PAST SPEAKERS

ALISON REDFORD
14th Premier of Alberta

ANDREA HORWATH
Leader of the Ontario NDP

ANNE LAWSON
Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, Regulatory Affairs at Election Canada

BETSY MCGREGOR
Author of "Women on Ballot"

CAROLINE XAVIER
Assistant Secretary to Cabinet, Priorities and Planning at the Privy Council Office

CELINA CAESAR-CHAVANNES, MP
Member of Parliament for Whitby, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development

CINDY TRIPP
Senior Financial Services Executive, Corporate Director

DIEDRE MCMURDY
Principal of Navigator Ltd.

GABRIELLE FAYANT
CEO and Founder, Assembly of 7 Generations

GAYEMARIE BROWN
CEO and Founder of Wintam Place Consulting

GIOVANNA MINGARELLI
CEO of M&C Consulting Inc.

GINA CONNOR
Strategic Joint Staff Legal Advisor for the Canadian Armed Forces

JASMIT KAUR DE SAFFEL
JD candidate at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law

JANE TABER
Journalist, The Globe and Mail

JENNIFER LI
Campaign Strategist at Crestview Strategy

JILL DUNLOP
Associate Minister of Children and Women’s Issues of Ontario

JOANNE PITKIN
Communication Manager at Canadian Association of Defense and Security Industries

JULIE LINDHOUT
President, NATO Association of Canada

KARINA GOULD
Minister of Democratic Institutions, Member of Parliament for Burlington

KATE PURCHASE
Director of Communications, Office of the Prime Minister

KATHLEEN MONK
Principal of Earnscliffe Strategy Group, Media Commentator on Politics and Public Affairs

KIM PATE, CM
Senator, Member of the Order of Canada, Advocate for Marginalized and Incarcerated Women

LAUREN MCDONALD
Director of Digital Public Affairs and Campaign Strategy at Proof Strategies

LINDSEY PARK
MPP (Durham)

MADELINE LUNNEY
Principal Consultant, Lunney Consultants

MAGGIE SHEPHERD
Royal Military College of Canada, Department of Management and Economics

MAYA SPOKEN
Spoken Word Poet, Founder of Tell 'Em Girl Art Showcases, Advocate for Gender and Racial Equity

NANCY RUTH. CM
Former Canadian senator, Founder of Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, Member of the Order of Canada

NEALA BARTON
Strategic Communications and Stakeholder Relations at CIHI

PAM HRICK
Lawyer at Stockwoods LLP

RACHEL PULFER
Executive Director, Journalists for Human Rights

ROSEMARY BARTON
Chief Political Correspondent for CBC News

SALLY ARMSTRONG, OC
Journalist, Documentary Filmmaker, Author, Member of the Order of Canada

SARAH LETERSKY
Chief of Staff at the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community, and Social Services

SARAH GOLDFEDER
Principal, Earnscliffe Strategy

STÉFANIE VON HLATKY
Associate Professor of Political Studies and former Director of the Queen's Centre for International Defence Policy (CIDP)

STEFANIE BECK
Assistant Secretary to Cabinet, Priorities and Planning at the Privy Council Office

TAMARA GOMES
Director of Market Intelligence at the Bank of Canada

YVONNE BOYER
Senator, Professor of Law, Lawyer