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Speakers / Conférencier(ières)
Catherine Abreu
Climate Action Network Canada
Hasnat Ahsan
Save the Children
Meena Aier
Data Analyst, Crestview Strategy
Fawad Akbari
Senior Manager, Health & Humanitarian Response Programs, Aga Khan Foundation Canada
Eileen Alma
Eileen Alma, Director, International Centre for Women’s Leadership, Coady Institute
Ana Androsik
Director, Program Development and External Engagement, Children Believe
Michèle Asselin
directrice générale de l’Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale (AQOCI)
Darcy Ataman
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Make Music Matter
Erin Aylward
Researcher, Transnational advocacy, gender equality, and LGBTI human rights
Mirette Bahgat
Child protection specialist with World Vision Canada
Anamaria Barbul
Misha Baudisch-McCabe
Manager, Gender Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences’
Elsa Beaulieu
Chercheuse et organisatrice féministe
Marie-Christine Bélanger
Director of Consulting Services and Innovation - SOCODEVI
JP Bervoets
Vice President, Community Foundations of Canada
Margaret Biggs
Chair, International Development Research Centre and World University Services Canada
Michael Bitz
Project Director and Public Financial Management Expert, Cowater Internationa
Livia Bizikova
Director, Knowledge for Integrated Decisions, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Jonathan Boudreau
Program manager - Société de coopération pour le développement international (SOCODEVI)
Rayene Bouzitoun
Global leader and2018 Loran Scholar
Maureen Boyd
Chair, Parliamentary Centre and Director, Carleton Initiative for Parliamentary Engagement
Bonnie Brayton
National Executive Director, DisAbled Women’s Network (DAWN)
Kate Butler
Child Rights & Protection Advisor, Save the Children Canada
Patrick Canagasingham
Chief Executive Officer, Children Believe
Terrance S. Carter
Trade-mark Agent – Managing Partner of Carters
Calais Caswell
Senior Program Manager in MEDA’s Cross-Cutting Services Department
Gavin Charles
Policy Team Lead, CCIC
Simon Chorley
International Programs Manager at UNICEF Canada
Jason Clark
Senior Consultant, Crestview Strategy
Jesse Clarke
Director, Global Partnerships at Right To Play
John Clayton
Director of Program and Projects, Samaritan’s Purse Canada
Stephen Cornish
CEO / PDG - David Suzuki Foundation
Karen Craggs-Milne
Founder and CEO, Conscious Equality Incorporated
Rosa Marina Flores Cruz
Rachel Curran
Practitioner-in-Residence, Carleton University
Joanna Dafoe
National Director of Climate, Insurance Bureau of Canada
Anne Delorme
Coordonnatrice du Comité québécois femmes et développement et de la communauté de pratique « Genre en pratique » , AQOCI
Dr. Marie Delorme
CEO of The Imagination Group of Companies
Brigitte Demers
PSHEA Specialist & Sector Hub Manager, CCIC
Amy Dodd
Head of Engagement - Development Initiatives
Albert Dumont
Spiritual Advisor / Conseiller spirituel
LEONARD J. EDWARDS
Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI
Richard Fadden
Senior Fellow, University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Victoria Filibus
Ryan Friesen
Director of Development Programs at World Vision Canada
Nomin Ganbaatar
Director, Fresh Water Resource and Nature Conservation Centre, Ministry of Environment and Tourism (Mongolia)
Allison Gifford
Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute; Director of Public Affairs, UPS Canada
Danielle Graham
Principal, Dream Maker Venture
Etienne Grall
Director, Strategy and Operations, FinDev Canada
Kate Grantham
Vice President, Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID)
Robert Greenhill
Executive Chairman, Global Canada
Karina Gould
Minister of International Development
Nilima Gulrajani
Senior Research Fellow, ODI
Paul Hagerman
Director of Public Policy, Canadian Foodgrains Bank
Budd Hall
Professor Emeritus with the School of Public Administration
Alan W. Hamson
Director of Strategic Planning and Coordination in the Peace and Stabilization Operations Programme of Global Affairs Canada
Rosalinda Hidalgo
Comité pour les droits humains en Amérique latine
Antu Hossain
Global Health Impact Officer
Merydth Holte-McKenzie
Senior Gender Advisor, World Vision
Courtney Howard
Simon Fraser University
Carlos Idibouo
Vice President Accessibility, Diversity and Inclusion for InterPride and Co-Chair of its Human Rights Committee
Sofia Jadavji
Sharalyn Jordan
Associate Professor, Counselling Psychology and Equity Studies at Simon Fraser University
Naomi Johnson
Canadian Foodgrains Bank
Shannon Johnson
Director of Operations, Make Music Matter
Ninette Kelly
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Sarah Kennell
Director – Government Relations, Action Canada
Bushra Khadra
Martine Kahambu Riziki
Beni’s Children’s Parliament
Shirley Kimmayong
Indigenous change-maker & Founder of Hagiyo Organization Inc.
Shannon Kindornay
Director, Research, Policy and Practice, Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC)
Brian Kingston
Fellow, CGAI; VP, Policy, International & Fiscal Issues, Business Council of Canada
Iain Klugman
CEO of Communitech
Suzanne Laporte
Director, Policy
Hamzat Lawal
Founder / Fondateur de Follow The Money
Andrew Leslie
Former Commander/Chief of Staff of the Canadian Army
Simon Lewchuk
World Vision Canada’s Senior Policy Advisor on Child Rights and Protection
Chiran Livera
Canadian Red Cross International Operations Department
Meredith LILLY
Associate professor & Simon Reisman Chair in International Affairs, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
Laurin Liu
Angella MacEwen
Senior Economist at CUPE
Christina MacIsaac
Director, Innovation for the Fund for Innovation and Transformation (FIT), ICN
Shaughn McArthur
Policy and Influence Lead, CARE Canada
Randolph Mank
Fellow of both the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and the Balsillie School of International Affairs
Andréanne Martel
Director,Spur Change Program - Inter-Council Network (ICN)
Alana Mascoll
Fragile & Humanitarian Team Lead – Latin America and Africa, World Vision Canada
Peggy Mason
President of the Rideau Institute
Teri Mattson
Latin America Campaign Coordinator for CODEPINK
Eleanor Melanson
Data Analyst, SDG Secretariat, Statistics Canada
Maxime Michel
Head of Humanitarian Programs - CARE Canada
Michael Messenger
President - World Vision Canada
James Milner
Associate Professor, Political Science, Carleton University; Project Director, Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN)
Sean McCloskey
Global Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
Samantha McGavin
Program Manager with Inter Pares
Kate Motluk
Toronto Chapter Lead, Refugee Hub, University of Toronto
Nicolas Moyer
President - CEO, Canadian Council for Interrnational Cooperation
Laura Oris-Naidenova
Allana Nelson
Senior Manager, Principles for Digital Development, DIAL
Judith Nihorimbere
Program Officer, Nutrition International
Emily Norgang
Senior Researcher, Canadian Labour Congress
Ketty Nivyabandi
Manager, Advocacy and Strategic Research, Nobel Women’s Initiative
Jacqueline O’Neill
Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security /Ambassadrice pour les femmes, la paix et la sécurité
Chúk Odenigbo
Co-founder, The Poison and The Apple
James Orbinski
Professor & Inaugural Director, Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research (DIGHR), York University
Veronique Ossohou
Gender Based Violence Advisor, Action contre la Faim / Action Against Hunger
Isaac ‘Asume’ Osuoka
Director, Social Action, Nigeria
Andrea Palmer
Founder & CEO, Awake Labs
Karri-Lynn Paul
Program Lead, Indigenous Programming, Coady Institute
Kee B. Park
Lead for the Korea Policy Project, Harvard Medical School
Valerie Percival
Associate Professor - Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA)
Nadine Piefer-Söyler
Policy Analyst, Development Co-operation Directorate of the OECD
Simon Pomel
Senior Advisor, Tech Diplomacy, Global Affairs Canada
Denise Preston
Executive Director, Sexual Misconduct Response Centre, Department of National Defence (Canada)
Gerhard Pries
CEO and Managing Partner, Sarona Asset Management
Shirley Pryce
FOUNDER – JAMAICAN HOUSEHOLD WORKERS UNION / FONDATEUR - SYNDICAT DES TRAVAILLEURS DOMESTIQUES JAMAÏENS
Jerry Quigley
Senior Vice President Operations, MEDA
Bob Rae
Senior Counsel at Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP, Professor - University of Toronto
Vinod Rajasekaran
Publisher & CEO, Future of Good
Sheila Rao
post-doctoral researcher with CCIC and the University of Ottawa
Lauren Ravon
Director of Policy and Campaigns, Oxfam Canada
Fraser Reilly-King
Policy Analyst, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Erika Richter
Member Engagement Officer, CCIC
Alison Riddle
Research Associate with the Centre for Global Health at the Bruyère Research Institute
Gilles Rivard
President,Retired Heads of Missions Association (RHOMA)
Colin Robertson
Vice President, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
Allan Rock
President Emeritus and Professor at uOttawa’s Faculty of Law
Aislynn Row
Coordinator, Humanitarian Response Network
Ariane Ryan
Inclusive Economies Advisor, World University Service of Canada (WUSC):
Taryn Russell
Campaigns Director at RESULTS Canada
Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy
Director, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), Carleton University
Stacey Sawchuk
Humanitarian Program Manager, Action contre la Faim / Action Against Hunger
Bill Schaper
Director, Public Policy, Imagine Canada
Darrell Schuurman
CEO-Co-Founder - CGLCC, Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce
Helen Scott
CEO, CanWaCH
Katherine Scott
Senior Researcher, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Khalil Z. Shariff
Chief Executive Officer, Aga Khan Foundation Canada
Dana Stefov
Women’s Rights Policy and Advocacy Specialist
Carmen Sorger
Director for International Assistance Relations, Strategic Policy Branch of Global Affairs Canada
Dominique Souris
Co-Founder and Executive Director - Youth Climate Lab
Vicky Smallman
National Director of Women’s and Human Rights for the Canadian Labour Congress
Cassandra Spade
Research and Policy Assistant, Mishkeegogamang Ojibway Nation
Feleke Tadele
Director – Program Effectiveness and Resource Management, Children Believe
RAJESH TANDON
FOUNDER-PRESIDENT, PRIA (PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH IN ASIA)
Ugo Thérien
Director of Canada’s new Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Unit
Rebecca Tiessen
Professor and Deputy Director in the School of International Development and Global Studies
Steven Tipman
Executive Director, TFOC
Mélody Tondeur
Manager of Metrics
Uranchimeg (Urnaa) Tserendorj
General Director of Clean Technology, Investment, and Production Division, and General Secretary of Gender Council, Ministry of Environment and Tourism (Mongolia)
General Jonathan Vance
Rosa van den Beemt
Senior Manager of ESG
Adriana Vega
Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute Senior Manager, International Government Affairs, Scotiabank
Rachel Vincent
Director of Advocacy & Media, Nobel Women’s Initiative
Nevena Vucetic
MA Student, Dalhousie University
Deina Warren
Associate Director, Legal Affairs, Canadian Council of Christian Charities
Meghan Watkinson
Director, International Assistance Policy Coordination, Global Affairs Canada
