LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE RECORDINGS

November 14, 2023
Navigating the AI Revolution
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Special guests:

Eric Anderson, Board Director, Canadian Tire and Director, Kellogg-McCormick MBAi Program, Kellogg School of Management

Dr. Bahar Sateli, Dr. Bahar Sateli, Director in AI & Advanced Analytics, PwC Canada

Geoff Smith, Executive Chair, EllisDon

November 2, 2022
In Conversation with Peter Zeihan
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Special guest:

Peter Zeihan, New York Times bestselling author and geopolitical strategist 

February 23, 2022
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Special guests:

François Poirier, President & Chief Executive Officer, TC Energy Corporation (formerly TransCanada Pipelines)

Sandy McIntosh, EVP, People & Culture and  Chief Human Resources Officer, TELUS Communications Inc.

JF Menard, Mental Performance Coach of Olympic Champions, Keynote Speaker and Bestselling Author of Train Your Brain Like an Olympian 

October 6, 2021
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Special guests:

Heather Conway, Independent Board Director, Great-West Lifeco; Amex Bank of Canada

Kate Gebo, Chief Human Resources Officer, United Airlines

Howard Levitt, Senior Partner, Levitt Sheikh; National Post Columnist; Newstalk1010 Talk Show Host

June 22, 2021
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Special guests:

Stephen Poloz, Special Advisor, Osler and former Governor of the Bank of Canada

Dale Ponder, National Co-chair, Osler

Dr. Harry Rakowski ,Cardiologist, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

 

May 19, 2021
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Special guests:

David Rawlings, CEO, JPMorgan Chase Canada

Jan De Silva, President & CEO, Toronto Region Board of Trade

Allen Lau, CEO & Co-founder, Wattpad

 

 

April 21, 2021
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Special guests:

Mike Pedersen, Chairperson, BDC; Director, CGI; SNC Lavalin; NCC

Violet Konkle, Corporate Director, North West Company; GFL Environmental Corp; Boyd Income Trust; Elswood Investment Group; Bailey Metal Products

Zahid Salman, President & CEO, Green Shield Canada

 

April 14, 2021
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Special guests:

Dave McKay, President & CEO, RBC

Lisa Lisson, President, FedEx Express Canada

Nitin Jain, President & CEO, Sienna Senior Living

 

March 10, 2021
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Special guests:

Sarah E. Raiss, Independent Corporate Director; Director, Commercial Metals Co.; Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers; Loblaw Cos.; Institute of Corporate Directors

Al Monaco, President and CEO, Enbridge; Director, Enbridge; American Petroleum Institute; Weyerhaeuser

Shawna Coxon, Deputy Chief of Police, Toronto Police Service, Human Resources Command

 

 

February 10, 2021
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Special guests:

Ian Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Clearwater Seafoods; Director, The Business Council of Canada; Asia Business Leaders Advisory Council of the Asia Pacific Foundation and Rabobank’s North America Agribusiness Advisory Board

Chantal Guay, ing. P.Eng., FCAE, CEO, Standards Council of Canada; Director, International Organisation for Standardization (ISO); Chair, Pacific Asia Standards Congress (PASC)
Vice-Chair, Council of Canadian Academies (CCA)

Peter Lindley, President and CEO, OPTrust 

January 20, 2021
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Special guests:

Tamara Vrooman, O.B.C., President & CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority;  Chancellor, Simon Fraser University; Chair, Rick Hansen Foundation

Jerry Dias, National President, Unifor 

L. Scott Thomson, President & CEO, Finning International; Board Member, Bank of Nova Scotia

December 16, 2020
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Special guests

Carol Anne Hilton, CEO and Founder, The Indigenomics Institute; Senior Advisor, Canadian Federal Economic Growth Council; Advisor, BC Emerging Economy Task Force

Margaret Stuart, Country Manager, Salesforce Canada; Board Member, MacKenzie Innovation Institute

Howard Levitt, Senior Partner, Levitt LLP; National Post Columnist; NewsTalk 1010 Talkshow Host 

November 25, 2020  
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Special guests

Mark Little, President & CEO, Suncor Energy; Member, Board of Governors, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP); Member, Executive Committee, Oil Sands CEO Council

John Ferguson, President and CEO, Purolator; Board Member, SCI Logistics, Innovapost, and Trillium Heath Partners Foundation

November 18, 2020  
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Special guests

Alex Pourbaix, President & CEO, Cenovus Energy; Board Director, Canadian Utilities and Business Council of Canada; Chair, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP);Board Chair, Mount Royal University

Wayne Purboo, Co-founder, Onyx Initiative and SVP, Strategy, New Relic, Inc.

Goldy Hyder, President and CEO, Business Council of Canada; Advisory Board Member, Catalyst Canada and 30% Club

October 28, 2020  
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Special guests

Hon. John R. Baird, P.C., Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP; Former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs; Advisory Board, Barrick Gold; Board Member, Canadian Pacific; Canfor; FWD Group; PineBridge Investments and Osisko Gold Royalties

Linda Hasenfratz, O.C., CEO, Linamar Corporation; Board Director, Catalyst Canada; Canadian Chair, Canada-U.S. Council for Advancement of Women  Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders

Bob Espey, President and CEO, Parkland Fuel Chair, Canadian Fuels Association; Board Director, Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers  of America

October 21, 2020  
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Special guests

Annette Verschuren, O.C., Chair & CEO, NRStor Inc.; Board Director, Canadian Natural Resources, Liberty Mutual, Saputo and CAMH Foundation; Chair, MaRS Discovery District and Sustainable Development Technology Canada; Chancellor, Cape Breton University

Medhat Mahdy, President & CEO, YMCA of Greater Toronto; Board Trustee, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health 

Teri Kirk, Founder & CEO, Fundingportal
tkirk@fundingportal.com
1.855.850.FUND (3863)  

October 14, 2020  
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Special guests

Bill McFarland, Lead Director, Fairfax Financial Holdings; Chair, Horizon North; Chair, Conference Board of Canada

John Cooper, President & CEO, Tervita

Shannon Gordon, CEO, theBoardlist

 September 30, 2020
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Special guests

Heather Munroe-Blum, OC, OQ, PhD, FRSC, Chairperson, CPP Investments and Director, RBC

David Windley, President, IQ Talent; Chair, SHRM and former CHRO, Yahoo!

Craig Alexander, Chief Economist, Deloitte Canada

July 8, 2020  
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Special guests

Wes Hall ICD.D, Executive Chairman and Founder, Kingsdale Advisors and Founder of the BlackNorth Initiative, Board Director, SickKids Foundation, Pathways to Education and Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

Cornell C.V. Wright, Partner and Chair, Corporate Department, Torys, Chair, National Ballet of Canada, Trustee, University Health Network

June 24, 2020  
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Special guests

David Dodge, O.C., Bennett Jones Advisor & former Governor, Bank of Canada (2001-2008)

Don Lowry, Chair, Capital Power and Board Director of RS Technologies, Alectra and Stantec.

Jay Forbes, CEO, Element Fleet Management

June 17, 2020  
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Special guests

Dave Mowat, Board Director TELUS, Laurentian Bank, Blue Cross, etc., and former CEO of ATB Financial.

Bruce Bowser, CEO of AMJ Campbell.

Matt Pegg, Incident Commander, COVID Emergency Response Centre for The City of Toronto and Toronto Fire Chief.League.

June 10, 2020  
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Special guests

Nora Aufreiter, Board Director of Cadillac Fairview, Scotiabank, Kroger, and others.

Kevin Frank, CEO of AstenJohnson.  

Randy Ambrosie, Commissioner of the Canadian Football League.

June 3, 2020  
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Special guests

Colleen Johnston, Board Director on Shopify, McCain, Q4, Unity Health and former CFO of TD bank.

Geeta Sankappanavar, President, Grafton Asset Management, and Chair and Director for Daytona Power, University of Calgary, Unicef, etc.

Christy Clark, Former Premier of British Columbia, Bennett Jones Senior Advisor, and Chair of School of Public Policy at McGill University. 

May 27, 2020  
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Special guests

Greg Moreau, CEO, Chatters.

Tom McCullough, Author and CEO Northwood Family Office.

Jim Dinning, O.C., Chair and Director of multiple boards including Russel Metals, Western Investment Group, etc.    

May 20, 2020  
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Special guests

Ed Sims, CEO, Westjet

Doug Porter, Chief Economist, BMO

Doug Haughey, Board Chair Fortis Inc., Lead Director Keyera, Board Director, Hifi Engineering  

 May 13, 2020
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Special guests

Bill Walker, CEO, Landmark Cinemas

Ken Hugessen, CEO, Hugessen Consulting

Gale Moutrey, Global VP Workplace Innovation, Steelcase

May 6, 2020  
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Special guests

Kim McConnell, OC and Board Director, Canadian Centre for Food Integrity and former founder and CEO of Adfarm

Mark Fitzgerald, CEO of Petronas Canada

Bruce Waterman, Board Director (Irving Oil, Prairie Storm, and Ovintiv (formerly Encana))

Jane Fedoretz, Chief Talent & Transformation Officer, TransAlta

April 29, 2020  
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Special guests

Indira Samarasekera, OC, and Board Director (Scotiabank and Magna)

Quinn Wilson, North American CEO, China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC)

Grace Palombo, EVP and CHRO, Great-West Life/Canada Life

Dr. Peter Nord, Chief Medical Officer, MEDCAN

April 22, 2020  
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Special guests

Senator Scott Tannas, Canadian Senate, former founder & CEO, Western Financial Group

Dr. Tracy Bower, Forbes contributor and renowned author

Dr. Peter Nord, Chief Medical Officer of MEDCAN

April 8, 2020  
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Special guests

Dan Finley, VP Corporate Services, Pacific Western Transportation

Shilo Neveu, EVP, Health, Safety, Environment & Quality, Valard Construction

Janeen Speer, VP of Talent, Shopify

Darren Ruhr, Chief Administrative Officer, Precision Drilling Corporation

Van Zorbas, Chief Culture and People Officer, Deloitte

Tova White, Senior Human Resources Executive, The Coca-Cola Company

Stephanie Hardman, CHRO, McDonald's Canada

April 1, 2020   
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Special guests

Stephanie McDonald, CHRO at Parkland Fuel

Gillian Whitebread, CHRO and Executive Vice President, Morneau Shepell

Kim Armstrong, Deputy City Manager of the City of Edmonton

Mona Jasinski, Executive Vice President, People and Culture, Vermillion Energy

Randy Jahrig, Vice President, Human Resources at Husky Energy

March 25, 2020  
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Special guests

Stefan Hockley, VP of HR, Sierra Wireless

Jane Fedoretz, Chief Talent & Transformation Officer, Transalta

Chris Taylor, CHRO, Best Buy Canada

Mark Porter, Executive Vice President, People & Culture, WestJet

Deborah Best, Vice President and Head, Human Resources, Raymond James Limited

Doug Galloway, Vice-President of Talent & Culture, Oppenheimer