Speakers

We are very excited to have presentations from the following organizations:

• Aboriginal Apprenticeship Board of Ontario
• BC Centre for Women in the Trades
• BuildForce Canada
• Canada’s Building Trades Unions
• Canadian Apprenticeship Forum
• Helmet to Hardhats (H2H) Canada
• Legal Panel from Across the Country
• Ontario Building Trades Council
• Ontario Construction Secretariat
• Skillplan & Mentorship Matters
• The NCLRA Cross-Canada update

In addition, we have two dynamic keynote presentations:

Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Leadership & Diversity Expert | Social Advocate

Yassmin Abdel-Magied is an engineer, author, broadcaster, and award-winning social advocate. Her powerful TED talk, “What does my headscarf mean to you” has more than 1.8 million views, and she has become an internationally renowned speaker on the topics of unconscious bias and leadership. Through her work and thought-provoking talks, Yassmin is on a mission to make diversity the norm across the world through empowerment, empathy, and the power of stories.

David Coletto

Marketing Research Leader | Expert on Millennials

David Coletto delivers strategic advice and research design expertise to many of Canada’s foremost corporations, advocacy groups, and political leaders. A leader in online research methodologies, public affairs research, corporate and organizational reputation studies, and youth research, Coletto has led projects for top-tier companies in many sectors including pharmaceutical, transportation, financial services, educational, natural resource, telecommunications, media, arts and cultural, tourism, and retail.

Each day will also include an open microphone session for audience engagement and discussion on the topics explored or other general discussion

Presenting Sponsors

General Sponsors