Speakers
Director, Gender & Race Equity, Inclusion, Indigenous Relations & Social Development, City of Ottawa
CEO and President, Fraser Health Authority
President and CEO, Invest Ottawa and Bayview Yards
Immigrant Serial Entrepreneur; Business Strategist for Underrepresented Entrepreneurs; TEDx Speaker
(she/her), EVP, Personal and Commercial Banking, RBC
Chief Executive Officer, Native Women's Association of Canada
Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University
Executive Director, KNBA
PhD, President and CEO, The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre
PhD candidate and Contract Faculty Member, Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
Founder & CEO, Elevate International
Executive Director, Womenatthecentre
Executive Director at Battered Women's Support Services
DE&I Strategist, Invest Ottawa
Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Wealthsimple
Vice President, Strategy, Marketing and Communications, Invest Ottawa, Bayview Yards and Area X.O
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth
Invest Ottawa
Invest Ottawa is the lead economic development agency for knowledge-based industries in Canada’s Capital, facilitating economic growth and job creation in the City of Ottawa. Guided by a vision to help realize Ottawa’s full potential as a globally-recognized, innovative and future-ready city, and the best place to learn, work, live, and play, Invest Ottawa delivers venture development and global expansion programs and services that catalyze the growth and success of entrepreneurs and firms. These include: small business training; mentorship; acceleration for technology firms; foreign business and investment attraction; local business retention and expansion in targeted sectors; commercialization; and marketing Ottawa’s diversified economy and high quality of life.