occupe actuellement le rang de professeur titulaire et titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada de niveau 1 sur la santé des personnes noires et racialisées au Département des sciences de la santé communautaire, École de médecine Cumming, Université de Calgary. Le programme de recherche du professeur Salami se concentre sur les politiques et les pratiques qui façonnent la santé des migrants, des Noirs et des personnes racialisées. Elle a participé à plus de 90 études financées totalisant plus de $230 millions. Elle a fondé et dirige le Réseau africain sur les migrations des enfants et des jeunes, un réseau de 42 universitaires de quatre continents. Elle a dirigé la création de l'Institut d'études intersectionnelles à l'Université de l'Alberta. Dans 

En 2020, elle a fondé le programme de mentorat et de leadership des jeunes noirs. Son travail sur la santé mentale des jeunes noirs a contribué à la création de la première clinique de santé mentale pour les Canadiens noirs dans l'Ouest canadien. Elle a présenté son travail aux décideurs politiques (y compris au Comité permanent de la santé de la Chambre des communes). Son travail a contribué au changement de politique, notamment celle relative au bien-être des Noirs. Elle est rédactrice en chef de la Revue canadienne de recherche en soins infirmiers et rédactrice adjointe du Journal de l'Association médicale canadienne (JAMC). Elle est membre du conseil consultatif de l'Institut du développement et de la santé des enfants et des adolescents des IRSC et du Comité consultatif scientifique sur la santé mondiale auprès du gouvernement du Canada.

Chief Ron Sam

Chief Robert Sam is the elected leader of the Songhees First Nation, a position he has held for more than 10 years.

Chief Sam was born and raised on Songhees land near the Township of Esquimalt, in Greater Victoria. He attended a residential school in Kamloops before moving to the St. Louis College for Boys in Victoria, and then going on to the University of Victoria. Chief Sam has been a leader within the Songhees Nation as a councillor since the 1960s, and has been elected chief councillor four times since 1996.

With Esquimalt Nation Chief Andy Thomas, Chief Sam was integral in prompting the federal and provincial governments to settle a claim last year over dispossessed land now occupied by the B.C. Legislature in downtown Victoria. In 2005, Chief Sam also successfully settled an 85-year-old land issue with the federal government regarding a railway spur on Songhees land.

On broader issues, Chief Sam has been the lead negotiator for the Songhees within the Te’Mexw Treaty Association, an association of five First Nations in southern Vancouver Island. He sits on the Assembly of First Nations chiefs’ committee on treaties, is a board member for the First Nations Finance Authority and is on the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority board.

Within the Songhees government, Chief Sam has been integral in developing local bylaws, including land management, taxation and fire protection. He improved education for his people through an agreement with the Victoria School Board and an affiliation with Camosun College. Chief Sam operates a garbage disposal business and is actively involved in mentoring youth in such traditional skills as canoe racing.

Becky Sasakamoose-Kuffner

Becky Sasakamoose Kuffner is a member of Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation in Saskatchewan.  Since 2008, she has been employed as the Cultural Diversity and Race Relations consultant for the City of Saskatoon Community Development Branch.  Before returning to her Saskatchewan roots, Becky worked as a policy analyst with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian Partnership Branch in Gatineau, Quebec.  Before her time with the federal government, she worked with the provincial government as an employment consultant working on Aboriginal labour force development. Becky holds undergraduate degrees from the University of Regina and L’Université Laval (Quebec City, QC.) and a Master’s Degree in Education Foundations from the University of Saskatchewan. Becky’s commitment to Indigenous people and Anti-Racism is demonstrated in her academic and professional pursuits. She continues to be an active member of Saskatoon’s urban Aboriginal community and is a past volunteer of the Urban Aboriginal Strategy steering committee, and served as the Saskatoon representative of Urban Aboriginal Peoples National Caucus, and has acted as a member on various local Boards of Directors.

Louise Savell

Louise is a co-founder of Social Finance and jointly leads the International team. She advises governments, philanthropies and service providers on the design and delivery of social development programmes.

Louise is passionate about driving social impact through rigorous analysis, efficient structures and effective cross-sector partnerships. She has particular expertise in outcomes-based approaches and social investment structures. She co-developed the impact bond approach in 2008.

Louise specialises in the development and delivery of new initiatives and has led work in health, education, nutrition, homelessness, financial inclusion and infrastructure in the UK and internationally. Before starting Social Finance, Louise led the Eastern European programmes of the UK-based philanthropic foundation, Ark, where she worked with government and service providers to accelerate the reform of child welfare systems towards family-based care in Bulgaria and Romania.

Louise was a Government Outcomes (GO) Lab Fellow of Practice in 2018. She was appointed a Visiting Fellow of Practice at the Blavatnik School of Government in 2020.

Remington Schaab

Remington Schaab is a seasoned professional with over a decade of experience in procurement and supplier relationship management in the public sector. He holds an MBA in Sustainable Innovation from the University of Victoria. Remington’s commitment to sustainability and corporate social responsibility has driven him to co-develop a framework for managing Scope 3 emissions. Remington’s innovative approach and thought leadership has led him to pursue submitting a request to publish the work he co-developed to Harvard Business Review, where he aims to inspire industry leaders and promote sustainable practices for long-term value creation.

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Jill Schnarr

Jill dirige les communications d'entreprise, les relations avec les médias, les relations gouvernementales, le marketing de marque, les commandites, les investissements communautaires, la Fondation TELUS pour un avenir meilleur et les événements d'entreprise. Avec plus de 30 ans d'expérience dans l'industrie des télécommunications et de la technologie, Jill a considérablement influencé la réputation de TELUS en tant que leader mondial du capitalisme social, permettant à TELUS d'être la marque de télécommunications la plus respectée, admirée et digne de confiance au Canada et l'une des marques les plus précieuses au Canada. , avec une valeur de marque en 2023 de $10,3 milliards.

Tout au long de sa carrière, Jill a veillé à ce que l'approche sociale de TELUS soit axée sur les avantages commerciaux, permettant à chaque dollar investi dans la communauté de revenir plus de 4 fois à TELUS en impact commercial et 150% à la communauté en impact sociétal. Jill dirige les Journées de don de TELUS, qui ont aidé plus de 80 000 bénévoles dans le monde rien qu'en 2023, ainsi que les programmes de notre équipe TELUS Cares, qui ont permis plus de 1,6 milliard de dons et 2 millions de jours de bénévolat depuis 2000. Elle a lancé d'importantes campagnes de marketing de TELUS, notamment We Give Where. We Live, Go Pink, Share Love, All Connected et la campagne Let's Make the Future Friendly.

Jill a été reconnue comme l'une des femmes distinctives du Canada, l'une des femmes les plus influentes du Canada, l'une des femmes les plus influentes de Vancouver, l'une des femmes leaders d'Ad Age en 2022 et comme leader la plus innovante par l'organisme Canadian Women in Communications. Sous la direction de Jill, TELUS a été reconnue comme l'entreprise la plus philanthropique au monde par l'Association of Fundraising Professionals, l'une des marques de l'année 2021 du magazine Strategy et a reçu le premier prix du bénévolat d'entreprise du premier ministre.

Ian Schoeddert

Ian Schoeddert is an Operations Program Manager at Hilti with a strong foundation in operational leadership and strategic execution. He is specialized in facilitating strategic workshops and supporting Hilti’s Operations Leaders with strategic communications as they roll out a new group strategy.  Ian is also responsible for supporting three strategic programs for Hilti North America Operations: Sustainability (environmental impact), Engagement Beyond Business (community impact), and University Talent Pipeline (developing future leaders). He recently completed a UVic MBA in Sustainable Innovation, reflecting his commitment to continuous learning and sustainable operational excellence.

Divya Sharma

Divya is a leader and advocate for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). Her professional and volunteer work for a wide range of causes has spread across Canada and beyond.

At the age of 19, Divya Sharma is experienced with community engagement, the public and non-profit sector, government, and student politics and has been recognized locally, nationally and internationally. Sharma is the youngest board member of several organizations; Provincial Women’s Advisory Council, Manitoba Council for International Cooperation, CBC Community Advisory Board, Association of Fundraising Professionals MB, Asian Women of Winnipeg, Inclusion Winnipeg, paving the way for young people.

As the President of the University of Manitoba Students’ Union, Divya advocates for policies and campaigns that promote DEI and support 30 000 students. Director of Communication for the Community of Big Hearts, a social enterprise dedicated to Indigenous reconciliation. Due to her dedication to DEI, she was selected to serve as a youth delegate for the United Nations 68th Commission on the Status of Women and as a UNICEF, U-Report Ambassador. Divya carries the spirit of seva after moving to Canada at the age of 9 and takes pride in continuing to volunteer.

Doyen Sanjay Sharma

Sanjay Sharma is the Dean of the Grossman School of Business, University of Vermont since 2011. Prior to that he was the Dean of the John Molson School of Business in Montreal and the Canada Research Chair in Organizational Sustainability. He is a pioneer in corporate sustainability research with nine books and several articles published in top tier business journals including the Academy of Management Discoveries, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Marketing, and Academy of Management Perspectives. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award in Organizations and the Natural Environment from the Academy of Management in 2016. His book Competing for a Sustainable World: Building Capacity for Sustainable Innovation was a runner up for the Best Book Award at the Academy of Management in 2015 and his recent research monograph Patient Capital: The Role of Family Firms in Sustainable Business is published by the Cambridge University Press in 2019. Before pursuing an academic career, he was a senior manager and CEO with multinational corporations for 16 years.

Sénatrice Paula Simons

Paula Simons a été nommée au Sénat du Canada en 2018, après une longue et distinguée carrière en tant que l'une des journalistes les plus acclamées de l'Ouest canadien.

Elle a été réalisatrice de documentaires radiophoniques, dramaturge et auteur d'histoire populaire, mais elle est surtout connue pour son travail de chroniqueuse politique et de journaliste au Edmonton Journal.

Au cours de ses 23 années au sein du journal, la sénatrice Simons a remporté deux National Newspaper Awards, un pour le journalisme d'investigation et un pour la rédaction d'une chronique. Elle a obtenu six autres citations de mérite du National Newspaper Award pour ses chroniques et ses éditoriaux sur la politique albertaine.

Son travail a également été reconnu par des prix du Comité canadien de l'UNESCO pour la liberté de la presse mondiale, de Journalists for Human Rights, de la Society for Features Journalism, de l'Alberta Centre for Civil Liberties Research, de l'Association du Barreau canadien, de l'Association canadienne pour la santé mentale et de l'Edmonton. Planche historique.

En 2021, elle a été nominée pour son premier National Magazine Award, pour sa chronique régulière, On Second Thought, qui paraît dans Alberta Views Magazine. Elle est également l'animatrice de son propre podcast politique, Alberta Unbound.

Le sénateur Simons est vice-président du Comité sénatorial permanent de l'agriculture et des forêts et membre du Comité sénatorial permanent des transports et des communications. Elle a également été membre du Comité sénatorial permanent de l'énergie, de l'environnement et des ressources naturelles.

Né et élevé à Edmonton, le sénateur Simons est titulaire d'un baccalauréat spécialisé de l'Université de l'Alberta et d'une maîtrise de l'Université Stanford.

Dr. Niigaan Sinclair

Niigaan Sinclair is Anishinaabe from Peguis First Nation and a professor at the University of Manitoba, where he holds the Faculty of Arts Professorship in Indigenous Knowledge and Aesthetics in the Department of Indigenous Studies. He is the award-winning author of the national bestseller Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre (McClelland & Stewart, 2024) and was co-editor of Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water (Highwater Press), – the book voted by Manitobans in the “On the Same Page” competition as the top book to read in 2012. Niigaan is a multiple nominee of Canadian columnist of the year (winning in 2018) and is a featured member of the Friday “Power Panel” on CBC’s Power & Politics who was recently named to the “Power List” by Maclean’s magazine as one of the most influential individuals in Canada. He is also a former secondary school teacher who won the 2019 Peace Educator of the Year from the Peace and Justice Studies Association based at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

Dr. Peter Singer

Dr. Singer is the former Chief Executive Officer of Grand Challenges Canada. He is also Professor of Medicine at University of Toronto, Director at the Sandra Rotman Centre at University Health Network, and Foreign Secretary of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

In 2007, Dr. Singer received the Michael Smith Prize as Canada’s Health Researcher of the Year in Population Health and Health Services. In 2011, Dr. Singer was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada for his contributions to health research and bioethics, and for his dedication to improving health in developing countries. In 2014, he was named by the UN Secretary General’s Office as Co-Chair of the Every Woman Every Child Innovation Working Group.

Dr. Singer is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, and The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS). Dr. Singer has published over 300 articles and mentored hundreds of students and staff. He studied internal medicine at University of Toronto, medical ethics at University of Chicago, public health at Yale University, and management at Harvard Business School.

Graham Singh

Graham is TCF’s founder and CEO. For the past 20 years, he has specialized in working with closed churches, including as a Priest in the Anglican Church in England and Canada. He is a regular speaker and author in areas of urbanism, social finance, heritage, adaptive re-use of churches and social purpose real estate. Graham has studied at the University of Western Ontario, St Mellitus College (Cambridge University / Ridley Hall), the London School of Economics, Asbury Theological Seminary and the Saïd Business School at Oxford University.

Dre Natalie Slawinski

Natalie Slawinski est professeure de développement durable et directrice du Centre pour l'innovation sociale et durable à la Gustavson School of Business de l'Université de Victoria. Elle a obtenu son doctorat de la Ivey Business School de l'Université Western Ontario. Ses recherches portent sur la compréhension de la durabilité, de la temporalité et des paradoxes dans les organisations et ont été publiées dans des revues telles que Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal et Organization Studies. Ses recherches les plus récentes examinent ces thèmes dans le contexte de l’entreprise sociale. Natalie est conseillère auprès du Centre for Social Enterprise de l'Université Memorial et chercheuse au Centre for Social Innovation de la Judge Business School de l'Université Cambridge. Elle est également membre du comité de révision éditoriale d'Organisation & Environnement.

Marie Metaphor Specht

Marie is a multi-disciplinary artist, poet and performer living in gratitude on the unceded and traditional territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən and SENĆOŦEN speaking peoples. She is the current Poet Laureate of Victoria, BC.

Shauna Sylvester

Shauna Sylvester, estime que la meilleure anecdote d’une polarisation accrue est un engagement authentique, un dialogue éclairé et une écoute approfondie. Avec 35 ans d'expérience en tant que praticienne du dialogue et facilitatrice, Shauna cherche à établir des relations entre divers groupes pour résoudre des problèmes complexes.  Shauna est Senior Fellow de la Definity Foundation, fondatrice et responsable principale du projet Urban Climate Leadership, un projet de MakeWay, et animatrice principale de Resilient Point Roberts: Going Solar, une initiative communautaire visant à apporter l'énergie solaire à cette petite communauté d'exclave américaine. Shauna est l'ancienne directrice générale du Centre de dialogue Morris J. Wosk de SFU, du Réseau des directeurs de la durabilité urbaine – États-Unis et Canada, et cofondatrice de cinq initiatives de dialogue locales et internationales: la place publique de SFU, les villes renouvelables, les discussions sur le carbone, Déménager dans une région habitable. et l'IMPACS – l'Institut pour les médias, la politique et la société civile.

Professeur Rebecca Taylor

Professeur Rebecca Taylor est vice-chancelier professionnel (ASEAN) et PDG (Malaisie) de l'Université de Southampton. Ses intérêts de recherche portent sur l’économie internationale et les développements dans l’enseignement économique. 

Elle a conçu et dirigé un certain nombre de Conseils de financement de l'enseignement supérieur pour l'Angleterre (HEFCE) ont financé des projets axés sur des approches innovantes de l'enseignement et de l'apprentissage des mathématiques et des statistiques en économie. Elle a également travaillé avec le Conseil de recherche économique et sociale et l'Académie de l'enseignement supérieur pour remédier au déficit de compétences identifié dans les méthodes quantitatives dans les sciences sociales. 

Rebecca est vice-présidente de la Fondation européenne pour le développement du management (EFMD) et présidente du conseil consultatif international de la LUISS Business School. Elle préside également la certification européenne des cours en ligne Conseil d'administration et contribue régulièrement à des conférences et des ateliers liés aux développements et à l'innovation dans l'enseignement supérieur.

Dana Tizya-Tramm

Dana Tizya-Tramm serves as the Indigenous Strategy and Partnerships Lead at Small Economy Works, where he spearheads strategy for the Inspire Program, an Indigenous-informed entrepreneurial leadership program active in Yukon, NWT, Nunavut, and Labrador. He also leads Nadlii, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at developing an AI system rooted in Indigenous wisdom to address key challenges such as Indigenous data sovereignty and economic reconciliation. Formerly, Dana was Chief of Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, where he drove significant efforts in land protection and sustainable development. Recognized on TIME Magazine’s 100 Next list and as a Clean50 Emerging Leader, Dana’s work is deeply informed by Indigenous teachings, with a focus on caribou conservation, climate advocacy, and fostering intergenerational collaboration.

Dr. Reeta Tremblay

Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay is Professor Emerita of comparative politics in the department of Political Science at the University of Victoria.

Her major areas of research are secessionist movements (Kashmir) in South Asia, the politics of subaltern resistance and accommodation in post-colonial societies, democracy and governance and comparative federalism.

During her career, she has held several administrative positions including Vice President Academic and Provost at the University of Victoria; Vice President (Academic) and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Pro Tem) at Memorial University in Newfoundland; dean of the Faculty of Arts at Memorial; and chair, Department of Political Science at Concordia University, Montreal.

Reeta Tremblay is past president of the Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA), Canadian Asian Studies (CASA), and the Canadian Council of Area Studies of Learned Societies (including Canadian Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, African Studies and the Middle Eastern Studies). She has also served or is serving on editorial boards of several disciplinary journals including PS Political Science (APSA), Pacific Affairs, Canadian Journal of Law and Society, Politics and Governance.

Reeta Tremblay holds an MA and PhD in political science from the University of Chicago. She also has an MPhil degree from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, India and an MA and BA from the University of Kashmir.

She has authored or co-authored several books, articles, and reviews. Her work is widely reviewed and cited—in particular, her writings on Kashmir and India-Pakistan relations, a subject on which she is widely considered the leading North American expert. She has been recognized for her exceptional teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels and has received the Concordia University Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2002.

Reeta Tremblay’s selected recent publications include: “The Political Economy of Natural Resource Funds” (2021 with Eyene Okpanachi); “Religion and Politics in Jammu and Kashmir” (2020) “India: Federalism, Nationalism, and the Marginalized – Covid India” (2020); Kashmir Elections: A Precursor to ‘No More Two Flags, Two Constitutions” (2019); “Modi’s Foreign Policy” (2017 with Ashok Kapur); “Contested Governance, Competing Nationalisms, and Disenchanted Publics: Kashmir beyond Intractability?” (2017) “Kashmir’s Contentious Politics: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same” (2015); “Beyond Parochialism and Domestic Preoccupation: The Current State of Comparative Politics in Canada” (2013) and “Labor Migration, Citizenship, and Social Welfare in China and India” (2013 with Josephine Smart).

She also contributes commentaries on South Asia, in particular on Kashmir and on South Asian regional politics to South Asia Monitor (projects of the New Delhi-based think tank, Society for Policy Studies) and to KashmirConnected. In 2015, she was recognized as one of the top 40 prominent Indo-Canadians and was profiled in The Indian Diaspora’ A-List.

Ilse Treurnicht

Ilse Treurnicht’s career spans science, health and cleantech firms, innovation ecosystems, venture capital asd public policy.   She is an impact investor (TwinRiver Capital et North South Ventures), chair of the Public Policy Forum and a director of the Equality Fund and Zentek. Ilse served as CEO of MaRS Discovery District, et is an advisor to technology firms, governments, non-profits and international organizations.

Dr Modupe Tunde-Byass

Dr Modupe Tunde-Byass est membre du Collège royal des obstétriciens et gynécologues du Royaume-Uni et du Collège royal des chirurgiens du Canada. Elle fait partie du personnel actif de l'Hôpital général de North York et est professeure agrégée d'obstétrique et de gynécologie à l'Université de Toronto.

La Dre Tunde-Byass est présidente des Médecins noirs du Canada (BPC) et son travail se concentre sur la défense des droits, le mentorat des apprenants noirs, le développement communautaire, le leadership et la collaboration avec des organisations nationales clés. 

Elle est passionnée par la mortalité maternelle, la morbidité et les expériences d'accouchement dans la population noire. Elle a fait de nombreuses apparitions dans les médias et a récemment figuré dans un épisode de la série documentaire de la CBC. Pour la Culture avec Amanda Parris explorer les décès maternels noirs. Elle est co-auteur de Atteindre l’équité en matière de soins reproductifs et d’issues de naissance pour les Noirs. JAMC 2024.

Le Dr Tunde-Byass est impliqué dans des initiatives clés en matière de qualité dans la province, telles que l'accouchement vaginal après une césarienne, la perte de grossesse précoce et la grossesse à faible risque QBP. Elle est co-fondatrice de Women's Health Education Made Simple (WHEMS), un outil éducatif en ligne basé sur des preuves pour les femmes. 

Ryan Turnbull

Ryan Turnbull was elected as the Member of Parliament for Whitby in 2019, and re-elected in 2021. He has been a member of various parliamentary committees, groups, and associations, including the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, and the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

Passionate about serving others, Mr. Turnbull is committed to making a difference for people in his community and all Canadians. He entered politics to support the development of innovative policies and solutions to address today’s toughest challenges and improve people’s lives. Since then, he has been a strong voice for building a sustainable economy and supporting resilient communities. He has strongly advocated for increased food security, better public transit and infrastructure, climate action, and improved access to affordable housing, among other issues.

Previously, Mr. Turnbull taught, developed curriculum, and oversaw research at a number of post-secondary institutions, including Carleton University, St. George’s University of London (United Kingdom), Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University), and Durham College. He also taught corporate social responsibility at the Ted Rogers School of Management for several years.

In 2008, Mr. Turnbull founded a management consulting company, where he has worked with non-profits, charities, and entrepreneurs that advanced a social or environmental cause. He is recognized as a leader in social innovation, sustainable finance, systems change, and collective impact, all of which are new approaches to address complex issues ranging from poverty to homelessness, racism to gender equality, and food security to climate change.

Mr. Turnbull holds both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Philosophy from Carleton University.

Leslie Varley

Leslie, a member of the Killer Whale clan of the Nisga’a Nation, is a committed social justice advocate working for Indigenous peoples.

She is the Executive Director of British Columbia Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres, an umbrella agency supporting 25 Friendship Centres. Previously Leslie held the Indigenous health portfolio for 9 years at Provincial Health Services Authority where she led the development of San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety, a cutting edge decolonizing anti-racism training program offered to the health, social and justice sectors in Canada.

Leslie’s community work focuses on ending racism and violence against Indigenous people, particularly towards women and girls. She is a proud board member of Central City Foundation, which invests in social impact real estate in Vancouver. Leslie holds an MBA from Simon Fraser University. She resides as a guest at Musqueam nation in Vancouver.

Steve Waddell

Responding to the 21st century’s enormous global challenges and realizing its unsurpassed opportunities require fundamental change – transformation – in our mental models, structures and institutions, cultures and values, and relationship with the natural environment. For over 40 years Steve has been supporting this through community organizing, consultations, education, research, and personal leadership.

Local to global work with others as clients, funders, and project partners has included the Global Knowledge Partnership, the UN Global Compact, World Bank, Global Reporting Initiative, Ford Foundation, Humanity United, Civicus, International Youth Foundation, USAID, International Development and Research Centre, Forest Stewardship Council, and Future Earth.

Developing innovative organizing structures and approaches for change are a common theme in Steve’s work. In the ‘80s he co-led transformation of the world’s largest community credit union, VanCity Savings; in the ‘90s he was on the forefront of intersectoral (business-government-civil society) collaboration as a new organizing form; in the ‘00s he was a leader in developing global multi-stakeholder change networks like the UN Global Compact, Transparency International and the Forest Stewardship Council. For the last decade he has focused on development of “transformation systems” as massive collective action innovations. Steve is currently Lead Steward of Bounce Beyond, supporting initiatives developing paradigmatic change. He also leads FEST, a global community of leading practitioners and thought leaders developing the field of financing systemic transformation.

Three key concepts are associated with Steve’s work on transformations: “societal learning and change,” which is a deep collaborative change strategy to address chronic and complex issues; “global action networks”, which are an emerging form of global governance for deep change; and “transformation systems” that form around issues and places.

Dozens of publications include the books Societal Learning and Change: Innovation with Multi-Stakeholder Strategies (2005); Global Action Networks: Creating our future together (2011); and Change for the Audacious: a doers’ guide to large systems change for a flourishing future (2016). Steve has a Ph.D. in sociology and an MBA. He a Canadian-American living with his husband alternatively in Boston and the woods of western Massachusetts.

Margaret Wanyoike

Margaret (she/her) is a spirited advocate for affordable housing and anti-racism education in New Westminster, the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Halkomelem-speaking peoples. She was inspired to get involved in community work in order to raise up the voices of people with lived experiences of poverty and instability. Since graduating from a NewWestminster CAN cohort, Margaret has immersed herself in a variety of opportunities to be involved in her community. Facilitating webinars and community meetings, liaising with the New Westminster school district regarding anti-black racism, and representing the voices of newcomers, renters, and those who have experienced poverty on a municipal Advisory Committee are just a few of the many ways Margaret has shown leadership in her community. Margaret is seen as a bastion of knowledge in New Westminster, often spending her time helping folks navigate community services, either informally or through the Community Resource Team at the NewWestminster Library. In her personal time, she enjoys swimming, going for walks, and singing. She is available to connect in English, Kikuyu, and Swahili

Dr. Shannon Waters

Dr. Shannon Waters is Coast Salish and a member of Stz’uminus First Nation on Vancouver Island. She completed the First Nations Family Practice program at the University of British Columbia and worked as a family doctor in Duncan, BC.

While honored to work close to home, Shannon became frustrated with seeing people when they were unwell, and wanted to focus on maintaining health and well-being. She returned to school and completed her specialty training in Public Health and Preventive Medicine.

Shannon worked as the Director of Health Surveillance at First Nations and Inuit Health Branch and, at First Nations Health Authority as the Acting Senior Medical Officer for Vancouver Island Region. She has worked with Vancouver Island Health Authority as a Medical Director and with the Ministry of Health as the Aboriginal Physician Advisor.

She is currently honored to have come full circle and to be working in her home territory as the local Medical Health Officer with Island Health.

Dr. Andrew Weaver

Dr. Andrew J. Weaver is a Professor in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria. He was also the Canada Research Chair in Climate Modelling and Analysis until he was elected as a BC Green Party MLA in the 2013 BC Provincial Election representing the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head. In 2015 Dr. Weaver assumed leadership of the BC Green Party, leading them to an historic election result in the 2017 provincial election with three elected MLAs holding the balance of power in an NDP minority government. He returned to UVic after completing two terms as an MLA.

Dr. Weaver received his B.Sc (Mathematics and Physics) from the University of Victoria in 1983, a Master of Advanced Studies in Mathematics from Cambridge University in 1984, and a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of British Columbia in 1987. He has authored or coauthored over 200 peer-reviewed papers in climate, meteorology, oceanography, earth science, policy, education and anthropology journals. He was a Lead Author in the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2^sd, 3^rd, 4^thand 5^th scientific assessments. He was the Chief Editor of the Journal of Climate from 2005-2009.

Dr. Weaver is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Over the years he has received a number of awards including the NSERC-Steacie, Killam and Guggenheim Fellowships and the CMOS President’s Prize, the Royal Society of Canada Miroslaw Romanowski Medal and the A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in Marine Science. In 2008 he was appointed to the Order of British Columbia and in 2014 he received an honourary D.Sc. degree from McMaster University.

For his work developing British Columbia’s CleanBC economic plan collaboratively with the BC NDP, he and the Minister of Environment, George Heyman, received 2020 Clean 16 and Clean 50 awards for outstanding contributions to sustainable development and clean capitalism in Canada.

His book, Keeping our Cool: Canada in a Warming World was published by Viking Canada in September 2008. His second book, Generation Us: The Challenge of Global Warming was published by Raven books in 2011.

Sénatrice Judy White

Judy White est une Mi'kmaq, membre de la bande de Flat Bay et avocate du King's Counsel possédant une expérience considérable dans les questions de droits de la personne, de gouvernance autochtone et de questions législatives.

Mme White était auparavant sous-ministre adjointe des Affaires autochtones et de la Réconciliation au sein du gouvernement de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador et, grâce à un accord d'échange, elle a occupé le poste de directrice de l'engagement pour la législation fondée sur les distinctions auprès du gouvernement du Canada.

Elle a travaillé au sein de nombreux conseils d'administration et dans le domaine de la gouvernance, au service de nombreux organismes à divers titres, notamment en tant qu'ancienne présidente de la Commission des droits de la personne de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, présidente du Conseil d'arbitrage inuvialuit et coprésidente (autochtone) de Terre-Neuve d'Equal Voice. et du Labrador.

En 2022, Mme White a reçu le Prix du Gouverneur général en commémoration de l'affaire « personne » en reconnaissance de sa contribution exceptionnelle à l'avancement de l'égalité des sexes. Elle est également la récipiendaire 2023 du prestigieux Gordon M. Stirling Distinguished Service Award de la Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Mme White est titulaire d'un baccalauréat en droit de l'Université Dalhousie avec une spécialisation en droit autochtone. Elle a également suivi le programme intensif sur les terres, les ressources et les gouvernements autochtones de la faculté de droit Osgoode Hall de l'Université York, le programme Leading People and Investing to Build Sustainable Communities – un programme de certificat autochtone – de la Harvard Business School et le programme de directeur agréé de McMaster. Université.

Dan Wicklum

Dr. Dan Wicklum has spent more than 25 years performing and managing research, driving innovation, and fostering collaboration between industry, government, academia, and civil society. He is the CEO of the Transition Accelerator, a pan-Canadian charity that works with groups across the country to solve business and social challenges while building in net zero emission solutions. Dan was also the inaugural co-chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body (NZAB), the statutory independent body that advises the federal government on setting interim emission reduction targets on the way to a net-zero emission Canada by 2050 and on the most likely pathways to net zero.

Prior to joining the Transition Accelerator, Dan was the CEO of Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance, Executive Director of the Canadian Forest Innovation Council, and a senior manager at Environment and Climate Change Canada and at Natural Resources Canada. He was a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Montana, and holds a PhD in Aquatic Ecology from the University of Montana. His initial career was in professional football, as a linebacker for the Calgary Stampeders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Dr Nel Wieman

Dr Nel Wieman est médecin en chef (CMO) de la First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) en Colombie-Britannique, où elle travaille depuis 2018. Elle est Anishinaabe (Première Nation Mishi-Baawitigong, territoire du Traité 5) et vit, travaille et joue sur le territoire. territoire non cédé des peuples Salish de la côte – les nations səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) et xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam). 

La Dre Wieman a obtenu son diplôme de médecine et sa formation spécialisée en psychiatrie à l’Université McMaster. Première femme psychiatre autochtone au Canada, la Dre Wieman possède plus de 20 ans d'expérience clinique, travaillant avec des peuples autochtones en milieu rural/réserve et urbain. Ses activités antérieures comprennent la codirection d'un programme de recherche en santé autochtone à l'École de santé publique Dalla Lana de l'Université de Toronto et le Réseau national de recherche en santé mentale autochtone, la vice-présidence du Conseil d'éthique de la recherche de Santé Canada et le conseil d'administration des IRSC. Conseil. Elle a également travaillé et enseigné dans de nombreux milieux universitaires, a présidé des groupes consultatifs nationaux au sein de la Direction générale de la santé des Premières Nations et des Inuits de Santé Canada, et a siégé à titre de directrice de nombreux conseils d'administration, notamment celui de la Fondation Indspire et de la Croix Bleue du Pacifique. Le Dr Wieman a été président de l’Association des médecins autochtones du Canada (IAPC) de 2016 à 2022. Elle a été l’une des six médecins autochtones fondatrices du Consortium national sur l’éducation médicale autochtone (NCIME). Elle a été nommée au sein de l'équipe de travail provinciale de la Colombie-Britannique chargée de commencer la mise en œuvre des recommandations découlant du rapport « In Plain Sight ». 

Bruce Williams

Bruce Williams, PDG de la Chambre de commerce du Grand Victoria, est l'un des visages les plus reconnaissables de l'île de Vancouver. En tant que personnalité publique et ancien diffuseur, il est connu pour son intégrité, son altruisme et sa capacité unique à créer des partenariats et des collaborations fructueux. 

Williams est bien connu pour ses compétences en communication impeccables. Sa connaissance approfondie du développement économique et ses liens étroits avec les dirigeants et les décideurs ont fait de lui un stratège efficace en matière d'engagement et de développement pour les entreprises, les organismes sans but lucratif et les Premières Nations. L'expérience de Williams comprend une expérience en tant que PDG, ainsi que divers rôles au sein d'équipes de direction. Il a présidé des conseils d'administration d'organisations à but non lucratif et dirigé des campagnes de collecte de fonds.

 Faits saillants de carrière :

• PDG par intérim, South Island Prosperity Partnership
• Animateur et producteur pour la télévision et la radio en Ontario et en Colombie-Britannique
• Membre de l'équipe de haute direction (relations clients et communautaires, gestionnaire des installations – CTV Vancouver Island)
• Mentor stratégique, Leadership Victoria et Leadership Vancouver Island
• Président du cabinet de la campagne Centraide du Grand Victoria (trois mandats)
• Présidente de collecte de fonds pour Jeneece Place, un projet de la Children's Health Foundation de l'île de Vancouver

Membre d'équipage:

• Collège des chiropraticiens de la Colombie-Britannique
• Fondation de l'Université de l'île de Vancouver (présidente pendant deux ans)
• Centraide du Grand Victoria
• Agence de développement économique du Grand Victoria (maintenant South Island Prosperity Partnership)
• Société de développement économique de Nanaimo
• CFAX Père Noël Anonyme

Distinctions

• Nommé l'un des 20 meilleurs influenceurs de l'île de Vancouver par Douglas revue
• Nommé l'une des 20 personnes les plus influentes de la région par le Nouvelles quotidiennes de Nanaimo
• Récipiendaire de la Médaille du jubilé de diamant de la reine Elizabeth pour service communautaire
• Récipiendaire du prix de la Chambre de commerce de Nanaimo en tant que citoyen de l'année
• Prix de distinction des présidents, Centraide United Way du Canada

Jason Wolfe

Jason has been with FortisBC for 19 years and is presently the Director of Energy Solutions responsible for the customer attraction and retention efforts of FortisBC through the residential sales team, and the commercial and industrial account management group. Jason is also responsible for the development of new energy products and services including the recently filed Renewable Gas applications that if approved will provide 100% Renewable Gast to all new residential customers. Jason also previously served on the HAVAN Board from 2015 to 2021.

Leslie Woo

A passionate urban strategist with a track record of influencing and delivering change. A tri-sector athlete for the public, private and not-for-profit sectors challenging the goal of inclusion in the city building arena. Currently at the helm of the premier civil society organization, CivicAction, dedicated to the transformation of Canada’s largest and fastest-growing metropolitan centre, the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Prior to this for over 12 years Leslie led the planning and development of multi-billion dollar transit infrastructure investments at Metrolinx.

Leslie is one of the 2023 Canadian Immigrant Top 25 Award Recipients, Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2017, Spacing Toronto’s Transit Changemaker in 2016 and Canada’s Women’s Infrastructure Network’s 2015 Inaugural Outstanding Leader. Leslie is the creator of the blog shebuildcities.org celebrating women city-builders around the world and an active Board Director on numerous public and not-for-profit organizations.

Sénateur Yuen Pau Woo

Nommé au Sénat du Canada en novembre 2016, l'honorable Yuen Pau Woo siège à titre d'indépendant représentant la Colombie-Britannique. Il a été facilitateur du Groupe des sénateurs indépendants de 2017 à 2021.

Le sénateur Woo travaille depuis plus de 30 ans sur les questions de politique publique liées aux relations du Canada avec les pays asiatiques. De 2005 à 2014, il a été président et chef de la direction de la Fondation Asie-Pacifique du Canada, au cours de laquelle il a également siégé au Comité permanent du Conseil de coopération économique du Pacifique (PECC) et présidé le rapport sur l'état de la région du PECC. Il est chercheur principal à la Graduate School of Business de l'Université Simon Fraser et membre de la Commission trilatérale. Il siège également aux conseils consultatifs du Mosaic Institute et de la Fondation canadienne Ditchley.

Le sénateur Woo est coprésident du Comité mixte permanent d'examen de la réglementation et membre des comités sénatoriaux permanents suivants : Affaires étrangères et commerce international; Banques, Commerce et Commerce ; et Règles, procédures et droits du Parlement.

Kirsten Wright

Kirsten Wright moved to Waterloo to go to school for engineering. Her background is in robotics and embedded systems and more recently she has worked in social innovation. She is an author of the leading manual for Social Innovation Labs and is currently finishing a PhD in Engineering, studying methods for measuring resilience in agent-based models of social innovation.

Maureen Jeune

En tant que vice-présidente de la mission sociale de Coast Capital, Maureen joue un rôle clé dans la définition de la vision de la mission sociale de la coopérative de crédit : construire ensemble un avenir meilleur en libérant des opportunités financières qui ont un impact positif sur les personnes et les communautés. Maureen dirige l'élaboration et la mise en œuvre du plan d'impact social à long terme de Coast Capital et l'intégration de l'objectif social dans les opérations de l'entreprise. Maureen supervise également les initiatives de développement durable de Coast Capital, y compris ses engagements net zéro, la certification B Corp et les divulgations annuelles, et dirige les investissements philanthropiques et ciblés de Coast Capital, qui voient 10% du résultat budgétaire budgétisé de Coast Capital réinvesti dans la communauté.

Maureen est membre et co-fondatrice du Canadian Purpose Economy Project qui cherche à accélérer la transition vers une économie de but. Maureen est également ancienne présidente du Youth Futures Education Fund, une initiative qu'elle a contribué à fonder et qui vise à garantir que les jeunes issus du système de placement familial aient la possibilité de poursuivre leurs études postsecondaires. Elle siège également au conseil d'administration du BC Co- op Association. Avant de se joindre à la coopérative de crédit, Maureen a occupé des postes de direction au sein du Conseil du bassin du Fraser, de la Commission de développement économique de Nelson et du district et de la Tourism Action Society dans les Kootenays.

Mark Zacharias

Mark is currently the president of Clean Energy Canada, an initiative based at the Simon Fraser University’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. Prior to this he completed a 25-year career with the British Columbia public service where he most recently served as deputy minister of environment and climate change strategy. Mark holds a PhD in zoology from the University of Guelph and has published extensively, including Marine Policy: An Introduction to Governance and International Law of the Oceans and Marine Conservation Ecology. In addition to holding a Fellowship at the Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Mark also holds an adjunct professor appointment at the Simon Fraser University School of Public Policy.

Dr Jiaying Zhao

Dr Jiaying Zhao est professeur agrégé au Département de psychologie et à l'Institut des ressources, de l'environnement et du développement durable de l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique. Le Dr Zhao est également professeur affilié au Center for Effective Global Action de l'Université de Californie à Berkeley, et chercheur invité au J-PAL du Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr Zhao, récipiendaire du prix de recherche Killam et chercheur émérite Sauder de l'UBC. Elle utilise des principes psychologiques pour concevoir des solutions comportementales permettant de relever les défis de la durabilité financière et environnementale. Plus précisément, elle examine les conséquences cognitives de la pauvreté et conçoit des interventions visant à alléger le fardeau psychologique des personnes à faible revenu. De plus, le Dr Zhao développe des interventions comportementales pour encourager les actions climatiques, le recyclage, le compostage et la conservation de la biodiversité.