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Angela Adsit

First Nation & Indigenous Expert

Angela Adsit (MBA, PMP) is a strong advocate for Indigenous community and economic development.  She is known for her advocacy of Indigenous rights within Indigenous territories and is passionate about working with Indigenous people to assert their rights over their own land, communities, and resources.
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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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Donna Balzer

Gardening and Horticulture Expert

Keynote speaker Donna Balzer, has an Agriculture degree from the University of Alberta with a specialty in Horticulture and a passion to help gardeners grow. She is a freelance garden consultant, author, speaker and journalist for print media, radio and television.
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Sajel Bellon

TEDx Speaker - Mental Health, Trauma, Stress and Wellness Expert

Sajel Bellon (Ed.D, CTSS) is an Occupational Stress and Trauma Specialist and Mental Health Professional.
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Diane Bergeron

Leadership and Inclusivity Expert

Diane Bergeron was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at the age of five. By the time she was ten, she was considered legally blind, and lost all sight in her 30’s.
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Cheryl Bernard

Olympic Speaker, Resilience, Preparation & Excellence Expert

Olympic Silver Medalist, Cheryl Bernard is a dynamic and powerful keynote speaker. She draws from her business, non profit and sporting success to inspire audiences to achieve their maximum potential.
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Nicola Bird

Health and Wellness, Productivity and Self-Transformation Expert

Nicola Bird, Ph.D.
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Jennifer Bitner

Health and Wellness, Women of Inspiration and Mental Wellness Expert

  Jennifer Bitner is a mental health warrior, successful entrepreneur, inspirational speaker and author. She was diagnosed with a severe anxiety and panic disorder at the age of 22, she spent the next decade of her life living with two identities.
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Ramona Braganza

Fitness, Health and Wellness Expert

Celebrity trainer and Global fitness expert Ramona Braganza may be most known for sculpting hot Hollywood bodies, including that of Jessica Alba’s and Halle Berry’s, but her love of fitness and quest for excellence has facilitated the transformation of hundreds of bodies and attitudes worldwide. Recognized as one of the top Personal Trainers in the world in the entertainment industry, Ramona worked as Jessica Alba’s personal trainer for over 12 years and continues to train celebrities and individuals using Ramona’s 3-2-1 Training Method of 3 CARDIO segments, 2 CIRCUIT strength training segments and 1 CORE segment.
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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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Jennifer Casa-Todd

Education, Literacy and Digital Classroom Expert

Jennifer Casa-Todd is a gifted speaker and workshop facilitator. She has been described as engaging, inspirational, knowledgeable, and passionate.
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Michelle Cederberg

Health and Wellness, Performance, Productivity and Energy Expert

Michelle Cederberg has spent most of her life in the realm of human performance – as a competitive kayaker, as an avid outdoor enthusiast; mountain biker, rock climber and snowboarder. She’s worked as a college instructor, health educator, fitness instructor and personal trainer always interested in what makes people tick – inside and out.
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Judy Croon

Comedian - Stress Management and Humour Expert

As a long-time stand up comedian, Judy Croon is used to being in the spotlight. Judy Croon is the creator and host of “Laughlines” and “Stand Up for The Girls” which have raised over $650,000 for breast cancer research.
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Carla Cuglietta

Educator, consultant, humanitarian and keynote speaker

Carla Cuglietta helps people see possibilities for a better path through leadership. She is a Canadian born educator, consultant, humanitarian and keynote speaker.
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Carole Anne Devaney

Master of Ceremonies, Seniors, Family and Parenting Expert

Carole Anne Devaney is as authentic as they come. She brings class, candor and a touch of self-depricating humour to your ceremonies.
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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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Sonia Funk

Nutrition, Health and Wellness Expert

Sonia Funk is an Employee Wellness Analyst & Strategist, Corporate Keynote Speaker and Nutritional Therapist, with over 15 years of international experience in the wellness industry. She understands that employees are overwhelmed with their own day-to-day lives as it is, and that it can become a challenge to keep up with personal and professional lives, while maintaining health.
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Dr. Lynn Gehl

Indigenous and First Nation Expert

Lynn Gehl is an Algonquin Anishinaabeg scholar, advocate, and artist. She is one of eight siblings and grew up in the projects of inner-city Toronto.
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Charmaine Hammond

Conflict Management, Communication, Collaboration & Resilience Expert

Charmaine Hammond is a highly sought-after business keynote and workshop speaker, entrepreneur, author and educator who teaches and advocates the importance of developing trust, healthy relationships and collaboration in the workplace. She has helped clients in many industries build resilient and engaged workplaces, develop high trust/high accountability relationships, and solve workplace issues that get in the way of success and profitability.
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Beth Hanishewski

Resilience, Teamwork and Relationship Expert

Beth Hanishewski is an internationally recognized Speaker, Coach and Writer who teaches her audiences that the Real Path to Success is through Relationships. She has shared the stage with the world’s top speakers including Jack Canfield, Robin Sharma, Lisa Nichols and Mike Dooley in Australia, the U.
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Theo Heineman

Safety Management Systems and Health and Safety in the Workplace Expert

Theo Heineman is passionate keeping workers safe. An expert and spokesperson in the field of Health and Safety she is a master at using powerful stories to inspire owners, managers and workers into consistent action and collaboration in order to create a safe and healthy workplace.
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Alexis Hillyard

Diversity & Inclusion Expert - Stump Kitchen

Alexis Hillyard (she/her) is a queer and disabled YouTube Creator, self-taught vegan chef, entrepreneur, and a parent of an energetic toddler. Born without her left hand, Alexis uses her stump as a kitchen tool - from spatula to juicer - while expanding the vocabulary of what's possible in the kitchen each week on her YouTube show ‘Stump Kitchen.
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Ann Dowsett Johnston

Public Policy, Mental Health, Trauma and Addictions Expert

Ann Dowsett Johnston is an award-winning journalist and keynote speaker. She is one of Canada's leading experts on public policy related to higher education, alcohol addiction and trauma.
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Florence K

Florence Riley is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter from Quebec, who performs material in English, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese

Free-spirited, open-minded, singer-songwriter and pianist Florence K has a wide-ranging musical approach and performs in French, Spanish, English, and Portuguese with the same natural ease. Since her beginnings in 2005, she has had three Gold records, sold over 250,000 albums and received multiple accolades, including many Felix awards and Juno nominations.
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Darci Lang

Leadership, Positivity, and Customer Care Expert

If anyone understands that life is what you make it, it’s Darci Lang. She quite literally went out and built the life she wanted.
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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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Nancy Lowery

Leadership, Teamwork and Project Management Expert

Leadership shows up in everything we do. A premise Nancy Lowery explores through her programs and keynote presentations.
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Patricia Makokis

First Nation & Indigenous Expert

Dr. Patricia Makokis, is one of Canada’s grass roots Indigenous servant leader, consultant and expert.
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Sandy McIntosh

An authentic C-suite executive and thought leader committed to driving positive change in the workplace

An authentic, inspiring leader with a unique voice and unique perspectives, Sandy McIntosh is a breath of fresh air in business environments. She’s an expert in her field, an authority on multiple topics like resilience, mindfulness, happiness, curiosity, and women & leadership.
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Patricia Morgan

Resiliency, Happiness and Seniors Expert

With a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology, Patricia Morgan speaks to thousands of people each year.  She works with organizations that want to help strengthen their people’s personal resilience.
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Crystal Andrus Morissette

Best-selling author, Emotional Age and Communication Expert

International best-selling author, Emotional Age and communication expert, and women’s advocate Crystal Andrus Morissette is a worldwide leader in the field of self-discovery and personal transformation. She is teaching women all over the globe to take charge of their stories, love ALL their parts and redefine themselves as whole, healthy, and empowered.
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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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Marni Panas

Diversity and Inclusion Expert

Marni Panas is diversity and inclusion professional and sought-after speaker dedicated to creating safe and welcoming, and inclusive environments especially for the LGBTQ2S+ population in large public and private organizations, all levels of government and departments, health care, educational institutions, corrections, and law enforcement. Marni’s passion and commitment to equity and inclusion as had impact across Canada including:

• Member of the LGBTQ2S+ Apology Advisory Council which helped draft the apology Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Nov 28, 2017, to LGBTQ2S+ people in Canada 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

Dr. Lana Rose Potts “Last To Come In” is a Family Physician who specializes in First Nation Health.
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Georgette Reed

Former Olympian - Health and Wellness, Mental Health and Productivity Expert

Georgette Reed has had a keen interest in Sport, Fitness, Health and Wellness all of her life. She is a former Olympic athlete and is a certified track and field and strength and conditioning coach.
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Danièle Sauvageau

Police Officer and Former Canadian Olympic Hockey Coach

Danièle Sauvageau has the passion, instinct and leadership that was instrumental in the historic win by the Canadian Women’s Hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. As the general manager and coach, Sauvageau transformed a fear of losing into an absolute desire for victory, a radical turnaround that enabled her players to achieve their Olympic dream.
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Lesley-Anne Scorgie

Women of Inspiration - Financial Wellness, Entrepreneurship Expert

Lesley-Anne Scorgie has a passion for personal finance was strong well before her appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show in 2001. What started all the fuss in the first place was when she took up teaching her high school business class about investing, much to her teacher’s surprise.
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Beckie Scott

Olympic Speaker, Overcoming Adversity and Excellence Expert

Beckie Scott retired in 2006 as Canada’s most decorated cross-country ski racer in the history of the sport. A 3 - time Olympian, Scott won gold in Salt Lake City in 2002, becoming the first Canadian (and first North American woman) to win an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing.
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Gayathri Shukla

Leadership, Diversity and Human Centred Design Expert

Gayathri Shukla is a dynamic, thought-provoking speaker who inspires individuals to rise to their personal and collective potential. She is the Founder of a social enterprise, where she masterfully harnesses the power of storytelling to help diverse teams discover their unique strengths, while building skills in empathy.
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Sami Jo Small

Gold Medal-Winning Goalie with the Canadian Women's Olympic Hockey Team

The night before the Olympic game, in the race to the gold medal, Sami Jo Small was told that she would not be on the ice. At first, she was devastated and angry, but eventually, she chose to rise above those feelings and embraced her new role with enthusiasm.
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Carly Sotas

TEDx Speaker - Mental Health, Leadership, Courage and Growth Expert

Carly Sotas is an author and mental health activist dedicated to empowering the next generation of leaders. After publishing her first book at twenty, Carly Sotas began working with young empowerment and literacy organizations around the world.
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Karyne Steben & Sarah Steben

Overcoming Trauma & Mental Health, Communication, Teamwork and Performance Experts

The Steben Twins are easy to work with, nothing like a diva! They are friendly, engaging, articulate speakers. Able to resonate with the specific needs of your audience.
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Suzanne F. Stevens

Conscious leadership and Social Contributor Cultivator

YouMeWe Social Impact Group founder, Suzanne F. Stevens (CSP) has been invigorating audiences on five continents since 2000.
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Cherry Rose Tan

Tech Visionary & Thought Leader

With over a decade of expertise in psychology, Cherry Rose Tan has guided thousands of leaders through the trenches of mental health.  A fifth-generation entrepreneur, her superpower is helping leaders talk about the really hard things, so they can lead powerfully at work.
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Sarah Taylor

Women’s Issues, Gender Equality and Fitness Expert

Sarah Taylor is a TV Personality, Fitness Expert, Body Positive Gym Owner, Plus Size Model, Blogger, Former Miss Plus Canada, and Motivational Speaker. You can catch her any day as TV personality and fitness expert on Cityline and Breakfast Television.
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Tina Varughese

Inter Generational Workforce, Cross Cultural Communication, Diversity and Inclusion Expert

Tina Varughese (CSP) is a 'hilarious, dynamic, thought-provoking, humourous, energetic and engaging' speaker. She offers workshops and keynotes on a number of topics including Diversity, Inclusion, Unconscious Bias, Inter Generational Workforce, Cross Cultural Communication and Sales, Leadership Staff Recruitment and and Work-Life Balance.
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Corina Walsh

Leadership, Productivity, Employee Engagement and Emotional Intelligence Expert

Corina Walsh is the President of Shift People Development and author of The Engaged Employee Blueprint. Corina’s superpower is her ability to take complex leadership and management principles and make them easy to learn and master – empowering companies to shift performance and progress.
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