Merissa has over 15 years’ experience assisting persons with barriers enter into employment, mainly in the construction sector through apprenticeship. Merissa started her career with JobStart in 1999 as a summer student and held various positions from frontline staff to management. In 2010 Merissa became the Coordinator of the Hammer Heads Program that supports youth…
Claudia is a leader in strategy development and planning, both as a former consultant and in industry, currently leading strategic planning for TELUS’s $7B+ Consumer and Small Business team. She works across large stakeholder groups, directly supporting executive leadership as well as collaboratively working across teams to advance long-term strategic direction and projects. Along with…
Angela is Manager of Engineering Service Contracts for the Canadian National Railway (CN), responsible for defining the change management strategy and supporting deployment of a new procurement-to-payment vendor management system. In 2012, Angela received the CN President’s award for spearheading the ASPIRE conference which encourages adolescent girls to pursue careers in Engineering for the railroad.…
Jarett is a business growth specialist based in Fredericton who has been bringing simplicity and clarity to a range of technical industries over the last decade. With international experience spanning five continents, Jarett leads business development with a passion for storytelling through spoken word, digital content and experiential design. Jarett was recognized as one of…
Gustavo holds a Master of Arts in Human Geography, with research focusing on corporate social responsibility practices in the mining industry, and a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Management and Environmental Science. He has lived in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories for over five years, where in addition to exploring the great outdoors, he…
Eme is Vice President, Global Government Affairs (Canada) at Xerox Corporation. Eme is passionate about the art and science of inclusive, technological and social innovation and attracting foreign direct investment to Canada. He earned an honours BA in international relations from McMaster, an MBA from Queen’s and a postgraduate diploma in strategy and innovation from…
Angela is Head of Newsroom Development at The Globe and Mail. She is responsible for the professional development of journalists and the fortification of newsroom culture. She oversees training, hiring and talent acquisition. Previously, Angela was the Executive Producer for the newsroom video operations. Her prior posts were with The Canadian Press, where she held…
Blair is Director of Social Innovation at Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), where he is responsible for policy development as well as outreach and engagement related to the Government of Canada’s commitment to develop a federal Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy. He also helped to launch an Innovation Lab at ESDC that is…
