Tyler Simmonds is a public speaker and filmmaker who speaks openly about his experience living with mental illness, reminding people that recovery is possible and emphasizing the importance of vulnerability, mindfulness, and achieving your “flow state” through creativity and meditation. Tylers is clearly a message that resonates with many. In 2016, the Huffington Post named him one of the “10 Inspirational people under 30 you should be following on Twitter.” Twitter is where Tyler engages with over 35 thousand followers. Tyler is also a spokesperson for Bell Let’s Talk. Through his advocacy work Tyler aims to inspire others.

Tyler has found success in film, with his Award-Winning piece “In My Mind”, which is just one of the many artistic projects he has displayed over the years. Through his many channels, Tyler is inspiring people in Nova Scotia, across Canada, and around the world with the power of vulnerability, creative fearlessness, resilience, and authenticity.

Tyler Waye works on work… with daring and depth. His acclaimed thought leadership, adventuring research, and expert perspective have propelled him as a leading voice on the future of work. In his day job, he’s a leadership strategist and author who’s spent the last decade investigating patterns of success that shape our lives and organizations. Out of the office, he travels the world to learn, speak and film on the frontier of work’s revolutionary change.  

Tyler’s focus areas include: leadership, change, strategy and the future of work. Active highlights include:  

• Ground-breaking research on work around the world, living and working in twelve countries over fourteen months 
• Being a trusted teacher and advisor at all levels of government and all sizes of organizations 

• Co-founding YoungLeaders.World, a growing multi-national youth leadership organization that has trained over 10,000 students across the globe 
• Being internationally published on topics related to leadership and work  

As author of the book “I Went to School That Long for This?!” Tyler’s attention is increasingly focused on shifts that redefine modern work and tomorrow’s success. He is a regular contributor in media, featured on TV, radio, and in leading publications. He speaks around the world and consults globally, having worked with numerous private, not-for-profit, and public sector organizations. 

Tyler is host of the docu-series, Working Around the World. He has a Master of Arts degree in Leadership, was named Top 40 Under 40 by Avenue magazine, has teaching videos with over one million YouTube views, and is an instructor with Executive Education at the University of Alberta.

Valerie Cade has earned worldwide acclaim as a professional keynote speaker and business consultant.  Valerie truly has a gift for inspiring those who work to support and lead others, whether it’s in healthcare, government, the corporate sector, education or not‐for‐profit settings. Her uplifting, inspirational and acclaimed presentation style always inspires the audience with practical solutions for teamwork, communication, workplace culture, leadership, conflict resolution and productivity.

1 out of 6 people have come face to face with a bully in their life.  Bullying has become a silent epidemic. Valerie brings hope for organizations and individuals to overcome destructive bullying and harassment behaviours by colleagues. The “winning with difficult people” strategies do not work with workplace bulling or highly adversarial situations. In fact, traditional conflict resolution doesn’t work either, yet this is what people try to apply- but to no avail. Valerie Cade’s presentations are enthusiastic, engaging, creative, humorous and genuine. She gives attention and takes pride in researching each client’s situation to tailor her presentation to meet and exceed audience member needs and aspirations.

Valerie Cade is an award-winning presenter who is one of North America’s top experts in the field of coping with and stopping workplace bullying. She is author of the best selling book “Bully Free at Work: What You Can Do To Stop Workplace Bullying Now” which is currently distributed in over 100 countries. With a solid organizational development background, not purely an academic or an “opinion based” approach, Valerie’s style is not only informational, but inspirational; you will feel hope to turn the corner – even with the most challenging situations.

Valerie’s 20 years of experience as a relevant and results based implementation practitioner have had her sought after by organizations throughout North America. For the past 20 years, Cade has led hundreds of sessions throughout North America, Europe, China and Russia, with a relevant, humorous and heartfelt approach combined with a true sense of wisdom. She has a stand up comedian presence while still talking seriously and strategically about the realities and implementation of workplace bullying in organizations.

In addition, Valerie Cade became a Certified Speaking Professional Designation (CSP) in 2001. The CSP is the highest speaking designation in the world with less than 1000 recipients worldwide. She is one of the Canada’s first females to receive the CSP. Valerie’s presentation ratings average 4.9/5.0 for all size audiences. As CEO of one of Canada’s largest training companies for 10 years, Valerie helped turn this near-­‐bankrupt company into profitable success. In addition, her work in creating inspired workplaces, where people “want to”, helped raise satisfaction levels in organizations to over 80 – 90% -­‐ sustained.

Valerie Cade was the 2002 National President of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers and has received the President’s Award for distinguished service – twice! She was also unanimously voted by the National Board to receive the “Spirit of CAPS” Award for her outstanding contribution and professionalism to the speaking industry worldwide.

Cade understands dedication as she is the first woman to receive the Top Candidate Award for Canadian Basic Military Training. Valerie Cade has a genuine passion for helping people and organizations to become world class and receive the respect and dignity they deserve. Above all Valerie Cade is knowledgeable, well‐researched and can deliver powerful presentations in an inspirational way. Valerie is genuine and possesses a great amount of compassion. Her presentations offer audiences and individuals solutions to improve communication, become more resilient and deal with conflicts in the workplace in a calculated and constructive approach.

Vanessa Judelman is President of Mosaic People Development, consultant and a leadership expert. Through her HR background and business practice, Vanessa has developed a solid reputation for knowing what it takes to inspire great results in the new world of work. Her personal leadership experience allows her to intimately understand what leaders struggle with and the difficulties they encounter every day. She knows that leadership can be rewarding and understands that it can also be extremely stressful and challenging.

For this reason, Vanessa is dedicated to developing great leaders, building collaborative teams and giving leaders the tools they need to be happy and productive. For almost two decades, Vanessa has been developing her “secret sauce”. She knows that there is a science to developing leaders and has created a proven formula to develop results-oriented leaders who feel empowered and confident to do their job.

Whether keynote speaking, facilitating a group discussion or training, Vanessa Judelman’s programs have achieved strategic and successful change outcomes with organizations such as Motorola, Torstar Digital, Campbell’s Soup, the United Nations, Workopolis and Food Bank Canada. She is also a guest lecturer in the MBA program at Ted Rogers School of Management. Her fresh perspective on the world of work will challenge the misconceptions and myths often found in today’s workplaces.

It’s obvious that “old school” leadership is no longer working. A top down approach just doesn’t fly any more. People want their leaders to be authentic. People want their leaders to care about them. People want their leaders to help them to learn and grow. The bottom line is that people just want to be happy at work. Yes, it is that simple!

Vanessa Judelman will teach your audience how to become an effective leader, find the time to give feedback, coach their team and connect with them in a meaningful way. She will create a strategy to improve your team culture from unproductive to disengaged to productive and high-performing.

As a co-active, certified coach, Vanessa Judelman motivates teams and individuals to exceed their goals and her consulting experience and practice and regularly helps companies and organizations in Talent Management, Performance Management, Intergenerational Workforce, Succession Planning, and Learning and Development and Leadership. Judelman is noted as an expert in her industry and has been featured in the Globe and Mail and National Post.

What does it take to leave an audience altered through a keynote or workshop presentation? It takes the kind of talk that delivers such a fundamentally penetrating message that you are left compelled to act on what you hear. This is exactly what you get when Vik Maraj speaks.

Vik Maraj is more than inspirational. His message is transformative. Vik Maraj combines humour, engaging gestures and a clear presentation with audience involvement techniques to deliver a riveting and compelling presentation. He is one of Canada’s leading experts on teamwork, leadership, workplace culture and communication. Maraj is a memorable speaker that always sparks innovation. He therefore leaves the audience with thought provoking practical and strategic solutions after his presentation. Vik Maraj conveys superior content throughout his uncompromisingly authentic delivery.

Vik Maraj’s ground breaking content and is a pathway to human and organizational potential that has likely remained unfulfilled within your ranks. Maraj opens up this pathway with his ability to convey messages that are inspire audience members with permanent awakening; to what lies beyond the ordinariness of most organizations and individual’s toleration levels. His material and delivery transcend motivation and inspires audiences by the reinvention of practices, communication skills and leadership.

Vik’s dynamic presentation content comes from his day-to-day work with groups of people. Every day, he engages his training in neuro-science and molecular biology. He also combines high-stakes conflict resolution, dynamic group processes, systems thinking, and ontology to permanently expand individual performance. His down to earth approach captivates the audience and allows them to rethink their roles and their responsibilities at work. As a result, Vik’s messages create workplace synergy among all team members. He focuses individuals on strategic organizational goals, propelling them and their organization into the future.

Vik Maraj is also the co-founder and former CEO of a two hundred plus person international education company. In many ways, cutting his teeth as an entrepreneur and leader was his “rite of passage” into the real world of organizational performance. All this has led to a penetrating understanding of the truths and understandings between the correlation of people and performance – and it is not more adVike, formulas, or motivation.

Vik has created transformative shifts in governments, boards, corporations, not-for-profits, rural communities, municipalities, NGO’s (including the United Nations), and people from all walks of life. Similarly, Maraj has been involved in restoring a billion dollar international environmental collaboration. Maraj has also empowerd the leadership of Canada’s First Nations and rewriting the future of rural communities. Above all, Vik Maraj’s is one of Canada’s business and organization experts. He transforms what is possible when people come together to fulfill their purpose.

Known as “The Falcon”, Viviane Forest is an inspiring public speaker at corporate, education and community events. Her presentations are genuine, strong, and they motivate people to be active and reach for their goals and dreams. In the past ten years, she has spoken to approximately 10,000 people in Quebec and Alberta. She is frequent presenter to corporate gatherings and often accepts speaking engagements for public events or fundraisers. She has experience speaking to small groups like a classroom or large conference gatherings as a keynote.

Viviane’s keynote address, Failure is Not an Option appeals to many organizations because of her charm and ability to speak authoritatively in both French and English. Forest can also facilitate team building sessions. Viviane Forest is a Triple Gold Medal Paralympian of 2000, 2004 and 2010. Viviane is one of Canada’s most decorated Paralympic athletes. After a nine-year career as a member of the national Goalball team, she now competes for Canada in Para-Alpine skiing. Viviane Forest has seven Paralympic medals from three different Paralympic Games.

Viviane was born in Montreal but now calls Edmonton home. She has been in competitive sports since the age of four. Viviane played hockey and ringette, participated in karate, judo, track and field, cycling and provincial level swimming. The one thing that differentiates Viviane from other athletes is that she has only 4% of normal vision. Yet she excels at the highest possible levels.

Viviane Forest races down the ski slopes, with her guide, at speeds over 100 km/hr. They use a two-way radio system, trust and confidence to prevail on the slopes of the world. At the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, Viviane won medals in all five alpine race disciplines: a Gold in the prestigious Downhill, three Silvers in Super-G, Slalom and Super Combined and a Bronze in Giant Slalom. With two Paralympic gold medals won in Goalball at the Sydney 2000 and the Athens 2004 Paralympic Summer Games, Viviane has become one of a few female high performance athletes in the world to win gold medals in both summer and winter Paralympic or Olympic Games.

Recently Viviane Forest has national recognition for her sporting accomplishments: Canadian Paralympic Committee inaugural Debut Award, and Alpine Canada TELUS Award of Excellence Breakthrough Athlete of the Year. In addition to her sport accomplishments, the community also is lucky to Viviane as a leader and role model. She is the recipient of the Edmonton’s Salute to Excellence (October 2010), and The Global Woman of Vision (May 2010).

Viviane’s story is stunning and captivating. Her five-medal podium finish at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Games had her collecting over 25% of Canada’s medals while injured. Her tenacious determination and commitment to her dreams create a humourous and intense story, sure to inspire. Between training and competing, Viviane is an inspiring public speaker at corporate and community events. Her presentations are genuine, strong, and they motivate people to be active and reach for their goals and dreams. In the past ten years, she has spoken to approximately 10,000 people across Canada.

She frequently speaks at corporate gatherings and often accepts speaking engagements for public events or fundraisers. Forest has experience speaking to small groups like a classroom or board meeting and large conference gatherings in convention centres.

Viviane Forest tailors her Failure is Not an Option presentation for the following topics:

• Motivate / Inspire
• Resiliency
• Believe in Yourself
• The Journey of a 3 Time Paralympic Champion
• Overcoming Adversity
• Perseverance
• Goal Setting
• Public Appearances, Autographs, Photo Opps

Wade Sorochan is an accomplished Alberta broadcaster and national award winning speaker, author and mental health advocate recognized as Canada’s “Social Media Expert.” Wade first gained recognition for his pioneering impact on the #1 rated radio talk show and “Canada’s most unique radio talk show”: The Bill & Bill Show. Nicknamed “The Tone Arm”, Wade Sorochan became the first broadcaster in history to spontaneously use song clips to enhance a radio talk show. Wade went on to host his own popular radio and television talk shows in a career that has spanned four decades.

As a mental illness survivor, Wade Sorochan is a sought after speaker sharing his inspiring story of living with mental illness; being emotionally abused and abandoned as a child, experiencing five mental breakdowns, eventually hitting rock bottom, and how he is surviving and thriving with mental illness. Wade’s warm and friendly style and sense of humour creates an instant and genuine connection with his audiences.

Wade Sorochan is the author of the ground-breaking book Unsocial Media: Virtual World Causing Real World Anxiety. The book reveals how social media can affect mental health. He is also the author of the book Fastest Tone Arm in the West: Chasing a Radio Dream. The book features entertaining stories from a successful radio career and inspiring story of surviving child abuse and mental illness.

Wade Sorochan’s Awards

•   CAMH National Difference Makers Award , Recognizing 150 Leading difference makers for Canadian Mental Health
•   Canada 150 in 150 Award , Recognizing 150 Inspiring Albertans

Wade Sorochan’s Media Coverage

• The Toronto Star, Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, CTV Edmonton, Global TV Edmonton, City TV Toronto,
• CBC Radio Edmonton, CHED Radio Edmonton, CJOB Radio Winnipeg, News Talk 770 Calgary

If there’s one thing peak performance experts like Wayne Lee agree on, it’s that the mind is capable of leading us anywhere. He also knows that for many of us, our minds are littered with detours, potholes and accidents waiting to happen. Fear, self-doubt, inhibitions of all kinds, these beliefs reside in our subconscious and prevent us from reaching our conscious goals. But if you set your GPS (Great Programmable Subconscious) for success, you can achieve anything while taking the ride of your life.

Wayne’s own journey to excellence was fueled with an unrelenting passion for entertaining and empowering people. From a childhood fascination with magic and visualization, Wayne’s gift for seeing and acting on what’s possible has grown to international proportions: He is one of North America’s premier corporate presenters, a veteran of thousands of successful shows, a published author, and peak performance coach to professionals of all walks of life. And he’s practised what he preaches.

Wayne Lee is a former five-time Canadian amateur wrestling champion, who also served as a beloved classroom instructor before taking the stage in the corporate world. More recently, he was named “Entertainer of the Year “for the Canadian Events Industry. Which brings us back to the power of the mind. Wayne Lee is an unrelenting advocate for individuals and teams looking to turn potential into performance.

Through humor and hypnosis, Wayne Lee helps people drop their defenses and access their GPS. Once in there, Wayne shows how what you put in–beliefs, attitudes, goals and vision–acts as coordinates that absolutely determine whether or not you reach your destination. Get it wrong and you’re stuck in traffic. Get it right and you’ll get to your goal faster and more directly than you ever thought possible.

Many people find it difficult to make the connection between the inner goings on of the mind and outward action and performance, yet it’s crucial to any success. That’s why Wayne Lee’s work is so special. He can break down the barriers of even the most cynical and resistant individuals through laughter and hypnosis, in the process showing them how to access their own subconscious. Once people realize what’s possible when they program the GPS for success, it’s as if they become a new person–the person they were always meant to be. For employers, that means productivity, teamwork, and a great attitude at work. For employees themselves, it’s like being handed the keys to the ride of their lives.

Tanveer Naseer is an award-winning and internationally-acclaimed leadership writer and keynote speaker. He is also the Principal and Founder of a leadership coaching firm that works with executives and managers to help them develop practical leadership and team-building competencies to guide organizational growth and development. Naseer’s writings and insights on leadership and workplace interactions have been featured in a number of prominent organizations and media publications such as Forbes, Fast Company, Inc Magazine, The Globe and Mail, The Economist Executive Education Navigator, CBC Radio Daybreak, Global News, and the Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center.

Tanveer Naseer is the recipient of several awards and recognitions as one of the world’s top thinkers/writers in the leadership sphere, including being recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the Top 100 Leadership and Management Experts. Naseer has been very active on speaking circuit, giving keynote speeches and talks in Canada and the US, including his TED talk “Forget Passion – Purpose is the Real Spice of Life”.

His engaging and thought-provoking style and content has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of today’s “100 Great Leadership Speakers,” a list that includes such highly sought-after thought leaders as Sir Richard Branson, Tony Hsieh, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ken Blanchard, Brené Brown, and Marshall Goldsmith. In addition to his work speaking, writing, and consulting on leadership, Tanveer Naseer is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BnextR Technologies, a start-up technology company behind the professional development program, MasteryPractice, a science-based online program designed to help people develop new habits and behaviours that are critical to career success and growth.

Tanveer Naseer also serves as the Chairman of the Governing Board for one of the largest regional high schools in the province of Quebec, Canada. Naseer holds a Master of Science degree in Pathology from McGill University and currently lives in Montreal, Canada with his wife and their three daughters. Tanveer Naseer’s first leadership book, “Leadership Vertigo” has received rave reviews and endorsements by many of today’s top leadership thinkers and practitioners.

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. As a four-time winner of the BBB Marketplace Ethics and Integrity Award, Heineman is recognized as a leader in safety in Canada.

Heineman is an inspiration to audiences and gives them a solid action plan to integrate into their workplace. She is the Founder, President and CEO of a Safety Solutions Consulting Firm, and since starting her company in 2009, she has experienced significant growth and established a recognized brand in Manitoba. Theo Heineman has over 20 years’ experience as a business owner and entrepreneur. She is also an award winning sales and marketing professional with more than 15 years of experience. She also has over 15 years of safety management related experience, working both locally and internationally as a consultant and trainer.

Her consultation practice specializes in providing integrated, full-service workplace safety and health solutions to support Manitoba businesses in creating safer work environments, increasing profitability and meeting the requirements of workplace safety and health legislation. The advantages for organizations to go beyond attaining legal compliance under regulation and legislative initiatives reduce overall losses and improve productivity and quality, resulting in healthier employees and more profitable and sustainable businesses.

Widely recognized as a leader and expert in both business and Safety Management Systems, Heineman is passionate about having an impact on sending workers home to their families safe and healthy at the end of every work day and protecting organizations from avoidable loss and liability. She is a Board Certified Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP), and Certified Safety and Health Consultant (Canadian Society of Safety Engineers). Theo Heineman is also a member of the Entrepreneurs Organization. In 2011 she was awarded the Manitoba Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Awards for both Building Business and Overall Excellence. In 2012 she sat on the WCB Advisory Committee for the Future State of Workplace Illness and Injury Prevention in Manitoba and she is a board member for Manitoba’s Better Business Bureau.

Heineman can deliver keynotes, workshops, training sessions focused on safety that will leave a lasting impact.