Panelists/Speakers

Mitch Mercredi, proud member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) in Treaty 8 territory, was recently appointed to lead a high priority area of Deloitte’s Nation Building Advisory [...]

Ehsan Haghi is an engineer specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Currently serving as the Community Energy Specialist at the Musqueam Indian Band, Ehsan works closely [...]

A senior government executive with over 30 years of public service experience, Ms. Wilshaw is currently Chief Trade Commissioner and Assistant Deputy Minister at Global Affairs Canada. In this [...]

The Honourable Rechie Valdez was elected as the Member of Parliament for Mississauga—Streetsville in 2021. She has been a member of various parliamentary committees and associations, including [...]

My name is Kimberly Gorgichuk, and I am the Senior Program Officer for the Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs (IWE) Program at NACCA.  My pronouns are she/her/kwe. I was born and raised in Ontario [...]

Benjamin Scott is a member of the Tłı̨chǫ Nation and a true Northerner at heart. He has a passion for supporting organizations to redefine business practice through an Indigenous worldview and [...]

Hope’s career has reflected her commitment to reconciliation, Indigenous community development and collaboration. Her experience has spanned the country as manager of national campaigns dedicated [...]

Karen Joseph is Chief Executive Officer of Reconciliation Canada. Karen is a Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw social change maker who brings more than 25 years’ experience inspiring diverse partners to [...]

Hekwa’gila’ogwa, Shelley, has been immersed in the lessons and traditional ways of being of the Kwakwaka’wakw people since birth, and it has shaped who she is. With that foundation, she has [...]

Darrel Burnouf is the Manager, Northern Business Development and Community Relations within the Sustainability & Stakeholder Relations department at Cameco Corporation. A Metis growing up in [...]