SPEAKERS
Canadian Congress is a consortium of about 250 speakers, consultants, facilitators, community advocates, and professionals like doctors, lawyers, accountants, bankers, real estate agents, professors, and other experts with academic, corporate, and lived experiences in different aspects of EDI. This is one of our competitive advantages, the remarkable ability to harmonize the education, expertise, and efforts of so many social justice advocates to offer our clients an end-to-end strategic framework and 3 to 5-year roadmap to eliminate racism and discrimination.
Since some of our experts have been facilitating corporate transformation programs for over four decades, backed by PhDs, MBAs & Bachelors in many related disciplines, our collective experiences in the field of social justice, organizational psychology, leadership effectiveness, staff empowerment, transformation of culture, elimination of racism and discrimination, gender equity, development of EDI strategy, curriculum & dashboard exceed 300 years.
Resident Speakers, Consultants & Coaches
Steve Anderson
Law, Justice & Politics, Board & Executive Leadership, & Community Development
Dr. Ardavan Eizadirad
Leadership, Data Analytics, Policy, Culture, Youth & Community Develpoment
Alethia O'Hara Stephenson
Leadership, Suppliers Diversity, Culture, Youth & Community Development
Featured Honourable Speakers
We have been honoured to host some of the matriarchs and patriarchs of the social justice landscape in Canada who have each spent over 50 years advocating for the appreciation of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion while contributing towards the implementation of national policies & programs like the National Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the nationwide celebration of Black History Month in Canada.
Hon. (Dr) Jean Augustine
First Black Woman Member of Parliament & First Fairness Commissioner of Ontario
Senator Murray Sinclair
Former Chairman, Indian Residential Schools Truth & Reconciliation Commission
Senator Jane McCallum
Senator & Chancellor of Brandon University, Manitoba
Chief Wayne Christian
Former Chief of the Splatsin First Nations & Indigenous Rights Advocate
Senator Don Oliver
First Black Male Senator & 2nd in Senate Chamber
Hon. Ahmed Hussen
Minister of Housing, Diversity & Inclusion in Canada
Nekima Armstrong
American Lawyer & Social Justice Activist
Chief Mark Saunders
First Black Chief, Toronto Police Services
Tonya Williams
Hon. Navdeep Bains
Dr. Rosemary Sadlier
Former President of the Ontario Black History Society
Dr. Wendy Cukier
Guest Speakers
To offer a comprehensive list of social justice topics that our clients require to develop their board members, executives, senior management team and employees, we have partnered with over 250 speakers, facilitators, and consultants with academic and lived experiences to develop one of the most exhaustive EDI training curriculums in the world, with a catalogue of over 300 digital courses and contents through our Learning Management System (LMS).
Julie Pellissier-Lush
Indigenous Storyteller, Performer, Educator & Social Justice Advocacy
Tamara Termitus
Gender Equity, Anti-Black Racism & Discrimination, Social Justice in Civil Service
Dr. Jennifer Fraser
Human Psychology, Inclusive Leadership & Psychological Health & Safety, & Culture
Alain Babineau
Anti-Black Racism & Discrimination, Social Justice in Civil Service & Policing
Elisabeth Walker-Young
Paralympic Gold Medalist, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility (IDEA)
Adrian Harewood
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in Media & Journalism, and Inclusive Communication
Paulette Senior
Inclusive Leadership, Gender Equity, Corporate Culture & Community Development
Nancy Mitchell
Gender Equity, Micropedia of Microaggressions, EDI Research & 50/30 Challenge
Dr. Hugh Anthony
EDI & Belonging, Anti-Black Racism & Discrimination, Culture and Leadership
Charlene Sanjenko
Indigenous Storyteller, Film Maker, Cultural Learning & Creative Social Impact
