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Susan Aglukark

Singer, Songwriter, Advocate

Susan is the first Inuk artist to win a Juno (3) and a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for lifetime artistic achievement, she is an officer of the Order of Canada, holds several Honorary Doctorate degrees and has held command performances; but Susan also acknowledges the path has not been easy. “Here I was, living a life I never imagined, but I was struggling to understand who I was.
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Kevin Alderson

Mental Health, Diversity and LGBTQ2 Expert

Dr. Kevin Alderson is a dynamic keynote speaker for mental health and LGBTQ2 issues.
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Elaine Allison

Harassment in the Workplace, Customer Service, Customer Loyalty and Sales Expert

Elaine Allison, (CSP) is known as a Customer Care Advocate and is an international keynote speaker; trainer, consultant and author of the bestselling book The Velvet Hammer: PowHERful Leadership Lessons for Women Who Don't Golf. Elaine is passionate on transforming companies and organizations via modern customer service strategies to be number one in their industry.
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Carrie Anton

Gold medalist - Diversity and Accessability Expert

Carrie Anton is a gold medal Paralympian from the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Summer Games in the sport of Goalball. She is also an Edmonton Sports Hall of Fame inductee.
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Sally Armstrong

Journalist - World Affairs, Human Rights and Women's Rights Expert

Sally Armstrong has covered stories in zones of conflict all over the world. From Bosnia and Somalia to Congo and Afghanistan, her eyewitness reports have earned her the Amnesty International Media Award four times over, as well as acclaim all over the world.
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Nikolas Badminton

Futurist Speaker, Trends, & Innovation Expert

Nikolas Badminton is one of Canada's and the World's leading experts and keynote speakers for futures and foresight predictions and trends. He is a master of igniting curiosity in the changing world.
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Dr. Aaron Barth

TEDx Speaker | Workplace Science, E-learning and Inclusion Expert

Dr. Aaron Barth, thought-leader and president of Dialectic, gives progressive leaders the confidence they need to tackle their hardest people problems using scientific methods and innovative technological solutions.
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Randy Boissonnault

Entrepreneur. Ironman Triathlete. Founder of Literacy Without Borders.  Former Member of Parliament.  Rhodes Scholar.  Former Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada on LGBTQ2 Issues. 

Entrepreneur. Ironman Triathlete.
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Denis Boudreau

Employee Engagement, Diversity & Inclusion Expert

Not your typical shiny suit, Denis Boudreau is Founder and Chief Inclusion Officer at Inklusiv Communication, a consulting firm that has been focused on helping organizations empower their audiences to truly connect for over 20 years. Over the years, Denis Boudreau has spoken to and trained audiences on inclusive communication across Canada, the United States, France, Spain, Sweden, and China.
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Marion Buller

First Nation and Indigenous Expert

The Honourable Judge Marion Buller (also known as Marion Buller Bennett) is a First Nations jurist in British Columbia, serving as the Chief Commissioner for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. A member of the Mistawasis First Nation, she was the first First Nations woman to be appointed to the Provincial Court of British Columbia and presided in courts throughout B.
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Devon Clunis

Winnipeg Chief of Police, Personal & Professional Life Growth, Diversity & Inclusion Expert

Devon Clunis solidified his place in history in 2012 when he became the first Black chief of police in Canadian history. Clunis immigrated from Jamaica with his family in 1975 at age 11 and he began his career in law enforcement with the Winnipeg Police Service in 1987.
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Pearlene Clunis

Personal & Professional Life Growth, Diversity & Inclusion Expert

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Devon & Pearlene Clunis

Personal & Professional Life Growth, Diversity & Inclusion Experts

Pearlene Clunis and Devon Clunis are passionate about diversity and inclusion.   Devon immigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from Jamaica at age 11, in 1975.
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Alnoor Damji

Personality Dimensions, Teamwork, Communication and Productivity Expert

As an international lifestyle guru, Alnoor Damji aims to inspire, inform and intrigue the audience reach to greater heights in their career and life. Acclaimed career coach and workshop facilitator and coaching award winner, he loves life and ignites this passion in others through keynotes, workshops and coaching one-on-one or in teams.
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Kelly Donovan

Canadian Police Whistleblower against an impenetrable system to improve the ethical standard

While employed as a police officer, Kelly Donovan did what she thought was her obligation and made a disclosure to the board that there were unethical practices within the police force’s internal affairs division.  As a result, she faced retaliation.
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Rich Donovan

Disability and Inclusion Expert

Rich Donovan is CEO of The Return on Disability Group and is a globally recognized subject matter expert on the convergence of disability and corporate profitability. He has spent more than 10 years focused on defining and unlocking the economic value of the disability market.
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Jean-Francois Dupras

Alpinist, Adventurer and Mental Health Advocate

Jean-Francois Dupras is originally from Québec, but he have been living in Canmore Alberta for the past 15 years. Most of his life Jean-Francois have been looking for a career opportunity where he could help people, just to realize, a few years ago that he was the one that needed help first.
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Kelly Falardeau

Survivor - Resiliency, Adversity and Self-Esteem Expert

Kelly Falardeau is a burn survivor since the age of two-years-old on 75% of her body and constantly struggled with her self-worth and confidence. She found a way to go from near-death to success; from the ugly scar-faced girl to the Top 10 Most Powerful and Influential Speaker, Fierce Woman of the Year, three times Best-Selling Author, recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and most recently a YWCA Woman of Distinction.
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Makokis Family

A Full Indigenous Perspective

The Makokis Family can work together or as an individual to draft up different types of presentations from a broad or technical perspective. The Makokis family has become one of Canada's most recognizable Indigenous Families.
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Andrew Haley

Gold Medalist, Paralympic Athlete and Cancer Survivor

Peak performance expert Andrew Haley has had his share of ups and downs. As a child Andrew had cancer twice and each time was given a 35% chance to survive.
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Nathan Hall

Award-winning entrepreneur, business leader and educator

Nathan Hall is an award-winning entrepreneur, business leader and educator.  He is the CEO of Culture Check, an anti-racism support centre for the workforce.
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Robert Hawke

Comedian, Author and Cancer Survivor

Robert Hawke is a speaker, comedian and cancer survivor. He uses his 20 years of comedic experience and the lessons he learned in his battle with cancer to uplift and entertain audiences across the country.
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Greg Hopf

Indigenous Tourism and Entrepreneurship, Indigenous Storytelling, First Nation Relationship building Expert. Owner of Multiple businesses building strong vibrant economies in our Communities.

Born and raised in the Northwest Territories (NWT) Greg’s Indigenous Culture and background is his identity. Once Greg Hopf received his post-secondary education in Alberta, Greg went on to successfully manage a tourism hunting and fishing lodge in the NWT where the focus was on developing and providing Authentic Indigenous experiences.
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Benoit Huot

Gold Medalist - Leadership, Adversity, Teamwork and Inclusion Expert

Benoit Huot was born with a disability in his right leg known as clubfoot. He started swimming at 8 years old and became, in the last 2 decades, one of Canada's most decorated Paralympic athletes with 20 medals in five Paralympic Games.
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Marilyn Jensen

First Nations and Indigenous Empowerment Expert

Marilyn Jensen is a vibrant and powerful speaker addressing major current themes and areas pertinent and relevant to Indigenous people in Canada and elsewhere.  Her passion lies within reclamation and revitalization of ceremony, songs, culture and everything foundational to her identity but which was stolen and displaced.
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Anthony Johnson

LGBTQ2, Two Spirit and Diversity Expert

Anthony Johnson, a self-proclaimed spiritual nomad, is an artist, poet, photographer, cultural documentarian, public speaker, and a strategic analyst whose mission in life is to explore the beauty of the Earth and its inhabitants. A proud Dine (Navajo) man who was born and raised on the Navajo Nation, he’s lived in many cities across Turtle Island and even had a short stint in Shanghai, China.
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Karina LeBlanc

President & CEO - Karina LeBlanc Corporation | President & Founder of Karina LeBlanc Foundation | Head of Women's Football – CONCACAF | 2x Olympian (Bronze Medalist) | UNICEF Ambassador | FIFA Legend |

Karina LeBlanc is retired Olympic bronze medalist and professional athlete, Karina LeBlanc has the distinguished honor of being one of the longest serving soccer players for Canada. With a prestigious career that spanned almost 18 years at the international level, she participated in 5 FIFA World Cups and two Olympic Games, winning an Olympic medal, and making her and her team household names.
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Dr. James Makokis

Canada's Two Spirit, Diversity, Indigenous Health and First Nation Expert

Dr. James Makokis leads one of North America’s most progressive family medical clinics serving both LGBTQ2S and First Nation peoples from all over Canada.
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Anthony Johnson and James Makokis

Team Ahkameyimok! - The Amazing Race Season 7 Winners

Dr. James Makokis is well grounded in all matters relating to Indigenous cultures, traditions, values, and customs.
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Michael Marshall

Black Lives Matter, Inclusivity, and LGBTQ and Mental Health Expert

Dr. Michael Marshall, MBBS, MRCPsych, DMCC, PgDip (Mental Health Law), CCT (Psychiatry), is a psychiatrist with a special interest in transgender and LGBTQ2S+ health and wellness.
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Shannon Moroney

Resilience, Restorative Justice and Violence against Women Expert

Shannon Moroney is the author of two bestselling memoirs: Through the Glass (2011), her own story following the violent crimes of her first husband; and Out of the Shadows (2019), the story of human trafficking survivor Timea Nagy. Both are published worldwide Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster.
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Parth Mukherjee

Successful leader/consultant whose areas of expertise relate to strategic project planning, management of change, fostering team success, global affairs, risk management and innovation.

Parth Mukherjee is perhaps the only currently practicing project management professional in the world who has implemented both hydrocarbon and media-related projects. Parth Mukherjee also successfully adapts the Scrum (Agile) concept for front-end engineering of energy projects.
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Kendal Netmaker

Motivator, Business Storyteller, Entrepreneur, and Author

Kendal Netmaker is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, and gifted keynote speaker who is on a mission to empower and motivate people worldwide by sharing his story that regardless of where you come from and what challenges you face, you have the power to enact change. From Sweetgrass First Nation, Kendal and his siblings were raised by their single mother.
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Kwame Osei

Adversity, Teamwork, Leadership, Inclusion and Diversity Expert

Kwame Osei was born in Ghana West Africa. He came to Canada at the age of 4 and resided in Toronto with his parents and sister.
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Marni Panas

Diversity and Inclusion Expert

Marni Panas is diversity and inclusion professional dedicated to creating safe and welcoming, and inclusive environments especially for the LGBTQ population in large public and private organizations, all levels of government and departments, health care, educational institutions, corrections and law enforcement. Most recently she was a member of the LGBTQ2 Apology Advisory Council which helped draft the apology Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Nov 28, 2017 to LGBTQ people in Canada who for discrimination and injustices faced by this community as a result of federal legislation, policies and programs.
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Lana Potts

Medical Doctor, Indigenous Health and First Nation Expert