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Anthony Johnson

Anthony Johnson

LGBTQ2S+ | Two Spirit And Diversity Expert

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  • Bullying At Work
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  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Employee Engagement
Anthony Johnson is a Two-Spirit Keynote Speaker, LGBTQ2S+ Advocate & ED&I Expert. Through his powerful story to bring awareness for LGBTQ &...
Amazing Two Spirit Couple

Amazing Two Spirit Couple

Amazing Race Canada Winners | ED&I, Indigenous & LGBTQ Experts | Two Spirit Advocates

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  • Pofessional development days (PD DAYS) Speakers
  • Indigenous
  • LGBTQ2S+
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Mental Health
  • Inclusive Leadership
  • Social Justice & Human Rights
  • Celebrity
  • First Nation, Inuit & Metis
The amazing two spirit couple, winners of the Amazing Race Canada season 7, known for their advocacy with Indigenous and lgtbq2s communities....
Beth Hanishewski

Beth Hanishewski

Relationships Expert | Resilience Wellness Trust & Relationships In The Workplace

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  • Adaptability & Agility
  • Burnout Prevention
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Emotional Intelligence
Beth Hanishewski is an engaging keynote speaker, trainer & coach on leadership, resilience, teamwork, handling pressure and managing workplace...
Charmaine Hammond

Charmaine Hammond

Conflict Management | Communication | Collaboration & Resilience Expert

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  • Adaptability & Agility
  • Business & Corporate
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Disruption Management
  • Employee Engagement
Charmaine Hammond, CSP, MA, is a highly sought-after business keynote and workshop speaker. She was a correctional officer and former mediator with...
Denise Wozniak

Denise Wozniak

TEDx Speaker | Certified World Class Speaking Coach | Resilience | Overcoming Adversity & Trauma

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  • Accessibility
  • Burnout Prevention
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Disability
  • Diversity & Inclusion
A Canadian-UK citizen, Denise Wozniak is a TEDx speaker, Certified World Class Speaking Coach, and is trained in Positive Psychology, Mental...
Deri Latimer

Deri Latimer

Neuroscience | Leadership & Change | Positive Psychology & Mindfulness | Resilience & Wellness

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  • Adaptability & Agility
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  • Burnout Prevention
  • Business & Corporate
  • Business Leadership
  • Business Management
  • Business Transitions
  • Change Management
Deri Latimer is a TEDx speaker, author, and organizational consultant who combines positive psychology, neuroscience, and emotional intelligence to...
Kathy Macdonald

Kathy Macdonald

Online Investigator | Canadian Online Safety | Fraud Prevention & Cyber Security Expert

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  • Pofessional development days (PD DAYS) Speakers
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Big Data
  • Blockchain & Metaverse
  • Business & Corporate
  • Business Ethics & Values
  • Business Leadership
  • Business Management
  • Business Technology
Kathy Macdonald is a retired police officer with the Calgary Police Service, with almost three decades of investigative and crime prevention...
Hon. Dr. Marion Buller

Hon. Dr. Marion Buller

First Nation And Indigenous Rights Advocate | Civil Criminal & Human Rights Lawyer | Retired Judge

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  • Cultural Diversity
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Excellence & Success
  • Gender Equality
  • HR & Corporate Culture
  • Inclusive Leadership
  • Indigenous
  • Leadership
The Honourable Dr. Marion Buller, C.M., is a keynote speaker and human rights advocate who was the initial First Nations woman appointed as a judge...
Dr. James Makokis

Dr. James Makokis

Two Spirit Doctor | LGBTQ2S+ | Indigenous | Diversity | Inclusion Expert

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  • Mental Health
  • Health & Wellness
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Resilience & Adversity
  • LGBTQ2S+
  • Indigenous
  • Personal Growth
  • Leadership
  • Work Life Balance
  • First Nation, Inuit & Metis
  • Social Justice & Human Rights
  • Healthcare
  • Awareness Days
  • Social & Cultural
  • Inspirational
  • Motivation
  • Health and Safety
  • Lifestyle & Health
Dr. James A. Makokis is a Nehiyô (Plains Cree) Family Physician from the Saddle Lake Cree Nation in northeastern Alberta and the recent winner of...
Amy Oliver

Amy Oliver

Executive Coach | Healthcare Reform & Innovation Advisor | Healthcare Services & Strategy

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  • Leadership
  • Innovation & Creativity
  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Management
  • Workplace Culture
  • Burnout Prevention
  • Health & Human Performance
  • Medical & Healthcare
  • Lifestyle & Health
Amy is passionate about bridging the gaps around strategy, management, and leadership through knowledge translation at the crossroads of health and...
Adam Rodricks

Adam Rodricks

Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Social Media Strategist | Digital Marketing & Personal Brand Expert

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  • Pofessional development days (PD DAYS) Speakers
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Digital marketing
  • Marketing & Branding
  • Social media
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Business Growth
  • Storytelling
  • Event Hosts & Moderators
  • TED & TEDx
Adam Rodricks, Crowned Canada’s Top Social Media Strategist, is an award-winning keynote speaker & bestselling author, known for growing brands...
Dr. Haniyeh Yousofpour

Dr. Haniyeh Yousofpour

Leadership & Communication Expert Emotional Intelligence | Effective Feedback | Workplace Culture

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  • Adaptability & Agility
  • Bullying At Work
  • Business & Corporate
  • Business Leadership
  • Business Management
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
Dr. Haniyeh Yousofpour is an award-winning Harvard-educated business professor, strategic negotiator, consultant, human resources & organizational...
Greater Toronto Area Greater Toronto Area, Ontario
Elizabeth Manley

Elizabeth Manley

Olympic Silver Medalist | Leadership | Change | Resilience Mental Health Advocate

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  • Adaptability & Agility
  • Addictions & Substance Abuse
  • Burnout Prevention
  • Business Transitions
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration
  • Excellence & Success
  • Happiness & Positivity
Elizabeth Manley is a two-time Olympian who secured her legacy with an Olympic silver medal in figure skating at the 1988 Calgary Games. A powerful...
Callingwood Callingwood, Ontario
Tim O'Loan

Tim O'Loan

Military & Indigenous Survivor | First Nation's Expert

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Tim O’Loan comes from 2 wounded communities: one as a proud indigenous (Sahtu Dene) & other as Veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, having served...
Rocky Ozaki

Rocky Ozaki

Future of Work | Business Transition | Workforce Engagement | Technology & Innovation Expert

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  • Adaptability & Agility
  • Alliances & Partnerships
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Business & Corporate
  • Business Ethics & Values
  • Business Growth
  • Business Leadership
  • Business Management
Rocky Ozaki is the Founder & CEO of the NoW of Work - a business transformation firm whose primary focus is helping leaders build future-proofed,...
Lisa Webb

Lisa Webb

Metis Entrepreneur | Global Experienced Change Expert | Women’s Advocate

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  • Adaptability & Agility
  • Burnout Prevention
  • Business Management
  • Change Management
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Employee Management
Lisa Webb is a renowned international entrepreneur and advocate for diversity, leveraging her extensive experience living across continents and her...
Tyler Smith

Tyler Smith

Humboldt Broncos Crash Survivor | Amazing Race Canada Winner | Resilience & Mental Health Advocate

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  • Leadership and Change
  • Resilience & Adversity
  • Mental Health
  • Leadership
  • Resilience & Change
  • Health & Wellness
  • PTSD & Trauma
  • Celebrity
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Tyler Smith is an Amazing Race Canada Winner, Humboldt Broncos hockey bus crash survivor & speaker on mental health, wellness & safe spaces. Tyler...
Dr. Shahana Alibhai

Dr. Shahana Alibhai

Medical Doctor & Tedx Speaker | Compassion & Empathy | Mental Health, Resilience & Wellness Expert

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  • Mental Health
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  • Health & Human Performance
  • Resilience & Adversity
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Change Management
  • Burnout Prevention
  • Medical & Healthcare
  • Healthcare
Dr. Shahana Alibhai is a TEDx keynote speaker, family physician and emotional and mental health expert. She's the lead physician at one of British...
Rick Denley

Rick Denley

Courageous Leadership and Change | Personal & Business Growth | Leadership Performance | Author

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  • Business & Corporate
  • Business Growth
  • Business Leadership
  • Business Management
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  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Excellence & Success
Rick Denley, a Leadership visionary, change catalyst, and growth expert. With over three decades of experience leading Fortune 500 companies like...
Dr. Elizabeth Cannon

Dr. Elizabeth Cannon

Inspiring Excellence And Shaping Futures Through Leadership And Innovation | Author

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  • Adaptability & Agility
  • Alliances & Partnerships
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Big Data
  • Business & Corporate
  • Business Growth
  • Business Leadership
  • Business Management
A renowned motivational speaker and leadership authority, Dr. Elizabeth Cannon's trailblazing expertise in Geomatics Engineering and her...
Mark Raffan

Mark Raffan

Negotiations Ninja | Global Expert In Negotiation | Persuasion | And Conflict Resolution | Author

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  • Business & Corporate
  • Business Growth
  • Business Leadership
  • Business Management
  • Communication
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Excellence & Success
Mark Raffan is a distinguished entrepreneur and revered authority in negotiation, persuasion, and conflict resolution, holds an extensive legacy as a...
Angela Sterritt

Angela Sterritt

Award Winning Investigative Journalist | Bestselling Author | Indigenous Land Back & MMIWG Advocate

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  • Pofessional development days (PD DAYS) Speakers
  • Indigenous
  • Women's Leadership
  • Women's Rights & #MeToo
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Cultural Diversity
  • First Nation, Inuit & Metis
  • Storytelling
  • Inspirational
  • Social & Cultural
Angela Sterritt is a national bestselling author and multi-award-winning investigative journalist from Gitxsan Nation on her dad’s side and from...
Melissa DiMarco

Melissa DiMarco

Laugh | Learn | And Lead | Entertainment Luminary | Comedy Star | Actress | Award Winning Show Host

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  • Adaptability & Agility
  • Business Leadership
  • Business Management
  • Business Transitions
  • Change Management
  • Communication
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Diversity & Inclusion
Melissa DiMarco, a name synonymous with comedy, is the creative powerhouse behind the enduring success of "Out There with Melissa DiMarco," now...
Allison Graham

Allison Graham

Health & Peak Performance | Life Balance | Mental and Emotional Wellness | Workplace Culture Expert

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  • Health & Wellness
  • Mental Health
  • Work Life Balance
  • Health & Human Performance
  • Business Growth
  • Workplace Culture
  • Leadership and Change
  • Resilience & Adversity
  • Consultant & Coach
Allison Graham is on a mission to inspire professionals to rethink stress, resilience, and problem-solving for human dynamics at work. Her clients...
Joelle Tomlinson

Joelle Tomlinson

Leadership | Storytelling | Resilience | Overcoming Adversity & Using The Power of Storytelling

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  • Adaptability & Agility
  • Addictions & Substance Abuse
  • Burnout Prevention
  • Business & Corporate
  • Business Growth
  • Business Management
  • Change Management
  • Communication
Joelle Tomilson, a distinguished news anchor with over a decade of expertise in broadcast journalism, boasts an impressive track record of...
Caroline Berglund

Caroline Berglund

Leadership | Team Development Subject Matter And Presentation Skills Expert

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  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Management
  • Humour At Workplace
  • Hybrid Workplace
Caroline Berglund, the founder and Principal of Talk Talk, is a multifaceted individual with a vibrant personality. She wears many hats, including...
Sam Laliberte

Sam Laliberte

Serial Entrepreneur | Global Advocate For Liberated Living

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  • Business & Corporate
  • Business Growth
  • Business Management
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration
  • Digital marketing
  • Employee Management
  • Entrepreneurship
Sam Laliberte has been designing her lifestyle from scratch for almost a decade. She’s a serial entrepreneur, motivational speaker and business...
Dr. Laura Hambley

Dr. Laura Hambley

Future of Work | Remote/Hybrid Leadership | Mental Wellness & Burnout | Toxic Leadership

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  • Pofessional development days (PD DAYS) Speakers
  • Leadership
  • Leadership and Change
  • Future of Work
  • Health & Human Performance
  • Workplace Culture
  • Health & Wellness
  • Entrepreneurship
  • HR & Corporate Culture
  • Organizational Change
Dr. Laura Hambley Lovett is an Organizational Psychologist, Keynote Speaker, Business Leader, Author, and Podcast Host of the highly acclaimed...
Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer

Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer

Learning Leader | Harnessing The Power of How To Learn For Transformational Change

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  • Adaptability & Agility
  • Business & Corporate
  • Business Growth
  • Business Leadership
  • Business Management
  • Change Management
  • Communication
  • Conflict Resolution
Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer, Ph.D. is an internationally sought out learning strategist, the best-selling author of “Feel Good Learning”, and Founder...
Jane Enright

Jane Enright

Leadership | Change | Resilience | Positive Mindset & Mental Wellness Expert

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  • Pofessional development days (PD DAYS) Speakers
  • Accessibility
  • Adaptability & Agility
  • Addictions & Substance Abuse
  • Business & Corporate
  • Business Growth
  • Business Leadership
  • Business Management
  • Business Transitions
Jane Enright is an accomplished, humorous, inspiring, and empowering, international keynote speaker, and award-winning Canadian author with an...
Andrea Holwegner

Andrea Holwegner

Energy & Nutrition Expert | Mental Health | Performance | Burnout Prevention & Wellness Expert

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  • Health & Wellness
  • Nutrition & Fitness
  • Mental Health
  • Health & Human Performance
  • Work Life Balance
  • Burnout Prevention
  • Interactive & Experience
  • Lifestyle & Health
Keynote Speaker & Award Winning Writer, Andrea Holwegner is a Health and Wellness Nutritionist who shares healthy diet habits for energy &...
Carolyn Stern

Carolyn Stern

Emotional Intelligence | Trainer & Award-Winning Author of The Emotionally Strong Leader

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  • Pofessional development days (PD DAYS) Speakers
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Excellence & Success
  • Leadership Development
  • Personal Leadership
  • Resilience & Change
  • Inclusive Leadership
  • Leadership and Change
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Business Leadership
Carolyn Stern is a successful entrepreneur who specializes in helping professionals become emotionally strong leaders. A lifelong learner and...
Dennis Cuku

Dennis Cuku

CEO | Inner Peace And Social Enterprise Expert

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  • Adaptability & Agility
  • Business & Corporate
  • Business Growth
  • Business Leadership
  • Business Management
  • Business Transitions
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration
Dennis Cuku is a mechanical engineer, keynote speaker, and former CEO of an oil company who has dedicated his career to self-improvement,...
Jody Urquhart

Jody Urquhart

Burnout Prevention | Health And Wellness And Healthcare Expert

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  • Adaptability & Agility
  • Bullying At Work
  • Burnout Prevention
  • Business Transitions
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Conflict Resolution
Jody Urquhart is a top female motivational speaker with more than twenty-three years of experience, inspiring and entertaining audiences across the...
Mark Black

Mark Black

Survivor | Leadership | Breakthrough | Productivity Resiliency And Change Expert

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  • Pofessional development days (PD DAYS) Speakers
  • Burnout Prevention
  • Business Leadership
  • Business Management
  • Change Management
  • Disability
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Management
Mark Black is a heart and double-lung transplant recipient, 4-Time marathon runner, author, coach, and speaker. Breakthrough adversity to thrive...
Randall Craig

Randall Craig

Tech Futures | Digital Visionary | Marketing And Technology Expert

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  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Big Data
  • Business & Corporate
  • Business Ethics & Values
  • Business Growth
  • Business Leadership
  • Business Management
  • Business Technology
Randall Craig is an internet pioneer who led the digital strategies for several major market newspapers, consulting firms, and financial institutions...
Jeremiah Brown

Jeremiah Brown

Olympic Medalist | World Record Breaker | Best Selling Author | Transformation

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  • Pofessional development days (PD DAYS) Speakers
  • Adaptability & Agility
  • Business & Corporate
  • Business Management
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration
  • Excellence & Success
  • Health & Human Performance
  • HR & Corporate Culture
Jeremiah Brown, Olympic silver medalist is an inspirational & motivational speaker who help people find deeper resilience & the determination to...
Sophie Jama Malindi

Sophie Jama Malindi

Women Empowerment | Inclusive Leadership Expert

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  • Pofessional development days (PD DAYS) Speakers
  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • Inclusive Leadership
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Women's Leadership
  • Women In Business
  • Women Of Influence
  • Influence & Negotiation
  • Psychological Safety
Sophie Jama Malindi is a Women Empowerment Leader. She has broad experience in managing cause-driven programs for global humanitarian organizations....
Dr. Nick Bontis

Dr. Nick Bontis

Award Winning | Leading Strategy & Management Guru | Intellectual Capital & Performance Expert

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  • Pofessional development days (PD DAYS) Speakers
  • Business & Corporate
  • Business Ethics & Values
  • Business Growth
  • Business Leadership
  • Business Management
  • Business Technology
  • Business Transitions
  • Change Management
Ranked among the Top 30 management gurus world-wide, Dr. Nick Bontis is recognized by Harvard Business Review and Fortune Magazine as "a pioneer and...
Leslie Rohonczy

Leslie Rohonczy

Certified Integral Master Coach | Executive & Leadership Development Consultant | Singer

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  • Pofessional development days (PD DAYS) Speakers
  • Business & Corporate
  • Business Leadership
  • Business Management
  • Collaboration
  • Excellence & Success
  • Health & Human Performance
  • HR & Corporate Culture
  • Leadership and Change
Leslie Rohonczy is a certified Integral Master Coach specializing in executive coaching, leadership development, and building high-performance teams....